The only time bootleggers and preachers voted the same was to keep Prohibition. Apparently this is the case again in California where the legalizing marijuana for recreational use is on the ballot. Two big opponents funding the opposition to the bill are the liquor industry and the medical marijuana industry. Both feel they will lose some portion of the profit pie they are currently enjoying. Medical marijuana is going for $300 an ounce. One study predicted with legalization for recreation use, a price drop of 90 percent. That would bring it down to 1970s prices, and even cheaper if you consider our inflated dollars. It is crazy to keep this substance illegal for any number of well documented reasons. Continue reading “California’s Pot Vote”