CANNABIS INITIATIVE

Editor -- Your article on Oakland's cannabis initiative (Feb. 20)
implies that it would violate state law by "legalizing all marijuana
use for adults." In fact, our initiative does not "legalize" anything.
Rather, it is a declaration of the voters calling for a taxed and
regulated market "as soon as possible" under state (and federal) law.

In the meantime, respecting the constraints of law, the initiative
would make private adult use of cannabis the lowest law-enforcement
priority for city police. It specifically does not permit "all
marijuana use for adults," excluding use in public streets, vehicles,
etc. The initiative does not seek to violate the laws, but to fix them.

DALE GIERINGER

Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance