California Marijuana Legalization 2016: With 10 Legalization Efforts Afoot In The Golden State, Which Is Most Likely To Pass?

In California's race to legitimize recreational marijuana, at least 10 legalization initiatives are vying to appear on the state’s November 2016 ballot. The political pileup could lead to none of the initiatives scoring enough votes to win, or it could result in the opposite conundrum: more than one legalization effort passing, something that Keith Humphreys, a Stanford professor who co-chaired a recent California Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy, predicts could become “an ungodly mess.”

On Monday, advocates filed the ninth legalization initiative with California’s attorney generalThe Adult Use of Marijuana Act, an effort reportedly being bankrolled by tech billionaire Sean Parker that has scored powerful endorsements from national marijuana groups and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. The idea is to unify the various statewide legalization camps behind this major effort, but it’s unclear whether everyone will agree to the approach -- especially since a tenth competing initiative was filed Tuesday....

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