"rose dawn scott" <rosedawn_scott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Jodi" <hellofromjodi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Thought this was interesting:
>>
>> http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~2400558,00.html
>>
>> Court chooses privacy over pot
>
>> In 1990, voters passed an initiative on a 55 to 44 percent tally making
>> it
>> illegal to possess any amount of marijuana, but last year the appeals
>> court
>> not only ruled voters didn't have the authority to change the state
>> constitution, but defined 4 ounces or less of marijuana as permissible
>> for
>> personal use at home.
>
> [SNIP]
>
>> It may be a moot point if voters pass a ballot initiative Nov. 2 making
>> it
>> legal for adults over the age of 21 to possess marijuana whether for
>> consumption or distribution.
>>
>> This initiative, according to its chief architect Tim Hinterberger, is
a
>> more streamlined version of one that was defeated in 2000.
>
>> "Alaska clearly has values of independence and responsibility and
>> fairness
>> that are different than the rest of the country," he said. "Clearly
>> marijuana prohibition doesn't work, everyone knows that and it's time
to
>> try
>> and find a different way."
>
> this all seems so weird to me -- i don't see that it's at all clear
> that alaskan values are clear-cut about marijuana prohibition, if this
> was legal before, and then the voters themselves made it ILLEGAL. and
> 'any amount' yet -- it really does surprise me to hear that about
> alaska -- what's going on?
>
> if it was defeated in 2000, obviously something. i mean, i think it
> should be legal for recreational use, and alaska is already a medpot
> state -- i just think it's bizarre that apparently alaska's voters
> really want it to be illegal, while their courts do not -- kind of
> vice-versa from the way it tends to work!
>
> rose
Why would that suprise you? Most people want pot to remain illegal as a
recreational drug. Oregon re-criminalized pot, while at the very same
time
making it legal for Medical use. People arent idiots. They can disern
between cir***stances. They dont want kids and stoners to have access to
pot while they DO want those who have a medical need for it, to have it.
Rob
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