hbstoner: what?! My not wanting to vote Prop 19 has NOTHING to do with trying to strike down big business. Did you read that myth/fact section?
I'm voting no because I don't want to be arrested if I smoke with my son in a different room of the house, asleep, with good ventilation. Prop 19 would allow that.
I'm voting no because I don't want to be told I can only go to 4 places in the whole city to get my meds.
I'm voting no because the 3 prescription holders in my house would now have to share a 5x5 space to grow in.
I'm voting no because the prop would allow my city (in OC, notorious for blocking things just because the have money and can--if you don't believe me, have you ever taken off from John Wayne Airport? It's a frightening ride because the people of Newport Beach have enough money to make the planes take off like that so the plane noise doesn't mar their precious real estate) to not have any dispensaries. As they already have, all of OC's cities would probably ban dispensaries and I'd have to drive to Long Beach or San Diego.
I'm voting no because having a prescription should be enough. I shouldn't have to prove that I've bought it from the limited dispensaries.
I'm voting no because I don't want some 21 year old kid who gives a 20 year old a joint to have to spend 6 months in jail.
I could go on. All of these things are in Prop 19 if you'd bother to read it or even the summaries of it. None of my reasons have anything to do with greed.
Then there's your who point about the feds making serious choices... what on earth gives you the impression that the feds will cower when faced with our little law. FEDERAL LAW TRUMPS STATE LAW. PERIOD. Obama's choosing to not prosecute medical cases is a boon to us. It's not something the people have enacted. The only thing that would change the federal government's ability to prosecute marijuana users is a change in FEDERAL law (or the administration of the law, which Obama has already done). Please, by all means, lobby for a federal law change. I would support you thoroughly, but having the state law contradict the federal one is only going to ensure that the feds feel the need to show CA who's boss. Again, it's them. Period.
So I guess not wanting to be arrested for smoking in the same house as my son because passing the law may encourage other states to ease up on prosecution of marijuana offenders IS selfish of me. Damn, I'm a bitch.
I don't see much point in arguing with people who refuse to take 5 minutes to read something.