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Legalization Of Marijuana In California A Strong Possibility

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 09/09/2015 - 08:45

Come election time this November, voters in California may finally be looking at a ballot that includes a measure to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. While California was the first state in the U.S. to legalize medical marijuana in 1996, a subsequent proposition to legalize the drug for recreational purposes in 2010 fell short of the votes needed for passage.

The legislation currently being proposed, called the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, will require 365,000 signatures to be placed on the November, 2016 ballot, and is being pushed for by ReformCA, a project of the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform, chaired by Dale Sky Jones.

Jones and ReformCA have been hard at work promoting the initiative at the state level and have already garnered support from nearly 70,000 voters including members of congress, retired police officers and even the president of California’s NAACP.

Hezekiah Allen, executive director at Emerald Growers...

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