North County Times, 08 Oct 2010 – Once again, people will vote on the legalization of marijuana. As most people know, this is about the fourth time in one form or other that this has been on the ballot. … Medical marijuana, in rare cases, if it could really be controlled and not abused, possibly has some merit, but as it is today, this legalization is meaningless. In my 20-plus years of law enforcement, I had a lot of contact with users of illegal substances. People seem able to find another substance to abuse and the result is usually the same: Not only the abuser, but usually someone else is severely affected as a result.