The reason for the decline in support is that people are starting to look at the down-side of Prop 19. Marijuana (1 ounce) has already just been decriminalized in California; no charges, no court, no record. You can flaunt your bag in front of a cop right now, and there's not jack they can do about it. Except maybe write you a ticket.
So now Prop 19 is mainly about economics. A lot of people feel that (both economically and otherwise) they'd have more options without it.
A good website that explains all this stuff is http://no-on19.com It's made by stoners.
People are also realizing that an initiative is FOREVER. So it's not just like "well, i'll vote for this flawed one now as a first step until something better comes along". An initiative can never be changed --- ever. Except by another initiative; until someone raises huge money & a campaign for a new initiative.
That's why Dennis Peron, who wrote Proposition 215, is urgently telling people not to vote for it. He's probably the most experienced person out there on initiatives, and cannabis -- and he hates it. Makes ya wonder....
Also voting for Prop 19 blocks the way for the good initiatives that are brewing right now. That accomplish the desired goals:
1) making marijuana legal, while at the same time
2) keeping hundreds of thousands of Californians fully or partially self-employed thru cannabis, and
3) keeping the money in the state & in the pockets of the people (we're talking about $15 Billion dollars annually pumped into our economy).
4) keeping big corporations and government out of an industry that should remain people-based.
As soon as an initiative is out that does those 4 things, SIGN IT, then VOTE FOR IT.
Btw, some are saying Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has 'drafted' some proposed bill that would fix the things wrong with Prop 19. And then try and push it thru the Legislature. But Amiano's last legalization bill did not make it thru the state Legislature & it was much less liberal than this new one. So it's not likely this new one will either. If somehow it did, then it would make Prop 19 obsolete. So either way, it's safer to vote no on 19.
just my 2c
So now Prop 19 is mainly about economics. A lot of people feel that (both economically and otherwise) they'd have more options without it.
A good website that explains all this stuff is http://no-on19.com It's made by stoners.
People are also realizing that an initiative is FOREVER. So it's not just like "well, i'll vote for this flawed one now as a first step until something better comes along". An initiative can never be changed --- ever. Except by another initiative; until someone raises huge money & a campaign for a new initiative.
That's why Dennis Peron, who wrote Proposition 215, is urgently telling people not to vote for it. He's probably the most experienced person out there on initiatives, and cannabis -- and he hates it. Makes ya wonder....
Also voting for Prop 19 blocks the way for the good initiatives that are brewing right now. That accomplish the desired goals:
1) making marijuana legal, while at the same time
2) keeping hundreds of thousands of Californians fully or partially self-employed thru cannabis, and
3) keeping the money in the state & in the pockets of the people (we're talking about $15 Billion dollars annually pumped into our economy).
4) keeping big corporations and government out of an industry that should remain people-based.
As soon as an initiative is out that does those 4 things, SIGN IT, then VOTE FOR IT.
Btw, some are saying Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has 'drafted' some proposed bill that would fix the things wrong with Prop 19. And then try and push it thru the Legislature. But Amiano's last legalization bill did not make it thru the state Legislature & it was much less liberal than this new one. So it's not likely this new one will either. If somehow it did, then it would make Prop 19 obsolete. So either way, it's safer to vote no on 19.
just my 2c