Why Prop 19's failure is a victory anyway
I will admit, I held high hopes that California's 'Proposition 19' (Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis Act) would succeed and open the floodgates to prove marijuana as a relatively harmless recreational substance. I know, I was reaching, but that isn't the point. I saw the success of Prop 19 as being a kickoff for a 'domino effect' of changes of public opinion based on reliable, accurate information. As it turns out, I wasn't thinking 'outside the box'. It may be that the very act of putting it on the ballot stirred up support elsewhere in the United States for similar measures - South Dakota actually had a medical marijuana measure on the ballot (it failed), Arizona has Prop 203 to legalize medical marijuana (up to 2.5oz) apparently still in ballot-limbo, and two brand-new state Governors (Vermont's Peter Shumlin and Connecticut's Dan Malloy) just happen to be on the side of Decriminalization and medical marijuana. One point that I