Interesting discussion gentlemen 
Speaking about the federal law, how long would a California law last? Wouldn't the government step in and put a stop to it (since it is against federal law)?
Eric Holder already announced that if California did/had passed 19, that the Justice Department and DEA would vigorously enforce federal law. They have already been running around California busting people legal under Prop 215 for 15 years now, so there is no reason for them to stop if California had passed it. Kind of like how the Obama administration sued AZ over their immigration law. If you take the official statement of why the Feds sued Arizona, all you have to change is Arizona to California and immigration to drug and it would be the same thing they'd use against California.
Not to mention like Prop 8, all it takes is one judge to agree its "unconstitutional" and out the window it goes.
