What we won, before ‘Moderates’ bartered away our rights
Here is what the voters of California were told, in the official 1996 Voter’s Handbook, and this is what they believed would happen if they voted “yes.”
From the Prop. 215 Ballot Arguments:
“Proposition 215 does not require a written prescription. Anyone with the “oral recommendation or approval by a physician” can grow, possess or smoke marijuana. No medical examination is required.”
“Proposition 215 does not restrict the use of marijuana to AIDS, cancer, glaucoma and other serious illnesses. … No medical examination is required. There is no age restriction. … This initiative allows unlimited quantities of marijuana to be grown.”
“READ THE FINE PRINT. Proposition 215 legalizes marijuana use for “any other illness for which marijuana provides relief.” This could include stress, headaches, upset stomach, insomnia, a stiff neck . . . or just about anything.”
– JAMES P. FOX, President, California District Attorneys Association
“Proposition 215 requires absolutely no written documentation of any kind to grow or smoke marijuana.”
– SHERIFF BRAD GATES, Past President, California State Sheriffs’ Association
Since that time the Moderates have accomplished a great deal:
– reduced no limits to 6 plants per patient
–saddled us with yearly, expensive, state ID and physician’s letters, as well as
–new tax and regulate schemes that give us nothing we aren’t already entitled to.
Wow, that’s a record of achievement the narcs would envy!