For those of you who are interested in knowing what actually is changing:
CA Proposition 47 passed, which reduces the penalties for a significant portion of possession charges. It did not "defelonize all drugs." However it does reflect a very progressive shift in the state's approach to what was once home to some of the harshest penalties in the country. Remember when possession of one ounce of crack was equivalent to possession of one hundred ounces of cocaine in CA? When that was last reviewed, the equivalence ratio became 1:11, which was still absolutely ridiculous. I have always wondered how that state was able to balance their collective cognitive dissonance by simultaneously being the most progressive and most archaic state of the union when it came to drugs law.
Despite the really misleading title OP left us with, this truly is another step in the right direction.
For those of you who are interested in knowing what actually is changing:
CA Proposition 47 passed, which reduces the penalties for a significant portion of possession charges. It did not "defelonize all drugs." However it does reflect a very progressive shift in the state's approach to what was once home to some of the harshest penalties in the country. Remember when possession of one ounce of crack was equivalent to possession of one hundred ounces of cocaine in CA? When that was last reviewed, the equivalence ratio became 1:11, which was still absolutely ridiculous. I have always wondered how that state was able to balance their collective cognitive dissonance by simultaneously being the most progressive and most archaic state of the union when it came to drugs law.
Despite the really misleading title OP left us with, this truly is another step in the right direction.
http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-ff-pol-proposition47-20141106-story.html