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July 17, 2010 — Russ Belville from NORML provides a close look at Prop. 19 for those who want to take a closer look.

California’s Prop 19: A Word-for-Word Analysis
July 19th, 2010 By: Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator

I’ve spent the weekend reading various blogs that have sprouted up in opposition to Proposition 19, California’s effort to legalize marijuana this November. These “Stoners Against Legalization” blogs confound me; they remind me of Sam Kinison’s line comparing “Rock Against Drugs” to “Christians Against Christ”.

Some of these blogs are based on the notion that legalization would be worse than “what we have now”. The assumption there is that if you smoke marijuana in California, you must already have your Prop 215 recommendation from a doctor, and you’d be losing your rights under Prop 19.

Read the full story at NORML.org.