URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n064/a03.html
Newshawk: Kirk
Webpage: http://www.insidebayarea.com/crime-courts/ci_14248127
Pubdate: Sat, 23 Jan 2010
Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
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Copyright: 2010 Bay Area News Group
Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
Author: Tom Barnidge, Contra Costa Times columnist
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IF GOVERNMENT DOESN'T CONTROL MARIJUANA, CRIMINALS WILL
WHEN THE Assembly's Public Safety Committee voted 12 days ago to
approve the legalization and regulation of marijuana in California,
knee-jerk reactions were sure to follow.
This was only a first step toward legislation, but San Mateo police
Chief Susan Manheimer quickly described the looming possibility as
"mind-boggling."
John Lovell, speaking for the California Peace Officers Association,
said it was "the last thing our society needs."
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