California Lovin'

I give kudos to California for this breaking news:

http://new.927thevan.com/news/articles/2010/mar/24/marijuana-legalization-will-be-on-california-ballo/

So, it's about time that the legalization of marijuana be put on the California ballot. The vote for the legalization of the sale and consumption of marijuana will be put on the November ballot. One doesn't have to be a pot-smoker to be happy that a more peaceful world would come about from the legalization of marijuana in America. Too many helpless people are arrested for a habit much less dangerous and addictive than the smoking of cigarettes. Does this seem right? Certainly not.

Why don't other states wake up and see that such a harmless substance should be decriminalized? One doesn't even have to smoke marijuana to have a strong opinion about the subject. For instance, thousands upon thousands of people die each year from tobacco - a product legal to buy at the age of 18. Alcohol impairs judgement greatly and is a very dangerous substance, in my opinion. Now tell me, what has marijuana ever done?

I am not sure I will ever understand why something so harmless is hated and criminilized by so many.

It's time America wakes up and at least makes marijuana legal for at least medicinal purposes - for how can one criminilize something known widely to help so many people with glaucoma, arthritis, cancer, and many other painful diseases?

Thumbs down to America. Thumbs up to California.