Marijuana legal in California in 2010?
We saw a lot of debate this year about legalizing marijuana. Especially in light of California's budget crisis, just the economics of taxing all that marijuana that could be bought and sold in the state was particularly tempting for some legislators. Well in light of all that debate, advocates for legalization say they've collected enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot in 2010. (Clipped by many, including saytenvoneryk).
The signature campaign cost over $1 million and collected over 680,000 signatures from California voters. If the ballot initiative were to pass, it would regulate marijuana like alcohol and tobacco and limit its purchase and consumption to those 21 and over.
It's funny, at the end of the Top Ten Stories of 2009 video I did I asked whether California legalizing marijuana would be one of the big stories of 2010. And now it looks like it's a possibility. But there are a lot of question marks standing between today and legal weed. Will California voters be as easy to sway as petition signers? And could the federal government stand in the way? More to come.
For those interested in the topic there are a fair number of discussion groups you can join on Current (H.E.M.P. and Make Marijuana Matter are two examples).
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The signature campaign cost over $1 million and collected over 680,000 signatures from California voters. If the ballot initiative were to pass, it would regulate marijuana like alcohol and tobacco and limit its purchase and consumption to those 21 and over.
It's funny, at the end of the Top Ten Stories of 2009 video I did I asked whether California legalizing marijuana would be one of the big stories of 2010. And now it looks like it's a possibility. But there are a lot of question marks standing between today and legal weed. Will California voters be as easy to sway as petition signers? And could the federal government stand in the way? More to come.
For those interested in the topic there are a fair number of discussion groups you can join on Current (H.E.M.P. and Make Marijuana Matter are two examples).
Recently on the Current News Blog:
- British arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni, former Israeli Foreign Minister
- Global Citizen Year
- Silvio Berlusconi gets hit in the face - What's next for No B Day?
- Copenhagen: Walkouts continue
- Iran to try three hikers for espionage
