Right, the whole thing is a farce. I knew that. Personally I think it's a cop out. Typical BS "sidestep the issue" politics.
I'd say at best the legalization plan
would help to
ease fiscal woes by stopping the outpouring of time and money on enforcement and generating money coimg the other way. Seems like a no brainer. Sure, there's always those who will buck the system just because they can but, like alcohol, for the most part Joe average guy is going to hit the store for a couple blunts rather that put all the time and effort into grwoing his own and the average
otherwise law abiding citizen is going to do the same rather than risk going outside the law when they don't really have to.
BTW, when I recall the cops driving by while the populace smoked weed on their front porches in CA during 1975 I'm thinking about Imperial Beach. You don't get much more southern CA than than. If you do, you're in Mexico.