I am very excited. My neighbors to the east will have their first taste of freedom, and there will be at least one major success we can take from this election season to carry into the future - specifically, as momentum for 2012.

This is good news. Cannabis is not a drug, but a plant with medicinal properties....like green tea and dandelions and thousands of other plants! It should never have been or ever be illegal. Thank God for creating such a medicinal plant.....I don't think HE was wrong and I don't think Arizonans were wrong to vote yes on prop 203. 

It is sooooooooo sad if the state of Arizona loweres itself into the trash of and level of marijuana users.  I have never met one that was of good character or close to being a good and decent human, neighbor or friend.

No respectful disagreement here. I've read a lot of world class ignorant posts from alcohol supremacist cannabis hating bigots, but your over the top rant absolutely takes the cake. Congratulations.

I live in a state where cannabis is very illegal and those of us that know the benefit of it are treated as social lepers and felons.  Thus the news that Prop 203 in Arizona is now on the winning side gives hope.  People against cannabis have every reason to be ignorant and hateful because it is their first amendment right, but we who support someone's freedom to make their own choices what they put in their body have every right to show them as being short sighted and moronic.  The thing is people as cannabis users who believe in compassion we have to feel sorry for those that are still brain washed by the propaganda.  No government has the right to tell us what we can or cannot do with our bodies as long as we harm no one else in the process. 

So, feel compassion for those still brain washed by the anti-marijuana drones.  Don't buy into hate because you'll find yourself just like they are but on the other side.  Cannabis doesn't harm anything but a bag of Dorito's and maybe a pizza or two from Papa Johns. Seriously cannabis users we should stop the war on snacks... I get a sniffle when I see all the empty boxes where pizzas once thrived.  Senseless killings of fruit infused drinks in the name of cotton mouth makes me wanna cry.  I even heard a cannabis users say something so horrible as "I killed that six-pack in Memphis just to watch it die".  So, feel compassion for the brain-washed who want their elected official to tell them how their doo dads should dangle and lets focus on the munchies... the true enemy of a cannabis smoker.  Now, if you'll excuse me I'm high and must go beat up a mouthy box of Little Debbie Oatmeal cakes... sorry but they have it coming.    

If you choose to beat on some Little Debbies instead of beating up on a live little Debbie like a drunk, you deserve to be a leper and felon just like the rest of us too peaceful folks. Deal with it. 

Don't Bogart that Joint!

Having a father who wrote and performed one of the world's marijuana anthems, I grew up around lots and lots and lots of pot smokers. What I learned first and foremost was that not only did my parents, but all the adults around me seemed extremely stupid and without care or consideration of children's needs. Now, that doesn't mean that pot makes you selfish or even stupid, but I sure noticed how impossible it was to have a concerned parent show authentic concerns or even assist with a child's homework. Eventually, I considered the fact that I did not have intelligent parents. Thank God I was able to find outside guidance, else school graduation would've been impossible. I also found that regular smokers of marijuana have huge emotional issues. 

I'm sure there is statistical and scientific data to support each argument in this case. But we should consider all information and opinions with an open understanding and not bark out opinions immediately. If we are to first consider the idea that we just might not have been taught everything in perfect truth, then we may just be able to recognize that what we believe is not exactly correct.

In short, not everything we have been taught is true!

On a side note, I do believe that marijuana in medical form is extremely beneficial. As far as I'm able to understand, it doesn't require inhalation in order to obtain its benefit from its usage. I also understand that smoking it merely provides a rapid physical sensation, but taking it in other ways, such as in oil form or ingesting it has shown to be extremely beneficial for many purposes, including pain.

Should a government protect us be enforcing laws that keep us safe from drug users? No way! Should we encourage each other to learn more? Absolutely! Should we encourage the smoking of marijuana? Probably not. Should you smoke marijuana? Probably not. Personally, I hate marijuana smoking because it robbed me of my parents. But in the end, each of us will do what we want regardless of it being good, bad, legal or not.

Let's just try to keep an open mind and not stick with an opinion just because we've believed one for a very long time. Its okay to make mistakes. Its also fantastic when we can admit that we've made one. Let's just help others by loving them and informing them. Not imprisoning them in order to teach them. Unless of course they are causing harm.

Live long, bless others and you will truly be blessed!  :-)

"Should you smoke marijuana? Probably not. " You go too far with this comment. I'm sorry that the adults around you used cannabis and were such lousy parents, but I think you're generalizing way too much from your individual experience, as when you claim "regular smokers of marijuana have huge emotional issues." Evidence please. If you want to argue that regular cannabis users often have huge financial issues related to black market prices and to the huge employment issues they face because of an arrest for a bogus crime or a 'failed' pissed test, you'd be on a lot more solid ground. Or huge social issues from being treated as scum instead of the responsible citizens they usually are.