Vote No On Prop 19

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Hype vs Reality

HYPE: Under Prop 19 you can’t be fired for using cannabis.

TRUTH: Most California employees can be fired at any time for any reason except their race, gender, age, or sexual orientation, PERIOD.

HYPE: We must legalize now, or it may never happen!

TRUTH: Real legalization is on the horizon. Better written laws that are actually designed to promote freedom will be on the ballot in the near future.

HYPE: Prop 19 won’t affect medical cannabis patients.

TRUTH: Under the initiative, medical users will not be exempt from the growing limitation of a 5′x5′ area, per PROPERTY (not per person). Prop 19 will also prevent patients from medicating in the same "space" as a minor or in public places. Medical growers will also have to seek permission from their landlord to grow, which is almost always impossible.

HYPE: Prop 19 will allow you to purchase cannabis legally.

TRUTH: Under Prop 19, you will only be able to legally purchase cannabis from licensed dispensaries. If your city decides to not allow such dispensaries, you’re out of luck. (It will be a crime to purchase from your friends, neighbors, etc.)

HYPE: Prop 19 will regulate cannabis like alcohol.

TRUTH: Prop 19 limits the possession of cannabis to under on ounce and dictates that it may not be consumed in the same "space" and a minor. This is obviously nothing like the regulation of alcohol.

HYPE: Prop 19 is FOR the people.

TRUTH: Prop 19 was placed on the ballot by a group who stands to make huge profits if it passes. This group invested $1.4 million of their own money into the measure — Do you really believe they did this for the benefit of the cannabis community? (More about the Prop 19 Cartel)

HYPE: Prop 19 is a movement BY the people.

TRUTH: A month following former state Senator Don Perata’s endorsement of Prop 19, the Prop 19 Cartel gave $10,000 to a committee head by Perata. What’s more, if Don Perata is successful in his run for Mayor of Oakland, he will be conveniently positioned to oversee the large scale manufacturing of cannabis in the city. (Prop 19 allows cities to grant valuable growing permits to anyone they wish, including political contributors like the Prop 19 Cartel.) Does this sound like a movement by the people? (More about the Prop 19 Cartel)

HYPE: Any type of legalization is a step in the right direction.

TRUTH: Prop 19 is one step forward and ten steps back. This initiative is vague and will allow police and judges to enforce it however they wish. Prop 19 will lock us into a BAD law that could permanently damage the effort to fully legalize.

HYPE: ‘Yes on 19′ claims that Prop 19 will "protect medical cannabis patients rights."

TRUTH: Medical patients already have unprecedented access to high quality cannabis. Prop 19 will likely force a crackdown on marijuana by the Federal Government, perhaps jeopardizing prop 215. Prop 19 will also likely bring large scale cannabis manufacturing by tobacco companies who will lower quality to maximize profits. These companies will also likely add addictive and poisonous additives to cannabis, just like they do with tobacco.

HYPE: Prop 19 will end the War on Drugs by legalizing cannabis.

TRUTH: Prop 19 doesn’t fully legalize cannabis. It allows adults over 21 to possess up to one ounce. Under current California law, you can NOT be arrested for having this vary same amount. So the War on Drugs will continue, if not escalate under Prop 19.