Pubdate: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Copyright: 2010 Devin Shoecraft Contact: http://www.signonsandiego.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/386 Author: Devin Shoecraft DEBATE OVER PROP. 19 Tired scare tactics are nothing new in the war on drugs, but District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis' gross misrepresentation of the scope of Proposition 19 hits a new low ("The promise is not the reality," Dialog, Oct. 3). To be clear, under the new law it will remain illegal to drive while impaired and it will remain illegal to smoke in public just as it is illegal to drive drunk and drink in public. Persons attempting to run commercial growing operations in residential areas will be subject to the same regulations as any other business including at-home "moonshiners." Drug dealers will be replaced by respectable, licensed businesses having an incentive to check IDs and avoid associating with cartels, as is presently the case with liquor stores. The only loser here is our district attorney, who will no longer be able to kick down doors, seize assets and terrorize otherwise-law abiding San Diegans. Dumanis' raising the specter of the "stoned bus driver" a fantasy lifted directly from "The Simpsons" reeks of desperation. Devin Shoecraft San Diego - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake