Monday, July 12, 2010

California to Legalize Marjuana?

Legalizing marijuana is a hot topic in California. It's on an upcoming voter inititiative and has been called a "civil rights issue" by the CA NAACP. LINK Just in time, there is a new Rand Corp. study on legalizing marijuana in CA. Unfortunately, as the report notes, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions about the effects of legalizaiiton. LINK Finally, even if legalizied in CA, federal law which bans pot, generally prevails over state laws. A few years ago, the Supreme Court found that federal law too precedence over CA's medical marijuana law. LINK
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  1. Bull MorehouseJuly 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM

    Now the Veterans Administration is going to allow patients to use medical marijuana if it is prescribed by a doctor in one of the 14 states (and D.C.) that allow medical marijuana. The times, they are a changing...

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