California: Backers say time is right for legalized marijuana
Proponents of the Adult Use Marijuana Act say it is time to shine a light on what is already a well-established industry in California that needs to be regulated.
“The time is right, the support is there . . . and this takes a new approach to changing a system that does not work,” said Jason Kinney, a spokesman for Yes on 64.
Kinney and other supporters point out that a large portion of California’s population already smokes marijuana in some capacity or another, creating a tax-free, billion-dollar industry.
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that more than 2.5 million adult Californians use marijuana, the most of any state by far. That is from 2012 census data.
However, the use rate in California at the time was only 10th highest at 9.15 percent, the agency reports. Alaska (first, 13.01 percent), Oregon (fourth, 12.48 percent), the District of Columbus (fifth, 10.8...
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