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Comment author: optiment 16 March 2012 10:26:08PM -1 points [-]

I'm not sure the case for marijuana legalization is cut and dried even for pot lovers:

"Our neighborhoods continue to complain daily about the disruption and public safety issues presented by medical marijuana businesses operating in the city,'' says [a popular Los Angeles City Councilman].

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Medical-Marijuana-Pot-Law-Huizar-Motion-134390463.html

Maybe marijuana really does cause less trouble overall if the law forces you to smoke it on the sly.

Comment author: gwern 17 March 2012 03:58:27AM 14 points [-]

'disruption and public safety' sounds like it would be a kind of trouble an order of magnitude or two below trouble like 'the destroying of thousands of lives through courts & prisons'.

Comment author: optiment 20 March 2012 09:33:07PM *  1 point [-]

How about making penalties for marijuana use lighter?

Comment author: buybuydandavis 17 March 2012 09:28:34PM 5 points [-]

Point of order - marijuana legalization is not synonymous with the particular legal and regulatory regime for medical marijuana adopted in Los Angeles, CA.

Comment author: optiment 20 March 2012 09:21:59PM *  1 point [-]

All I said was that the case wasn't cut and dried...