Marijuana Measure Loses in California; Tax Issues Vary by State

Follow the money, the corporations that run prisons would lose billions. The dea reminds me of a dog chasing his tail. Over the years, the banks have laundered trillions,the cartels have made trillions, governments have made trillions, or did you forget cia, drugs,arms, the contras.

The debate over pot should have been settled 50 years ago. So many lives ruined because its been illegal not because people use it. Thomas Jefferson had the remedy when Govt. overstepped its boundry and that was to ignore them. Kind of hard to ignore having your door kicked in at 3 in the morning over freaking pot but that is what we must do. Just keep ignoring them until they stop this insanity. The Constitution gives no authority of their drug policy. Drug laws belong to the states and if your state has no other law than the Fed. law then the Constitution gives you the right even if the jack boot thugs don't.

This doesn't surprise me, but it does disappoint me. Alchohol is by far more destructive than marijauna yet it remains legal. The whole deal is the court systems are making millions of dollars prosecuting non violent offenders over pot possession. It's all about the money. The state knew it could not effectively tax pot, so they left their only other money making option in place. If they would concentrate more on going after the violent offenders and not have to persecute people who have a few ounces of pot on them, we would all be a lot better off.

How is it illegal for Swartzenegger to run for a 3rd term but not for Brown??

You didn't vote on this, it was smoke and whistles. The very idea that people think they were going to pass this law as the government steps up measures to get rid of alcohol and cigarettes is ridiculous. The "Thanks for not smoking" is a polite way of saying you can't smoke here or there or anywhere! And drinking is... Can't drive and drink, can't drink in public, can't be intoxicated in public, can't have an open container, can't drink at work, we'll firer you for drinking, we'll test you for drinking, we'll sue you for drinking. These are federal mandates and only by changing federal law will you change marijuana laws. Nope this was about getting the democratic vote out, the liberals, the Boxer win. The dems aren't ever actually gonna let you smoke, hell they killed cigarettes and alcohol! Don't even think about marijuana!

Isay we should have marijuana legal because it would help everyone that has a drug problem focus more on marijuana which is less harmless to others. Marijuana helps take your mind off of things and helps u release pain in your life and it also makes u feel relaxed. Marijuana is something that helps put people in places that set's their mine free.

This is whats up with the, "what when where and why." Can you grow a tobacco leaf on your kitchen window pain? No. How hard and expensive is it to make your own alcohol? It would be a lot easier to get it at the store. So there you have it. Taxes, taxes taxes. The proposition said they would be allowed to tax marijuana if this initiative passed but the problem lies in the fact that mary jane is a weed and since its is so easily reproduced at home all the politicians know the taxation of it wont go as planned. No one would buy it. They would grow it. The tobacco industry would loose sales because people would smoke pot and not feel so anxious to need tobacco. The alcohol industry wold lose sales because there are many who would rather use pot than get drunk. And the biggest reason it didn't pas is because good old uncle sam would lose tax money that they so desperately need to exploit more of out of all our back pockets so Halliburton can go build a natural gas pipe for the middle eastern people who don't want them there. Don't you think they have their own contractors for that? If you really want it that bad to get over issues you think this will help pretty much anyone can get a medical card in Cali. Even though I think it should of passed it wont until they require that you only smoke the manufactured stuff. And their reasons will be because home brews will be alternative avenues for people to lace it with other illegal drugs of choice so when they get caught they can say they didn't know it was in the weed. It might pass eventually but it will only be available to you through a manufactured brand. Are they hiring?..lol

give it time, its not ready an its not like it isnt damn near legal here already. most officers look the other way on it already an why do you want big business to come into the pot game anyway? in due time better laws will be written an it will pass!

I dont use drugs but, How is it i can get a proscriptions for drugs that are legal that list side effect that would kill a horse ??? But a weed that grows natrully that has no side effects is illigal? just curious.

I hate that my son smoke pot, however, I would rather him do that than drink and go out and kill an innocent family or anyone on the roads. I think it should be legal, however it still will not matter in the work place, because you would still be a liablilty to your employers insurance company and your employer will not pay the higher premiums just so you can smoke pot. If legalized, it can be taxed and make A LOT of money for the state and the country just like the tax on cigarettes.