I am often intrigued by California. We tend to be different from every other state and it normally comes down to something involving a law. Sometimes I look at the way our legal system works out and here and say, "Hey, why don't more states do that." For example, I love how the governor can put anything on the ballot and have the citizens vote to pass it and make it a law. It keeps our state congress accountable and let's us get the real important issues through. Other times, I wonder just how stupid the people who live here are. Yesterday morning I had one of those moments. I was running late for work and low on gas. I stopped by a gas station and picked up breakfast. This is the same gas station where I found out you need to be over 18 to buy a lighter because lighters are smoking related paraphanalia. Honestly, I could go either way on that issue since there are few, good reasons I can think of that someone under 18 would need a lighter, but it is the government interfering with what should be a parental education and personal responsability issue.
Well, not only do you have to be at least 18 to buy a lighter, you also have to be at least 18 to buy cold medicine. Every year, there is a propose a law contest where citizens can suggest laws and State Assemblyman Joe Simitian picks winners and propses them as laws. The winners get to testify before the legislature as to why they should be laws. Well, it seems that this law was suggested this year because parents can't teach their kids to be responsible with cold medicine. I understand that you want to protect kids, but this isn't a "Government raise my kids" issue. This is a "Parents wake up and raise your kids" issue. We've already had schools lock up glue because kids were sniffing it. What's next, pass a law that you have to be at least 18 to buy Elmer's glue?
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