santa cruz is the pot capital:
Do the people of Santa Cruz really want marijuana to be what the city is known for?
That question just may be turning into a reality, especially after the passage last week of Measure K.
The ballot measure passed overwhelmingly, although we still believe that a number of voters didn't really understand the full implications of the measure.
It's part of a national effort by a well-funded group that's trying to overturn the nation's marijuana laws. They're going about the effort by picking off far-left towns like Santa Cruz to apparently convince the rest of the country that marijuana ought to be legalized.
We're not convinced that marijuana is really harmless, nor are we convinced that legalizing it is really the smartest move our society could make.
But were it to be legalized, we'd hate to see it done this way, where you end up with "pockets" of marijuana havens like Santa Cruz.
Do the people of Santa Cruz really want marijuana to be what the city is known for?
That question just may be turning into a reality, especially after the passage last week of Measure K.
The ballot measure passed overwhelmingly, although we still believe that a number of voters didn't really understand the full implications of the measure.
It's part of a national effort by a well-funded group that's trying to overturn the nation's marijuana laws. They're going about the effort by picking off far-left towns like Santa Cruz to apparently convince the rest of the country that marijuana ought to be legalized.
We're not convinced that marijuana is really harmless, nor are we convinced that legalizing it is really the smartest move our society could make.
But were it to be legalized, we'd hate to see it done this way, where you end up with "pockets" of marijuana havens like Santa Cruz.
