Will police set up sobriety checkpoints to snare stoned drivers?

What? Should we set up checkpoints for drivers who text? When your stopped anybody who has a text within 5 minutes will be arrested for impaired/texting and driving.

How about a person who just swallowed a vicodin and a beer?

All these things are far worse than someone who just smoked a joint.

Also, did you ever stop to think that some people just can't drive period?

Please. Please. All of the positive comments I have heard about legalizing cannabis shows me there are more people for legalization. But these comments mean nothing if you don't go out and VOTE!

Get out there on November 2nd and VOTE!

That's the beauty of American democracy. There's not a single thing anybody can do about it if majority rules. Voting in finite. It ends all whining.

"Some of them will be very upscale, and some will be more like opium dens."

Here we go again with more BS speculation.

"For starters, the state's tough anti-smoking laws ban smoking in bars and restaurants. Any establishment that wanted to make itself an exception without operating underground would face regulatory hurdles".

You know you can ingest cannabis too. How about just going to a THC bakery/bar and hanging out? No smoking here.

You see everything that someone whines about cannabis, there is something that always disproves their claim.

"But even in San Francisco, cafe and bar owners question the Amsterdam comparison. Janet Clyde, co-owner of Vesuvio, the famous watering hole for beatniks like Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, said bars like hers would not likely add another intoxicant to their menus".

I don't care if you don't have it. I will just bring in some THC brownies with me and eat them on premises. It's not like I have to sit there at your establishment with a tube in my mouth and a constant supply of THC going in my system. Just like thousands of other prohibitionists, you probably never ingested THC, but you still have a negative comment about it.

You think people who smoke cannabis have to keep shoving THC in their body like a person would do with alcohol in a bar?

legalize i,t tax it, control it, works for me folks.

How will Prop 19 affect you?

• Are you age 18-20? You will not be allowed to consume cannabis legally under Prop 19. Currently, all you need is a medical recommendation to do so.

• Do you interact with anyone under age of 21? You will be looking at up to 6 months in jail for passing them a joint. (If the person is under 18 you will be looking at up to 7 years in prison.)

• Do you live in the same "space" and a minor? (Space could mean anything from the same house to an entire apartment complex.) You will not be allowed to consume cannabis.

• Do you rent your home? Prop 19 will only allow you to grow cannabis if you have permission from your landlord. Due to the risks involved, many (if not most) California landlords do not allow it. How is this legalization?

• Do you grow cannabis with a doctor recommendation? Prop 19 will likely be interpreted by law enforcement and judges to limit your grow space to 5′x5′.

• Do you provide your extra medical cannabis to dispensaries? It will be a crime to do so if Prop 19 passes. In addition, large Oakland growers and tobacco companies will take control of the market and push you out.

• Do you currently have to use your medical cannabis anywhere but home? Prop 19 will prevent patients from using their medicine anywhere in pubic. Which for many people with illnesses is not always possible.

• Do you sell your extra medical cannabis to other medical patients? Prop 19 will make this practice illegal. Even if you are only selling it to cover your growing cost.

• Do you currently enjoy the use of cannabis free from Government interference? Not only will the Government impose excessive taxes under Prop 19, but the federal government will likely respond with unprecedented action against California cannabis users. "The federal Controlled Substances Act makes it a felony to grow or sell cannabis. California can repeal its own marijuana laws, leaving enforcement to the feds. But it can’t legalize a federal felony. Therefore, any grower or seller paying California taxes on marijuana sales or filing pot-related California regulatory paperwork would be confessing, in writing, to multiple federal crimes."

sad that such a large amount of supporters of prop 19 will be voting to degrade the quality of weed and make it illegal for any person under 21 (even with medical cards) to use. handing over the industry to big tobacco, and create new felonies.

VOTE NO PROP 19

if u r 18 take $70 get your dr rec and have more freedoms than prop 19 would allow. u can also go to your county health dept $150 makes it legal to carry 1/4 lbs they have a license for that . prop 19 is a very bad idea. by the way no one that grows good quality bud wants this to pass, not just because prices could drop. the price of top shelf buds will stay the same. i understand most of you dont know what top shelf bud is. go to nugporn . com

vote no prop 19.