Legalization
California Blacks Disproportionately Busted for Marijuana, Report Finds [FEATURE]
In a new report released Friday, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and the California NAACP charged that African-Americans have been disproportionately targeted in low-level marijuana possession arrests. The report, …
Prop 19 Down in LA Times Poll, 39% to 51%
For the second time this week, a California poll has shown Proposition 19 trailing as election day draws near. A Los Angeles Times/USC poll released Friday had the marijuana legalization initiative trailing by 39%…
PPIC Poll: Prop 19 Losing 49% to 44%
Proposition 19, the initiative to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana in California, has lost support and is now trailing, according to poll results released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of Californi…
SurveyUSA: Prop 19 Ahead 48% to 44%
Proposition 19, the initiative to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana in California, is maintaining a narrow lead, according to poll results released Wednesday by SurveyUSA. The poll of 621 likely and actual vot…
Marijuana Is California’s Largest Cash Crop, Worth About $14-Billion
Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the United States coming in at an estimate of $35.8 billion a year, but in California alone, the value of its 8.6 million-pound harvest is worth about $14 billion, according to newly released state reports.
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Latest Poll: Prop 19 Marijuana Initiative in Dead Heat
California's Proposition 19 tax and regulate marijuana legalization initiative is in a statistical dead heat, according to a Fox News Poll released Tuesday. The poll, taken last Friday, had the electorate spli…
Holder Says U.S. Would Enforce Ban on Pot in California
The Department of Justice says it intends to prosecute marijuana laws in California aggressively even if state voters approve an initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot to legalize the drug.
The announcement by Eric H. Holder Jr., the attorney general, was the…
Justice Dept. to Enforce Marijuana Laws Regardless of Prop 19 Vote
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday in Los Angeles that the federal government will enforce its marijuana laws in California even if voters there decide in November to legalize marijuana by approving Propo…
In Washington State, A Majority Say Legalize Marijuana
A majority of Washington state residents favor legalizing marijuana, but support levels are not as high in Oregon and Idaho, according to a new tri-state poll. Some 55% of respondents in Washington supported legal…
C-Span TV: Marijuana Legalization And California Ballot Initiative Prop. 19 To Be Debated And Discussed
C-Span TV: Marijuana Legalization and California Ballot Initiative Prop. 19 To Be Debated and Discussed This Saturday; NORML Director Allen St. Pierre vs. Former DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson
I’ve been invited back to C-Span to debate and discuss the topics of cannabis legalization, and specifically California’s upcoming vote on Prop. 19, a measure that if approved [...]
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