Sometimes even those in charge are trying to get it right. Good call cops… “Listening to the critics, you’d think the only people calling for an end to marijuana prohibition in California were a bunch of deadbeat, dirty stoners — which, if true, might be cause for concern, as polls show most residents of the state support legalizing the much-maligned weed. But contrary to stereotype, a broad coalition supports Proposition 19, the initiative on the November ballot that would legalize marijuana, from labor unions to law enforcement, with dozens of retired cops and judges lending their support to the argument that it is prohibition — not pot smoking — that poses the real threat to society.”
