In regards to decriminalizing paraphernalia, I can tell you a personal story of being arrested and charged with 2 counts felony paraphernaila and due to the residue 2 more counts for drug possessing. It was something I can buy legally, syringes. Because 1 residue charge held a 10 yr term and the other 5 yr. terms apiece, I was sentenced to a 10 yr. term. I didnt rob anybody, shoplift, burgle, assault, sell drugs to, or harass anybody. No identity theft, nothing. This state locked me up because I was an I.V. drug user. Period. And if that isnt the most absurd waste of local tax payers I dont know what is. I have been clean for 5 years now and have a good life. However because I am now a felon, I can not travel to certain countries. I have family in Canada that I cant visit now. It doesnt matter how much I accomplish in my life, the spectre of those felonies trump many of them and cause me much headache.