Driving You To Drink

Check this out, from a link provided by Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine:

These are the top contributors to the main group opposing marijuana legalization in California. 

The #1 contributor is SA Recycling.  Guess what they recyle? 
Metal cans. 

The #2 contributor? 
The California Beer & Beverage Distributors.

#3 is someone named Diane Lake.  If the Diane Lake is the person whose contributions are shown here, she has given a ton of money to various Republicans and Barack Obama.  Not that there's any difference between the two on this issue. 

Ms. Lake is followed by the Deputy Sheriffs and the Narcotics Agents, two groups who are concerned about job security (their own, not the people whose lives they destroy because of a victimless crime).

Late and $5000+ Contributions Received
NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR CITY STATE/ZIP
GEORGE ADAMS ANAHEIM CA / 92869
ID NUMBER EMPLOYER OCCUPATION
SA RECYCLING RECYCLING
AMOUNT TYPE TRANS. DATE FILED DATE TRANS #
$10,000.00 INITIAL 9/9/2010 9/9/2010 1517618-INC85

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR CITY STATE/ZIP
CALIF BEER & BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS STATE ISSUES SACRAMENTO CA / 95814
ID NUMBER EMPLOYER OCCUPATION
1326337
AMOUNT TYPE TRANS. DATE FILED DATE TRANS #
$10,000.00 INITIAL 9/7/2010 9/7/2010 1517176-INC54

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR CITY STATE/ZIP
DIANE LAKE BAKERSFIELD CA / 93309
ID NUMBER EMPLOYER OCCUPATION
N/A NONE
AMOUNT TYPE TRANS. DATE FILED DATE TRANS #
$5,000.00 INITIAL 9/7/2010 9/7/2010 1517176-INC53

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR CITY STATE/ZIP
PLACER COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION PAC LOOMIS CA / 95650
ID NUMBER EMPLOYER OCCUPATION
890856
AMOUNT TYPE TRANS. DATE FILED DATE TRANS #
$1,000.00 INITIAL 9/1/2010 9/2/2010 1516741-INC52

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR CITY STATE/ZIP
CALIF. NARCOTIC OFFICERS' ASSOC. SANTA CLARITA CA / 91355
ID NUMBER EMPLOYER OCCUPATION
AMOUNT TYPE TRANS. DATE FILED DATE TRANS #
$20,500.00 INITIAL 7/13/2010 7/13/2010 1500207-INC17

Here's Steve Fox, co-author of Marijuana Is Safer, on the surprising number of Bud Distributors (the drink, not the weed) opposing marijuana legalization:

Unless the beer distributors in California have suddenly developed a philosophical opposition to the use of intoxicating substances, the motivation behind this contribution is clear. Plain and simple, the alcohol industry is trying to kill the competition. They know that marijuana is less addictive, less toxic and less likely to be associated with violent behavior than alcohol. So they don't want adults to have the option of using marijuana legally instead of alcohol. Their mission is to drive people to drink.

Pic came from here