I agree with something like healthcare or financial reform, but not here.
If we have a crappy law and it creates a bunch of talking points for the opposition, that is worse than no law. The CA law will be open for repeal and other states will be less likely to pass the law.
If CA passed a good law, had a good result over the next 10 years, proponents elsewhere can point to CA as a model example of what will happen.
Any law to legalize pot has to
1) Increase tax revenue
2) Reduce crime related to drugs (especially violent crime)
3) Effectively penalize those that endager others
4) Effectively regulate the industry so that the supply is safe
If we have a crappy law and it creates a bunch of talking points for the opposition, that is worse than no law. The CA law will be open for repeal and other states will be less likely to pass the law.
If CA passed a good law, had a good result over the next 10 years, proponents elsewhere can point to CA as a model example of what will happen.
Any law to legalize pot has to 1) Increase tax revenue 2) Reduce crime related to drugs (especially violent crime) 3) Effectively penalize those that endager others 4) Effectively regulate the industry so that the supply is safe