Yes on Prop 19

California's Prop 19, while not perfect, is an amazing piece of history in the works! If passed it will attempt to "legalize" cannabis (marijuana) for recreational adult use. I see so many reasons why prop 19 should pass, but the one that keeps coming back up for me is that the passing of prop 19 might save hundreds if not thousands of lives. So let's look at three issues that come up to the top: Violence, Poison, and Law Enforcement

So Many Deaths Because Of Current Drug Laws

Violence. Why will a prop 19 victory save the lives of so many people? Simply because of the failed "War on Drugs". All it has ever done is kill human beings and ruin the lives of entire families, at the expense of $2.5 trillion in taxpayer money. Let's stop the bloodshed now by no longer sending police to peoples' gardens. We can stop the fight between innocent people and police by ending prohibition of cannabis, a horribly unjust law.

Poison. It isn't just the K2 "fake marijuana" makers, or the alcohol industry, or the tobacco industry that is hurting people so badly. It's the government that has hidden the safer option while continually lying about its effects. Cannabis (marijuana) if used instead of those substances would save human life because it is so much safer. By attempting to mislead Americans about the safer product, they are condoning death. A cigarette has over 500 added chemicals yet the tobacco companies still are not required to list any of them. That right there is a greater crime than cannabis (marijuana) could ever be! That makes the tobacco industry and our own government cold-hearted killers, simply because of their failure to educate people. Cigarettes are a poisonous "laced" drug that has a brutal death-toll, and you can look no further than our own government and tobacco companies for lacing it while not listing what its laced with. It's one thing to make an educated choice about a substance, but how can someone do so with the information intentionally left off the packaging? A piece of cannabis (marijuana) grown in dirt, under the sun, with plain water does the trick with nothing added! Did you know that? It's not just a little bit safer than K2, alcohol, and tobacco. It's a non-toxic plant that works without any special processing.

Law Enforcement. Pulling weeds is for gardeners, not police. We've got some huge problems with drugs in this country. Mainly they are: pharmaceuticals, meth, and alcohol. Yet we're spending billions of dollars per year on sending law enforcement to pull weeds, i.e. destroying cannabis plants. Doesn't that seem like a complete waste of money and time? Let's re-purpose these fine law enforcement professionals towards doing something that actually helps our country, and leave the gardening to the gardeners. I know chopping down plants is an easy day of work for a police officer; plants themselves can't fight back. But let's be frank: there are bigger fish to fry. Fish that make meth-amphetamines. Spending a day as a police officer chopping down plants sounds like a walk in the park to me--but even worse it sounds like a day of not doing your job while hiding behind, yes, a plant.