Cannabis '15: The Long Wait Until 2016

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so odds are at least one of these will pass.  then it's on Obama to send the military West and keep the prison-industrial complex booming without a hiccup.

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I wouldn't have supported the Washington initiative. The idea that a driver can be forced to undergo a blood test and be penalized for something they may have smoked ages ago is terrifying.

yes it sucks but had to be done, it was in response to one of the main things that sunk the Cali initiative.  this stuff is about moving the goalposts

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h11rMTjdQNY#at=82

hahaha....

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jury nullification would be an interesting grassroots strategy to pursue if the feds don't lay off soon.

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this article from the LA Times is obviously written from an anti-pot POV, but it does explain how millions in cash have flowed in from a) police and medical groups that shake in their boots and b) Sheldon Adelson, who is probably just weird.  the cash has given the anti-pot side in AK, WA, and FL some new life.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-legalization-20141030-story.html

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as for trying to project where we'll be sitting with all of this after 2016, a lot depends on how the next president will handle the situation.  no doubt some of them might come in guns blazing to shut down both the medical and recreational pot industries, and with pot still Sched I (no recognized medical purpose) according to federal law, the Justice Dept. should be able to get an injunction to shut down every pot distributor in the country almost immediately if they so desire.