Sacramento Adult Entertainment: Editorial: Take your time on this question
his or her 80s who just wants occasional relief from nausea and pain — has no access to this medicine.
Perhaps the problems were intended by those who wrote the bill. Now they argue that all the headaches would disappear if the drug was just legal.
Legalization proponents delivered more than 400,000 signatures to Sacramento, and this week the secretary of state announced the question of legalization will go before voters in November.
The election should be close. Attitudes toward marijuana are more permissive these days, and proponents of legalization can argue that this would be a financial boon for the state. They say if marijuana is regulated and the sales are taxed, it could add $1 billion or more annually to the state. Yes, so would prostitution, state-owned casinos and legalized sports betting, but nobody’s rushing to do that. It can’t be all about the money.