RNIA DISPATCH:
CHIL’EN’
havoc they had imagined would result from the social transformations we were demanding.
an over, regulate sales, and add millions of tax dollars to the coffers of local and state governments. After similar measures have failed twice In the midst of such a backlash, before, passage this time seems it’s easy to get discouraged, but almost certain. we can’t lose sight of the fact that the progress we started The increasing acceptance of really and truly is unstoppable. the idea that cannabis is not Things we never thought we’d only essentially harmless, but see are coming to pass, such as also ubiquitous, is frequently the possibility of a woman as compared to the change in President of the United States consciousness around LGBT (yes, I know, it’s late by other issues. Gone are the days of standards) marriage equality, ‘Refer Madness’ tactics, so and it looks like marijuana will the best the opposition can soon be legalized in California. come up with is the alleged ‘danger’ of prime-time TV ads Proposition 64, on the state’s for weed - a claim that has November ballot, would been discredited by broadcast legalize possession of less than industry executives, who an ounce of pot for people 21 say that regardless of any
California law, they’d rather not challenge federal laws prohibiting such ads. Another old saying from my parents: “How time and chil’en do change!” Still the last kicks of the dying past are with us. At the same time that an estimated 60% of Californians are prepared to take the high road on the marijuana initiative, a loud minority of ‘religious freedom’ proponents are setting their hair on fire about a bill in the state legislature that would require church-affiliated colleges and universities, that receive state funding, to make public any exemptions they claim to discriminate against
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