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Prop. 19 Defeated in California
11/3/2010 at 1:12 AM
As reported on Huffingtonpost.com....
LOS ANGELES — California voters said no thanks to a ballot initiative that would have made it the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use and sales.
Proposition 19, rejected Tuesday, would have made it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, smoke the drug in nonpublic places and grow it in private plots.
The proposed law also would have authorized local governments to permit commercial pot cultivation and sales.
Proponents pitched the measure as a source of tax revenue and a sensible experiment for reducing marijuana-related arrests and crime.
Pretty unfortunate the vote went this way, mainly because those opposed used nothing but fear based tactics and misinformation when it came to the topic......thoughts?