Four Orange County medical marijuana users who argue that bans on pot clinics in Costa Mesa and Lake Forest violate the Americans with Disabilities Act have appealed their case to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Matthew Pappas, a Mission Viejo attorney representing the users, said he believes the case has a chance of succeeding because of his interpretation of the equal protection clause in the 5th Amendment based on a 2009 congressional decision to lift a ban on medical marijuana in Washington, D.C.
Pappas also argues that the disabled have the right to use marijuana under the disabilities act with a doctor’s supervision.
Please . . . just legalize it. I hate seeing the amount of waste of state resources trying to enforce arcane laws against marijuana when there is no real threat posed to the public, except that threat that occurs - drug trafficking - because it is illegal.
The health issues are no worse than tobacco use - which is legal - or drinking - which is legal.
It is not a gateway drug. I graduated from high school in 1978. Back then, we smoked a lot of pot. A lot. And none of us wound up mainlining heroin.
Legalize it. Tax it, if you must. Let Proctor & Gamble establish quality grades so I don't wind up with bad shit. And this means that, just like salad greens, it will come packaged as ready-to-use, which is good because there is not enough room on an iPod to clean out the twigs and seeds.
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Some proponents of legalization say that pot should be legalized so we can tax it.
What I don't get is how can you tax something that once it is legal - you can grow it in your backyard?
It is a gateway drug. Use leads to abuse of other drugs. It should not be legalized anywhere.
Anonymous,
Most hard drug users drank Pepsi-Cola. Thus, Pepsi is a gateway drug.
Do you ever stop to consider that an individual's personality has a greater influence than the substance? I find that people with addictive personalities find something with to which to be addicted. Whether you want to call it a disease or a character flaw, it is not the substance.
Beer does not make an alcoholic. Drinking too much of it and too often does.
Junior, if you sell it, it is subject to sales tax. Most people don't want the hassle of growing their own tobacco, curing, and drying it for personal consumption. So I suspect most people would rather pop down to the corner 7-11 to buy a pack of weed.
Sorry Digi - I am on the other side of the fence on this.
I don't know Digi ... if it is legal to buy - it will be legal to grow and a hell of a lot cheaper than if they tax the shit out of the shit.
Besides - kids will not be able to buy it - but they sure as hell will grow it.
BTW - my elementary alma mater is St. Joe's Santa Ana.
A little off topic Digi, but I done give you an award over at my blog.
It's going to make you laugh, 'cause it's the "Sunshine Award". But dang it, you're so batshitcrazy you bring me sunshine. :)
But I don't know about the pot....but you did make me think with this post.
Thank you, Midwife - btw, I lurve your knitting! I used to knit a fair deal and enjoyed it. Now I am more into my camera.
Digi, get out your zig-zags and give me a call.
"Do you ever stop to consider that an individual's personality has a greater influence than the substance? I find that people with addictive personalities find something with to which to be addicted. Whether you want to call it a disease or a character flaw, it is not the substance.
Beer does not make an alcoholic. Drinking too much of it and too often does."
You nailed it, genius-Digi.
Light up the joint - uh, place - halo - whatever. The Angels won - I am happy!
Funny, if you're going to call it a "gateway drug" you might as well take a step back and call alcohol THE gateway drug as most people who smoke weed start with alcohol first.
Also, when I was in High School and looking for beer for a party with my friends it was much harder to get than weed which we had no interest in. In sum: weed = illegal = easy to find and rather cheap. Alcohol = legal = harder to get a hold of = more expensive.
I'm just sayin'.
I do think that Federal laws concerning "marra-ja-wanna" should be dropped. Let the states decide if they want to legalize pot.
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