The Desert Dispatch, 02 Oct 2012 – By the time the 21st Amendment ended national alcohol prohibition in December 1933, more than a dozen states had already opted out. Maryland never passed its own version of the Volstead Act, while New York repealed its alcohol prohibition law in 1923. Eleven other states eliminated their statutes by referendum in November 1932. We could see the beginning of a similar rebellion against marijuana prohibition this year as voters in three states – Washington, Colorado and Oregon – decide whether to legalize the drug’s production and sale for recreational use. If any of these ballot initiatives pass, it might be the most consequential election result this fall, forcing both major parties to confront an unjust, irrational policy that Americans increasingly oppose.
US CA: LTE: Some Clarity On Pot Policy
Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep 2012 – Of course our pot policy is a shambles. Medical marijuana is a shabby joke, one that provides a fig leaf for the illicit distribution of pot. We already have lots of businesspeople running clean, safe stores serving sick people. We call them "drugstores," and Los Angeles is simply awash in them. During Prohibition, people who could obtain a note from their doctors were able to buy booze at drugstores.
US CA: A Way Of Life Up In Smoke
Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep 2012 – Pioneering Marijuana Cultivators in the Emerald Triangle Are Being Pushed to the Margins by the Legalization They Long Espoused LAYTONVILLE, Calif. – In the mountains of Mendocino County, a middle-aged couple stroll into the cool morning air to plant the year’s crop. Andrew grabs a shovel and begins to dig up rich black garden beds while Anna waters the seedlings, beginning a hallowed annual ritual here in marijuana’s Emerald Triangle.
US CA: PUB LTE: Some Clarity On Pot Policy
Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep 2012 – Re "In a haze on pot policy," Editorial, Sept. 27 Sacramento should clarify California’s hazy medical marijuana laws. But the L.A. City Council bears the bulk of the responsibility for the mess locally.
US CA: Marijuana Farm Raid Among Largest Ever In Fresno County
Clovis Independent, 27 Sep 2012 – The Valley’s fertile farmland has become a doper’s paradise, top law enforcement officials said Wednesday in announcing yet another big marijuana bust connected to Mexican cartels. An update on Operation Mercury, a six-county crackdown on large-scale, illegal marijuana grows on farmland, came a few hours after Fresno County sheriff’s deputies made one of the biggest pot busts in department history.
US CA: LTE: California Can’t Decide Legality Of Marijuana
The Record, 01 Oct 2012 – California’s medical marijuana laws have been exposed as a scam. Under existing laws, no one is held accountable, while California is known as the marijuana trafficking capital of the United States. All this, made possible mostly through recommendations by California doctors and City Councils hoping to balance their budget on the backs of an illegal state law. How is that working out for you? California is not a sovereign nation. It was foolish to think any state, city or county could legalize the production, distribution and sale of marijuana without inviting the wrath of the federal government. So, here is the latest medical use of marijuana "candy weed."
