Cops Fight for Their Right to Bust You for Weed
The marijuana legalization initiative that will be on the November ballot in California is a disappointment to many in the cannabis decriminalization movement. California NORML, the granddaddy of political pot groups, has not fully endorsed it.
These critics say that Proposition 64, which will allow Californians 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, is about as conservative as it could be without defeating the very purpose of legalization, which is allowing folks to enjoy weed without fear of arrest.
"It's 60 percent legalization," Ellen Komp, deputy director of California NORML, told us earlier this year.
Some observers say that the point of Proposition 64's many restrictions — cities would still be able to ban dispensaries, marketing to minors would be prohibited, and illegal possession would still be punishable — is to make it more palatable to law-and-order voters.
But the biggest law-and-order voters in the...
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