California decriminalizes marijuana even more

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100107046.html

So even if Prop 19 doesn't pass, this basically makes marijuana possession the equivalent of a speeding ticket and effectively removes an deterrent value whatsoever. Kind of makes voting against Prop 19 at this point pretty pointless.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100107046.html

So even if Prop 19 doesn't pass, this basically makes marijuana possession the equivalent of a speeding ticket and effectively removes an deterrent value whatsoever.

That's not true... otherwise people would just go 100 mph all the time.

If you speed at that level constantly, you will almost certainly be caught at some point, unlike marijuana usage where the odds of being caught are quite slim, and thus a slim penalty results in next to no deterrent. Also speeding tickets increase your insurance and can eventually lead to license suspension. Here you pay a $100 fine and forget about it. Not much of a deterrent unless you're a poor, to me a $100 fine means I have to cancel a strip club visit or record store shopping spree, it'll piss me off, but it won't stop me from doing anything I like.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100107046.html

So even if Prop 19 doesn't pass, this basically makes marijuana possession the equivalent of a speeding ticket and effectively removes an deterrent value whatsoever.

That's not true... otherwise people would just go 100 mph all the time.

If you speed at that level constantly, you will almost certainly be caught at some point, unlike marijuana usage where the odds of being caught are quite slim, and thus a slim penalty results in next to no deterrent. Also speeding tickets increase your insurance and can eventually lead to license suspension. Here you pay a $100 fine and forget about it. Not much of a deterrent unless you're a poor, to me a $100 fine means I have to cancel a strip club visit or record store shopping spree, it'll piss me off, but it won't stop me from doing anything I like.

Meh - maybe I just overvalue $100... I'm kinda cheap though.

Haha dude I know someone who once spent $200 in one night just on booze. Like you're probably a broke college student and you probably actually care about things like saving and all that. Would you ever spend $50 on a 9 song record that you already have on a CD compilation and had illegally downloaded well before that? No I doubt you ever would and if you did you probably would be embarrassed instead of sending out a mass text to a bunch of your contacts about how got it just because it's that awesome to finally own that thing that you've wanted since you were 17. Nah you're a frugal guy.