Pubdate: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 Source: Chicago Sun-Times (IL) Copyright: 2010 Scripps Howard News Contact: http://www.suntimes.com/aboutus/feedback/index.html Website: http://www.suntimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/81 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) WHY SOME CALIFORNIA SOCCER MOMS WANT POT LEGALIZED SAN FRANCISCO -- With Californians likely to vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana, some key swing voters -- Democratic and independent women -- are expressing a surprising reason why they would support the initiative. The suburban "soccer moms" who are likely voters have told pollsters that the measure, which would give local governments the authority to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis to adults 21 or older, would provide a safer way for their adult children to buy pot. "One of the scary things to some people is that their kids may be buying it from someone dangerous," said pollster Ruth Bernstein. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake