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| 19 Reasons Pot Should Be Legal | Prop 19, the CA initiative legalizing marijuana, benefits not just those who enjoy the herb, but the entire state of California and ultimately, the ... |
| A federal-state showdown over pot | Californians may very well vote in November to legalize recreational marijuana, though the Obama administration, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegg... |
| Agents in Oakland raid leader of medical marijuana movement | Federal agents struck at the heart of California's medical marijuana movement, raiding the nation's first pot trade school and a popular dis... |
| All Eyes on California | Registered voters in California will be the ones voting next Tuesday on whether to legalize marijuana under state law. But the ballot initiative in qu... |
| Altered State? | To learn more about the possible outcomes of marijuana legalization in California, RAND researchers constructed a model based on a series of estimat... |
| An altered state | Proposition 19 has a chance of winning mainly because Californians have become rather relaxed about weed. Back in 1972 a proposition to legalise the... |
| Backers of Legal Marijuana Find Silver Lining in Defeat of California Measure | Proposition 19, which would have legalized in California, received more votes than the Republican nominee for governor. It also received untold news c... |
| Backlash to Crackdown Grows | Marijuana activists in California are gearing up this week for a flurry of statewide protests during President Obama's October 25 visit to the Ba... |
| Calif. Pot Proponents Gird for 2012 | Despite Proposition 19's loss at the polls this month, marijuana-legalization advocates in California are already working on their comeback pla... |
| California court rules cities, counties can ban pot stores | In a decision that could have immediate fallout for medical marijuana dispensaries, a state appeals court has ruled that California law allows cities ... |
| California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana | The California Medical Association, representing more than 35,000 physicians statewide, questions the medical value of pot and acknowledges some heal... |
| California Medical Assn. support of marijuana legalization has doctors talking | The California Medical Assn.'s recent decision to support marijuana legalization has drawn mixed opinions from physicians and others. At the sa... |
| California medical marijuana growers face pressure | A new Obama administration memo approves federal prosecution of anyone in the business of growing or supplying marijuana for medical patients even if... |
| California pot industry's next move: Ballot initiative for state regulation | A proposed ballot initiative aimed for the November elections begs a key question looming over California's medical marijuana industry: Can str... |
| California's Coming Crackdown on Pot: What Do You Do if You Need It? | Four California-based U.S. attorneys have announced their intent to prosecute the medical-marijuana dispensaries, growers and delivery services that... |
| California's Prop 19, on legalizing marijuana, could end Mexico's drug war | On Nov. 2, Californians will vote on Proposition 19, deciding whether to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana. If the initiative... |
| California's Proposition 19 Falls Short, but Moves the Marijuana Policy Debate Forward | The California ballot initiative that would have legalized marijuana under state law was defeated at the polls Tuesday, garnering about 46 percent of... |
| Can California's Legalization Battle Kick-Start a Movement for Change? | Drug prohibition is remarkably ineffective, costly and counter-productive -- it has cost people their lives, and put millions behind bars. Is the ti... |
| Despite rejecting Prop. 19, Californians lean toward legalizing marijuana, poll finds | California voters rejected Prop. 19, but a post-election poll found that they still lean toward legalizing marijuana for recreational use and, if yo... |
| Effort to put marijuana legalization measure on ballot is in disarray | After Proposition 19 received 46% of the vote in 2010, proponents took heart. They vowed to put a measure to fully legalize marijuana on the 2012 bal... |
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