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Regarding the issues of smoking in public and while driving...I believe the Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement's ballot initiative -- which appears on Nevada's 2002 general election ballot addresses these issues (See item #4 below) and others in a rational well thought out manor and can be a model for other other states. It removes the threat of arrest for responsible marijuana use and punishes irresponsible use.
Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement's ballot initiative
"If it passes in 2002 and again in November 2004, the marijuana initiative would do four things:
1. Eliminate the threat of arrest for adults who responsibly use and possess up to three ounces of marijuana. (This is the equivalent of four packs of cigarettes.)
2. Require the state government to implement a system whereby adults could obtain marijuana through a legally regulated market, rather than from the criminal market.
3. Allow seriously ill patients to obtain marijuana at a lower cost than non-medical users. (In 1998 and again in 2000, a majority of Nevada voters passed an initiative that allows seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana, but the initiative did not provide a way for patients to purchase medical marijuana legally. The 2002 initiative would fix this problem by requiring the state government to allow patients to purchase low-cost medical marijuana through a legally regulated system.)
4. Impose common-sense restrictions that the voters demand, such as imposing penalties for driving dangerously while under the influence of marijuana, smoking marijuana in public, and providing marijuana to minors.
This ballot initiative would allow the police to spend more time going after murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals, rather than wasting valuable resources hunting down tens of thousands of nonviolent marijuana users. "Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement" is the right name for this campaign committee. "
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