Marijuana Legalization Supporters to Meet Up in Hollywood This Weekend in Effort to Get California Reform Back on Track

By Dennis Romero Fri., Mar. 18 2011 at 8:05 AM

Troy Holden

California's pot jar is half full.

After California's effort to fully legalize pot failed in November, we told you that marijuana backers were already anticipating their next shot.

Well, it's March, and they're not backing off. Cannabis supporters say there was a strong showing in favor of Prop. 19, and the time will come soon to get a similar measure back on the ballot.

So they're banning together in Hollywood this weekend for what they bill as a "historic" conference on marijuana reform. And you're invited. Who will be there?

Organizer California NORML, Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana Policy Project, Americans for Safe Access, VibeNation MultiMedia, Latino Voters League, California NAACP, United Food and Commercial Workers, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, California Church Impact and more.

"Next Steps for Marijuana Reform in California" happens Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Ricardo Montalban Theater, 1615 Vine St., Hollywood. Tickets are $20. (There's a $20 after party too).

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Ernst Berg

Strong Support for prop 19? Like the very people who were pro-cannabis and hated prop 19 don't matter once again.

Here we go with the Gold rush and damn the Indians again.

I just did my own poll and 90% of those who answered favor a Just for the People legalization Initiative in 2012.

We see a "All in One" Initiative as a waste of another voting cycle.

This is the way people see the Prop-19 type of effort.

It will be a Sweetheart deal for Canna-business that the people are supposed to vote for because it throws a small canna-bone to the people while Canna-millionaires get the majority of benefit.The big question is why vote for some to be rich when we as people cannot practice full horticulture rights with the cannabis plant

Oh we are going to be fed Business-Fertilizer of how a 5x5 mindset is the right one. Where buying our cannabis is better than seeds saving, heirloom variety growing and growing all we want for our selves and our friends and family, is wrong. Prop 19 depended on Law Enforcement to once again spend multi-millions of dollars to enforce prohibition on the people so business could profit at prohibition prices.

Prop 19 was aimed as selling you the idea of Legalization not Legalization itself.

So I ask you. If we cannot legalize just for the people in 2012 as a safe first step we can all agree on how in the hell are we to pass an all in one initiative that favours Millionaires and still sends people to prison?

It's time for industry to step back and support a solid effort to clearly grant rights to the people.. Not some half assed decriminalization that millionaires want. To those who are resurrecting the prop 19 party ; you got your hat handed to you in 2010 you will get it handed to you again in 2012.. But then again that is just fine with them because they are still in business and we still go to jail.

Chadwick M Hanes

There just might be a new initiative that is "Just for the People". With strong consideration of civil liberties, coupled with the burning desire to regulate the commercial activities related to marijuana, regardless of Federal law (which, in fact, doesn't necessarily stand in the way of progress if you actually draft the law properly), the "Legalization of Marijuana Act of 2012" was born.

Give it a look-over -- http://ca2012.com/home/?page_i...

Enjoy. ~ CMH