Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
Surprise surprise. Latinos are getting behind the California ballot initiative to legalize pot. You mean the same folks who gave the world Cheech (not Chong), Acapulco gold and the very word marijuana? Orale!
The Washington, D.C.-based League of United Latin American Citizens of California (LULAC) endorsed Prop. 19 Friday, with state director Argentina Dávila-Luévano saying, "The current prohibition laws are not working for Latinos, nor for society as a whole."
"Far too many of our brothers and sisters are getting caught in the cross-fire of gang wars here in California and the cartel wars south of our border," she says. "It's time to end prohibition, put violent, organized criminals out of business and bring marijuana under the control of the law."
Wait, how's legalizing it going to end the cartel wars? Wouldn't demand go up, with supply following?
Call us stupid (and we know you will), but when medical marijuana dispensaries started to blossom like a bud in the Humboldt sun, violence related to pot increased -- and it seems to us the cartels are plenty busy sending serious weight across the border.
So ... is Anheuser-Busch going to take over pot cultivation and distribution, or what?
On another note, LULAC board member Angel Luévano played the economy card in arguing for Prop. 19, which would tax pot and let you have up to an ounce at a time if you're 21 or older.
"In these tough economic times we must find ways to provide new jobs for our people and prosperity in our communities," he says. "Supporting Prop. 19 will put more Latinos to work ... "
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: laweekly.com
Author: Dennis Romero
Copyright: 2010 LA Weekly, LP
Contact: LA Weekly
Website: 'LULAC,' Huge Latino Group, Endorses Prop. 19, California's Marijuana Legalization Initiative
The Washington, D.C.-based League of United Latin American Citizens of California (LULAC) endorsed Prop. 19 Friday, with state director Argentina Dávila-Luévano saying, "The current prohibition laws are not working for Latinos, nor for society as a whole."
"Far too many of our brothers and sisters are getting caught in the cross-fire of gang wars here in California and the cartel wars south of our border," she says. "It's time to end prohibition, put violent, organized criminals out of business and bring marijuana under the control of the law."
Wait, how's legalizing it going to end the cartel wars? Wouldn't demand go up, with supply following?
Call us stupid (and we know you will), but when medical marijuana dispensaries started to blossom like a bud in the Humboldt sun, violence related to pot increased -- and it seems to us the cartels are plenty busy sending serious weight across the border.
So ... is Anheuser-Busch going to take over pot cultivation and distribution, or what?
On another note, LULAC board member Angel Luévano played the economy card in arguing for Prop. 19, which would tax pot and let you have up to an ounce at a time if you're 21 or older.
"In these tough economic times we must find ways to provide new jobs for our people and prosperity in our communities," he says. "Supporting Prop. 19 will put more Latinos to work ... "
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: laweekly.com
Author: Dennis Romero
Copyright: 2010 LA Weekly, LP
Contact: LA Weekly
Website: 'LULAC,' Huge Latino Group, Endorses Prop. 19, California's Marijuana Legalization Initiative
