California´s senior senator supports campaign to defeat marijuana legalisation

California´s senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, now supports the campaign to defeat marijuana legalisation in California.

In a statement, published on the Public Safety First website, Feinstein says Proposition 19 is simply a jumbled legal nightmare that will make our highways, our workplaces and our communities less safe. A recently released report from the RAND Corporation, [Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets] noted that if Proposition 19 passes, the only thing that would be certain is drug use would go up and the State of California would run afoul of Federal law and risk losing federal funding. In addition, there are too many unknown factors related to law enforcement and public safety. I urge voters to VOTE NO on Proposition 19 this November.

According to Los Angeles Times most of the California´s top elected officials and candidates for statewide office, from both major parties, are against the initiative to legalise marijuana.