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Public Defender Laments Inevitable Failure of Pot Legalization Referendum

By Eric Lipman

Back on April 20, we put the question out there: will full-scale legalization of marijuana ever happen in our lifetimes? Annnnnd, nobody answered. But just because LBW readers didn't feel compelled to weigh in doesn't mean the topic hasn't been on the minds of others. With legalization on the ballot for the November elections in California, people are talking. One such person is Dennis Wilkins, a public defender in San Bernardino and "guest blogger" at the Public Defender Dude ("guest blogger" in quotes because Wilkins appears to have been the only person to post on the site in the last year and a half at least). In his post this morning, he says legalization is "a great idea," but there ain't no way it's gonna pass. Why? He gives three reasons: Old people don't like the idea, and they've got nothing better to do than vote. (I had to Google "DFH" to find out that it stands for "Dirty F#@*ing Hippie.") Most people willing to publicly speak up for legalization don't come off sounding so intelligent. Law enforcement organizations will campaign fiercely against it, since their livelihood depends, in no small part, on being able to lock up a guy...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on May 26, 2010 (boomark / email).