People in Michigan are trying to get Proposal 1 approved, which would allow for (very limited use) medical marijuana. But, oh no, organizations - led by law enforcement drug warriors, of course - are stepping up to propagandize the can't-think-for-themselves citizenry. A group called Citizens Protecting Michigan's Kids (they aren't very creative, are they?) is leading the statist, busybody charge against the initiative, along with more predictable, special-interest groups: the Michigan State Medical Society, the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, Citizens for Traditional Values, and agencies of the police state. Here's a quote:

Opponents of the measure "are keenly sensitive to the challenges and problems that people have who are undergoing severe pain problems," Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Bill Schuette said Thursday. "But this proposal, Proposal 1, is so deeply flawed and carelessly and loosely written that as a judge I would say the problem here is the law of unintended consequences that provides deep pitfalls for Michigan voters in November."

Despite its intentions, Schuette said, the bill would make it easier for children and teenagers to obtain marijuana for recreational use as well as raise a number of legal questions about where and how patients could smoke marijuana.

The "unintended consequences" contention can be applied to just about any law or any action whatsoever, yet a statement like that is never questioned further. And I have a news flash for the "Citizens for Traditional Values": they can apply their personal values to their own lives as much as they want, and they don't need the passage of any laws to do it ... but bug off and leave everyone else the heck alone.