>>I am curious to know if people here think that the voters in California will vote to legalize marijuana on Nov 2nd.
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>Here's an interesting issue concerning this. My son has one of those medical marijuana cards. Of course, we all know why he really has the card. <g> One of the things the law currently allows is that if you grow more than you can use, you can sell the excess to anyone else who has a card, or sell it to the clubs.

I believe that marijuana should be legal (with the same, or worse, penalties for actions while "under the influence" as for alcohol). I understand, even if I don't agree with, the views of those who think it should not be legal.

Even if illegal, I believe marijuana should be available as a prescription drug. Quite frankly, I don't understand the views of those who oppose medical marijuana. That doctors and patients will abuse the privilege is, in my mind, a completely separate issue. There are all sorts of legal medicines with similar problems and there is no call to remove the rights of a doctor to prescribe them.

But the idea of marijuana clubs just boggles the mind and I have no problem with shutting them down. You're supposed to be taking medication -- not getting high. I can't think of anything else where taking medication becomes a social event.