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121US CA: Buzzkill: Pot Legalization Rollout Is SlowMon, 12 Dec 2016
Source:San Jose Mercury News (CA) Author:Krieger, Lisa M. Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:12/12/2016

Amid celebration at Emerald Cup fest, there is angst about regulatory future

SANTA ROSA - Amid the euphoria of this weekend's famed Emerald Cup weed fest, there was this creeping buzzkill: the glacial rollout of legalization.

Right when it seems like "The Great Pot Moment" is upon us, it turns out there are a lot of really tough regulatory issues to resolve first, according to government and industry experts who sketched out all the thorny challenges at the two-day conference, competition and harvest celebration at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. And implementation of commercialization could be delayed a year until 2019, said insiders.

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122 US CA: Medical Marijuana Is Legal In California, Except When It's NotTue, 22 Nov 2016
Source:New York Times (NY) Author:Fuller, Thomas Area:California Lines:185 Added:11/22/2016

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - California's multibillion-dollar marijuana industry, by far the nation's largest, is crawling out from the underbrush after voters opted to legalize cannabis in this month's election. In Sonoma County alone, an estimated 9,000 marijuana cultivation businesses are operating in a provisional gray market, with few specific regulations, and are now looking to follow the path of the wine industry, which emerged from its own prohibition eight decades ago and rose to the global prominence it enjoys today.

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123US CA: Will Legal Marijuana Give Home Prices A New High?Tue, 08 Nov 2016
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA)          Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:11/08/2016

If the craziest and most contentious presidential election in modern history is making you feel somewhat lightheaded, a little disoriented, maybe even a tiny bit stoned, well, just you wait.

Lost amid the endless (and sometimes endlessly entertaining) stream of insults, scandals, and outright atrocities of the 2016 campaign is the fact that it isn't just the leadership of the free world at stake on Nov 8. Voters in California, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona, and Nevada will also decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana-and it looks like most will vote yes (although Nevada is still iffy). They'd be joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, which permit the recreational use and sale of marijuana. Washington, DC, allows recreational use but not retail sales.

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124 US CA: PUB LTE: Prop 64!Thu, 03 Nov 2016
Source:North Coast Journal (Arcata, CA) Author:White, Stan Area:California Lines:29 Added:11/04/2016

Editor:

Decades of cannabis prohibitionist lies, half-truths and propaganda ("Vote No for a Safer Community," Oct. 20, 2016), today, is one of the reasons cannabis (marijuana) prohibition is about to end. Colorado voters heard it all before and voted.

While polls predicting election results regarding cannabis seem to indicate it will pass, one poll is spot-on that voters can count on.

In Colorado, every subsequent poll indicates citizens continue supporting the end of cannabis prohibition. There is every reason to believe when California citizens end cannabis prohibition, you will not look back with regret either.

Stan White, Dillon, Colorado

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125 US CA: LTE: Last Chance To Prevent Pot ScourgeTue, 01 Nov 2016
Source:Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) Author:Cable, Ken Area:California Lines:43 Added:11/04/2016

There are only a few days left before voters' last chance to stop California's spiraling plunge into the marijuana morass now plaguing several states by voting no on Prop. 64. Supporters point out that responsible people can use marijuana without ill effect while ignoring it's the irresponsible that pose the threat. Further, they argue that marijuana DUIs are not as prevalent as alcohol users. I'm struggling to see the difference in that one.

Proponents argue that tax revenue reaching more than a billion dollars, along with savings to the justice system of tens of millions, will be a boon to California. This ignores the fact that so many regulations being created will create new enforcement issues that will need to be addressed. A further argument is that this financial windfall will "fund youth prevention programs, marijuana research, better drugged driving tests, environmental remediation and grants to impacted communities." The irony is that Prop. 64 will exacerbate these needs.

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126 US CA: PUB LTE: No RegretsThu, 27 Oct 2016
Source:Chico News & Review, The (CA) Author:White, Stan Area:California Lines:24 Added:10/28/2016

I was pleased to read the CN&R's endorsement of Prop. 64, legalizing cannabis (marijuana). While polls predicting election results regarding cannabis seem to indicate it will pass, one poll is spot-on that voters can count on. In Colorado, every subsequent poll indicates citizens continue supporting the end of cannabis prohibition. There is every reason to believe when California citizens end cannabis prohibition, you will not look back with regret either.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.

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127 US CA: Column: Legalized Pot Almost A CertaintyMon, 10 Oct 2016
Source:Porterville Recorder (CA) Author:Elias, Thomas Area:California Lines:92 Added:10/11/2016

A sense of certainty that recreational, random marijuana use will be legalized, regulated and taxed in California after next month's election lies behind the millions of dollars invested so far in Proposition 64, which would allow adults to grow, buy and possess pot. No more medical marijuana ruses.

The sense of inevitability stems partly from the experiences of Colorado and Washington state, where cannabis can be had anytime in very many places and is regulated somewhat like cigarettes. In short, not much. Polls now show between 55 and 60 percent of likely voters favor complete legalization, and national polls indicate almost exactly half of all Americans also want that. Support for freedom to use the weed has never been higher.

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128US CA: Column: Try Social Justice For The Best Buzz Of AllMon, 10 Oct 2016
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Garofoli, Joe Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/11/2016

DENVER - Many Californians will vote to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use Nov. 8 because - hell, yeah! But many of the rest of us are hoping for a longer, deeper high from legalization. We're hoping it brings some social justice.

That benefit of legalization, I fear, is being a bit oversold in California. Ask Candi CdeBaca. Legalizing pot hasn't started to solve decades of inequities in her neighborhood because not enough people there have made social justice a priority.

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129US CA: 6 Lessons From Legal Pot In Washington And ColoradoFri, 30 Sep 2016
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Garofoli, Joe Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/04/2016

Since they became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, Washington and Colorado have been scrutinized as test cases around the country a€" particularly in California, where voters will decide on election day whether to follow suit.

Here are six questions that are being asked about legal weed, and the answers that are emerging:

How much cash are states hauling in?

Washington brought in $186 million in marijuana tax revenue in the fiscal year that ended June 30 a€" a revenue stream that is on pace to jump by roughly 50 percent in fiscal 2017.

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130 US CA: LTE: The 'Weed Train'Tue, 06 Sep 2016
Source:Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author:Bartholow, Jane Area:California Lines:25 Added:09/06/2016

EDITOR: Thank you so much for the informative and appreciated column by Paul Gullixson in Sunday's Press Democrat ("Do we really want to become the mecca for marijuana?"). I too think Santa Rosa getting on the "weed train" is a terrible mistake, and I'm ashamed of our city leaders wanting to get us involved with this, all for the sake of making money. We, the city, would have no control over this as there is too much criminal involvement.

Santa Rosa

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131 US CA: PUB LTE: DEA Just Acting On InstinctMon, 05 Sep 2016
Source:Orange County Register, The (CA) Author:Wilson, Gordon Area:California Lines:28 Added:09/05/2016

Re "DEA marijuana reclassification behind schedule" [Opinion, Sept. 2]: Being screwed by the Drug Enforcement Agency is sort of like being stung by a scorpion. The scorpion can't really be blamed too much for its actions since its mindless and predictable behavior is largely motivated by instincts. With the DEA, things are essentially the same, although slightly different with the additional complicating factors of greed, prejudice and willful neglect of science.

What bugs me, in light of this, is how we continue to let this insane governmental agency gone amok run and ruin our lives and have so much power over us instead of our rationally taking on more responsibility and staying clear of or abolishing it - as we might do with the scorpion.

- - Gordon Wilson, Laguna Niguel

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132 US CA: LTE: A 'Sane Rebuttal'Sun, 04 Sep 2016
Source:Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author:Hope, Roberta Area:California Lines:28 Added:09/04/2016

EDITOR: Thank you for Paul Gullixson's astute editorial on Santa Rosa's marijuana mecca ("Do we really want to become the mecca for marijuana?" Aug. 28). I had begun to think The Press Democrat was promoting legalization with the three headline stories in August, so it is refreshing to read Gullixson's sane rebuttal, as it has given me some more specific information to pass on to friends. So many people are not aware of the down side to this issue. I was especially interested to read what John A. Jackson of the Colorado Police Chiefs had to say. Our young people have no idea. So thank you for stepping out and sharing. I hope you don't get too much abuse in return.

Petaluma

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133 US CA: LTE: Approving Measure L Would Be A Huge MistakeSun, 04 Sep 2016
Source:Chico Enterprise-Record (CA) Author:Torres, Loretta Ann Area:California Lines:37 Added:09/04/2016

It's 2017. A little boy is walking down a street in downtown Chico with his grandmother. The little boy looks up and ask, : "Grandma, what's that smell?" Grandma looks down and replies, "That's the smell of marijuana growing in back yards throughout the city. Smells like skunks doesn't it?"

Then the little boy points to a bum lying in the street in their path. He points and says, "Why is he laying there? And why are those others lined up in front of that store?" The grandmother replies, "Well sweetheart, they are lining up to buy their marijuana from those dispensaries on every street corner."

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134 US CA: Column: 'The More Access, The More Use'Sun, 04 Sep 2016
Source:Los Angeles Times (CA) Author:Abcarian, Robin Area:California Lines:134 Added:09/04/2016

L.A. Substance-Abuse Prevention Specialist Works to Limit Pot Availability Among Young People.

When I wrote on Friday that pot use can have a serious downside for some teenagers, I hardly expected to be accused of embracing an archaic, alarmist "Reefer Madness" point of view.

"Are you paid by an anti-marijuana faction?" asked one reader. "You should be ashamed."

I'm sure I've done a lot of things that I should be ashamed of, but raising questions about the effects of marijuana on developing brains is not one of them.

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135 US CA: LTE: Base Cannabis Dui Laws On ScienceFri, 02 Sep 2016
Source:Sacramento Bee (CA) Author:Chezem, Linda Area:California Lines:34 Added:09/03/2016

Re "Pot critics focus on driving while stoned" (Page 7A, Aug. 31): Legalizing marijuana threatens highway safety while increasing court congestion and costs, and state judicial systems are already overwhelmed by drug-related casework.

The evidentiary issues are serious. Unlike with alcohol, a scientifically based measure for THC impairment does not exist. THC is fat-soluble, so blood limits could remain above the legal limit for days after the user last legally smoked pot. The user would not appear stoned, but legally could still be considered impaired and presumed guilty. Devastating and long-lasting implications could result in cases such as auto accidents in which someone dies.

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136 US CA: LTE: Taking Issue With PotSat, 03 Sep 2016
Source:Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author:Morton, Lou Area:California Lines:38 Added:09/03/2016

EDITOR: I applaud Paul Gullixson's Sunday column ("Do we want to become the mecca for marijuana?). It is well worth reading, whichever side of issue you are on. Finally, an article published in The Press Democrat that doesn't sound like a paid advertisement from the yes on Proposition 64 camp. In my opinion, his piece contained much more of a journalistic balance of the issues then virtually anything I have read in The Press Democrat over the last several months.

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137 US CA: LTE: Will Prop. 64 Improve State?Fri, 02 Sep 2016
Source:Sacramento Bee (CA) Author:Hunter, Dennis A. Area:California Lines:32 Added:09/03/2016

Re "Bumper crop of pot cash" (Insight, Aug. 30): I think Foon Rhee is dead on target when he writes that "California's marijuana market is projected to mushroom from $2.7 billion in 2015 to $6.5 billion by 2020 if recreational pot becomes legal," and "a lot of people are poised to make a lot of money."

Whenever I'm deciding whether to vote "yes" or "no" on a particular proposition, I always ask myself in what way the passage or defeat of that proposition will improve the life, socially and economically, of the average California citizen. I emphasize the word "improve."

From what I've read and understand, passage of Proposition 64 will does neither. It is as Rhee writes: A lot of people are poised to make a lot of money. Vote No on Proposition 64.

Dennis A. Hunter,

Sacramento

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138US CA: Column: DEA Marijuana Reclassification Behind ScheduleSat, 03 Sep 2016
Source:Orange County Register, The (CA) Author:Rodriguez, Sal Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:09/03/2016

On August 11, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced its rejection of petitions to reschedule marijuana, an unsurprising, but disappointing, decision.

Currently designated a Schedule I substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act, the prohibition of marijuana has long been a central component of the vast web of federal, state and local government entities devoted to combating (certain) drug use.

Alongside drugs like heroin and LSD, marijuana is in the most restrictive category of federal drug regulations. Officially, the DEA rejected calls to reschedule marijuana "because it does not meet the criteria for currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, there is a lack of accepted safety for its use under medical supervision and it has a high potential for abuse."

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139 US CA: PUB LTE: Marijuana Is Not From The DevilFri, 02 Sep 2016
Source:Calaveras Enterprise (CA) Author:Bailey, K. C. Area:California Lines:45 Added:09/03/2016

Marijuana is not from the devil. It's just a weed that has always grown in specific climates and has been used medicinally since before time. You ask, "Is getting high medicinal?" You betcha it is. Feeling good about life is the greatest healer of all.

We do not live in a Puritan society with its tightly controlled codes of moral conduct. Those days are gone. That mindset is obsolete. We live in a free and ever-changing world.

Those trying to retard American cultural evolution can be compared to certain religious types trying to maintain the thinking written on Middle Eastern scrolls hundreds or thousands of years ago. We as a species are not there anymore. We aren't them. The world has changed. People have changed.

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140 US CA: LTE: Pot Capital? No ThanksFri, 02 Sep 2016
Source:Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author:Miller, Syd Area:California Lines:24 Added:09/02/2016

EDITOR: Thank you, Paul Gullixson. We want to acknowledge Gullixson's excellent Sunday column questioning whether Santa Rosa and Sonoma County should be leading the pack to jump upon the weed train ("Do we really want to become the mecca for marijuana?"). Who are these city and county leaders? Let's have some names. Please reprint this excellent column. Is this the reputation Santa Rosa wants?

Santa Rosa

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