County doesn't know what state it's in

Does San Diego County even know what state it's in?

In 1996, California voters approved a referendum to legalize medical marijuana. It's a valid law passed by voters. San Diego County doesn't get to decide that it's not a real law.

But they sure do try.

The county has now gone to the U.S. Supreme Court in the hopes that it will rule that federal prohibitions against marijuana trump California's law. San Bernardino County has joined San Diego County in its efforts.

So these counties don't want seriously ill people to have access to a substance that state law allows them?

There's no legal basis for superseding the state law and the will of the voters, because the Constitution puts such powers in states' hands. A state court has already ruled on this.

San Diego County is already undergoing a budget crisis because of right-wing mismanagement. I guess launching a war against seriously ill residents takes priority over reining in the fiscal crisis.

How's that for right-wing meanness?

(Source: http://nctimes.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/sandiego/z902e5e7a37f7085788257540007cadfb.txt)