"My concern is doctors who see someone once and give them a prescription for medical marijuana. That's bad medicine," Bostwick said. And it's worse than Dr.s who prescribe other medicines with known harmful side effects to first time patients? Seems like Bostwicks idea of "bad medicine" is SOP...
"Hundreds of thousands", hmm? Seems to me that most places would be ecstatic over that kind of tourist trade. Another case of the US pressuring another nation to follow its draconian policies. Anyone out there surprised?
As a Post Script; I used to smoke a perfectly legal ginseng cigarette that smelled curiously like marijuana when lit. I doubt most LEOs would know the difference. I do not feel that my Constitutional rights should be infringed because some untrained yahoo got a little excited.
While I DO NOT support the "smell search" in any way, if the authorities plan to continue using it, they should be required to PASS a training regimen that makes certain that they really do know what they are smelling. With search warrants, the items to be searched for MUST be explicitly spelled...
@ Gonzolady, I keep hoping you are right but my instinct tells me that it will not pass first time out. Not in its current form anyway. Keep your fingers crossed Lady!
If it only affected the one who want that kind of governmental control over their daily lives, I'd say OK, give 'em what they asked for. Unfortunately these idiots want all of us to have it that way.
Oh hell no. They still sell cigarettes (I smoke) and alcohol (occasionally drink) and those are 2 of the biggest killers in the world. They still sell them right here in the US.
It can't and isn't. Then again, you are making the assumption that the US is still a democracy. I find that idea in danger, at the very least. It appears that our Constitution (supposedly the highest law in the land) is being routinely ignored or loopholed. It scares the hell out of me.
The CA law you mention, if it reads as you say (and for the purposes of this discussion, I will presume it does), is Illegal. The laws of the State (county, country, etc.) hold sway over an individuals behavior.
Unfortunately, I can come up with 2 countries that have done so. The Netherlands acquiesced to Us pressure to not allow non natives to make use of the famous cafes there and the Canadian government allowed a Canadian citizen, who had never done business in the US, to be handed over to US Justice...
Biden conveyed this message:“there are more problems with legalization than with non-legalization.”? Well, lets see. How about you enumerate these problems and we weigh them against the problems of the current policy and see where we stand? I think the benefits outweigh the problems by a...
I'm a firm believer in responsible use but I shudder to see this happen like it did with alcohol. We all now the drinker who has three scotches and can't drive and then the drinker who can double that and function fine. Reckless driving is reckless driving, regardless of cause. Tougher penalties...