US CA: OPED: Changing State Pot Laws, Attitudes

Santa Maria Times, 03 Oct 2010 – Forcing notions of proper lifestyle or personal behavior on all of society is usually problematic even when a relatively small minority resists the imposition. Banning any substance that is in high demand, even by a minority of the population, generates a spectacularly lucrative and corrupting black market that not only thwarts effective enforcement, but effects a transmutation of law enforcement into something resembling a police state.