Big surprise. I think nationwide legalization is coming, and is long overdue. The various prohibitions have not made our societies better places as we were promised/threatened.

...shit, they can't even find money to fix some bridges. As long as the Congress is in Republican hands, I think we can forget about federal legalization. President Obama could do some things by executive action, but I'm pretty sure that isn't one, and sadly, he doesn't seem all that interested in doing it.

Looks like it's up to the states.

Basically, all the progressive progress is coming in spite of Congress and the Executive Branch. There was no support for Equal Rights for LBGTs in either group either because of political calculation or because they honestly hate the rainbows. Legalization has been fought tooth and nail by the both branches as well. The current racial issues were not tackled when they could have been either.

We're on our own- our "Leaders" are desperately enforcing status quo...and we don't have time for it. The climate change clock is ticking, and the answer (if it's not too late) is to dismantle the current system. They're not going to want to do that.

Right now, GW Pharmaceutical is about to patent CBD oil and extracts. (They are a pharmacy in England.)

This means that once they achieve the patented status, they can stop dispensaries that utilize CBD. And one activist, Lynnette Shaw, is firmly convinced that they will utilize the patent to go after anyone using any cannabis - even their own home grown.

Calif's legislature is about to tighten up the regulations on medicinal use and dispensaries, allowing the local police more police state powers. (Should that legislation become law.)

The DOJ is not supposed to do any more busts in California - but there was a major bust in San Jose Calif over the past week. Not sure how it was accomplished. Supposedly Congress cut off the funding for raids, but they still seem to be on going.

And a person is arrested for marijuana every 36 minutes in this state. (Despite the Golden state's reputation as being super-liberal.) And often the penalty for attempting to do home grown is a SWAT style raid - so that your dogs are killed, and you are thrown to the floor. We are not necessarily meaning raids where massive quantities of pot are being grown - I have known people who had smallish gardens of 12 to 14 plants that got raided. Grow a few plants and watch them kill your dogs!

But the flip side is that Colorado and Washington have both gone full legal, and the collapse of civilization didn't happen in either place as predicted.

The Obama admin has done a horrible job in accepting the change that the voters want...but it's too big for them to stifle. Whether it's LBGT rights, legalization, the death of Capitalism or the end of big dirty energy...the train has already left the station, they're just trying to slow it down.

people I know and care for.

In fact, the more that voters in other states wake up and vote in legalization, the harsher the stuff that is happening here in Calif.

And it sickens me to see people defending/cheering for it. I don't know what I can do to help from here, but I hope public opinion there is against that, and that your own advocacy against it is going well

Since Washington State legalized cannabis, my 'new patient establishing for chronic pain' visits have cratered.

No more "I gotta have Percocet, man! It's the only thing that works!"

I was questioning the high THC chew concentrated taffy candies, because i'm mostly looking for CBD's, she rightly stated that these candies are saving people from taking the pharmaceuticals.

Slowly, we're changing the direction of this ship. I find this highly optimistic from the standpoint of overall health of the species.