Should California legalize marijuana?

I think the State of California would do better to put their resources into helping people quit.

I was addicted to pot and I am so glad I quit!

No.

Cartels will move to push harsher drugs if MJ is legal. Coke is still has the best fiscal potential, i.e. there's more money to be made per ounce on Coke than MJ.

How do you tax something that can be grown in the backyard? That is the same reason there are still issues with bootlegging. Some guys refuse to pay tax on alcohol, so they make it.

We may get some non-violent drug offenders out of jails, but they are going right back in when they are popped for DUI, or having it in public, or smoking it near children, or growing or possessing too much, all of which will still be illegal.

How much of a problem do we have with alcohol in this country? The MJ issue won't be different.

Medical marijuana is already legal in selected states. I feel it should be legal being, if it can be used medically then it should be able to be used by the public if it can cure the personal problems that its prescribed for. Little do people realize it but typical people who smoke weed are less likely to get seriously depressed and cause harms and such, than people who live life without it because of stress related issues. So not only would this improve the econ, but probably peoples psychological issues as well. So, my vote: HELLZ YES!

Legalize all drugs. With drugs more openly available we're bound to have a better society. All of those people that deal drugs will just have to go out and get an honest job and they'll pay taxes too. Advertising will go up for new products like Heroin, Cocaine, etc. Just think of all the money that we'll gain and the jobs that we'll create.

Yes. I don’t smoke, but I definitely think it should be legal, provided that it is regulated like alcohol (no minors, and no driving).

It makes absolutely no sense that cannabis is illegal while alcohol and tobacco (both of which are MORE harmful and MORE addictive) are legal.

Legalization would:

- Create thousands of (legal, income-tax paying) jobs

- Devastate drug cartels, which would suddenly be without 75% of their income

- Provide an enormous windfall for the government, which would bring in billions in taxes and SAVE billions more on law enforcement (ending Prohibition played a big part in getting the U.S. out of the Great Depression)

- Allow police, courts and prisons to focus their resources on DANGEROUS criminals, rather than harmless potheads

I know I’m preaching to the choir here, so now it’s time to do something – contact your representatives in government! If you don’t know who they are, find out at http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml. Tell them that you are a VOTER, and that this issue is important to you.

If they hear from enough of us, they'll HAVE to start taking this issue seriously. As Gandhi once said, “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

yes, but it should not be allowed in public and only in small amounts to be carried it also should be sold at drug stores where you know it doesn't have and thing extra laced in. another thing will be driving laws would it be the same as alcohol there should be studies on that it might not be as bad as alcohol people would probably end up driving really slow even though they fell like they are going light speed and you know people are going to drive high cause of the munchies.

eric what the ****? why would associate al of that **** that hurts people with a natural plant that is good for the world. and hell yeah pot is the biggest sourco of money to the drug cartels. and if coke is the most fiscal drug or whatever theyed be slinging it already. weed and hard drugs dont go together.

honestly yes, and no not because i want to get "high". im drug free.

but do you realize how much tax money the government could make if they taxed marijuana?

quite alot. and regardless people will, and actually still do it anyway whether it's illegal or not.

definitely... we should legalize marijuana, cocaine, heroin, gay marriage, polygamy, beastiality, child pornography, make the age of consent 8 years old, install Islam as the official state religion, give all illegal aliens immediate amnesty with full benefits... did i forget anything?

I think they need to because they are so far into debt that they need to get money in anyways possible