Sean Parker's Marijuana Legalization Proposal in California Takes Center Stage

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Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster Inc., photographed on Jan. 27, 2012. 

Whether it's founding Napster, guiding Facebook or investing in Spotify, Sean Parker has developed a reputation for pushing change forward, and now he's at the forefront of California's marijuana legalization movement. This week a competing proposal from the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform (CCPR) was folded into Parker's, making his the leading ballot measure, by default, for 2016 in a state with the largest medical marijuana market in the country.

CCPR withdrew its own petition following negotiations between Parker's team and that group in order to resolve fears that having competing proposals on the same ballot would cause both to fail. Reports say that modifications to Parker's proposal included tougher government oversight about where marijuana can be sold, language prohibiting advertising targeted towards minors, warning labels and protections for industry workers, small businesses and children.

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