I understand it passed last night in two states but it will never be legal. There is already appeals taking place because even though it is legal at state level, smoking is illegal at the federal level. If you get busted the federal goverment will still charge you.
Attorney General Eric Holder, who was a vocal opponent of California's legalization initiative in 2010 saying he would continue to"vigorously enforce" federal marijuana prohibition.
In September, Holder was urged by nine former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to take a stand against marijuana legalization again. "To continue to remain silent conveys to the American public and the global community a tacit acceptance of these dangerous initiatives," the nine said in the letter to holder obtained by Reuters.
In October, those same DEA drug warriors joined by former directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy on a teleconference call to put additional pressure on Holder to speak out against Colorado's marijuana measure as well as similar initiatives on the ballot in Washington state and Oregon.
President Obama's former senior drug policy advisor said that if the marijuana initiatives passed, a war will be incited between the federal government and the states that pass them. "Once these states actually try to implement these laws, we will see an effort by the feds to shut down the legalization and use of marijuana in the legalized states," Sabet said.
I dont care if it passed or not it will never be legal. The feds wont let states take billions of dollars from them in revenue. Plus local police can do what they do here arrest them for two days for possesion, make them pay court costs and attorney fees, let them go and do the same thing over. It gives the people and "counselors" jobs in the system. Why bring something up for vote that will never happen?
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