IVIV things change: pot & California in the news

[Doug Millison]

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/08/marijuana-goes-mainstream.html
[…] Public sentiment is more than anecdotal; earlier this year, a  
California Field Poll found that 56% of California voters supported  
legalizing and taxing marijuana. Last month, voters in Oakland  
overwhelmingly approved a tax increase on medical marijuana sales, the  
first of its kind in the country, and Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice  
Hahn has proposed something similar for the City of Angels. "In this  
current economic crisis, we need to get creative about how we raise  
funds," Hahn said in a statement. […]

  […] I recently moved to Los Angeles and I'm still adjusting to all  
the medical marijuana stores - there are two within a mile of my  
apartment. And it's not just the dispensaries, with their parking lots  
full of fancy cars - it's the Amsterdamesque attitude. Light up a  
joint and people ask for a hit; light up a cigarette and they give you  
a dirty look.   […]

Speaking of noir film & pot, remember Robert Mitchum getting busted?