The Senate has passed bills that would loosen things up for marijuana users, one way or another.

• SB 2213, to allow counties to license medical marijuana dispensaries
• SB 2141, to increase the amounts allowed under current medical marijuana law

• SB 2450, to remove criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana and replace them with civil fines.

All of this bears discussion, I suppose, but we all should be at least a little wary of the first one (though it actually just pushes the decision off to the counties). These dispensaries have proven to be a regulatory headache for California. Here's just one piece from the ongoing news chronicles:

Medical marijuana advocates sue Los Angeles

What do all you folks think of the apparent current movement toward marijuana legalization here?

— Vicki Viotti

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