Backers of Legal Marijuana Find Silver Lining in Defeat of California Measure
The New York Times (US)
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Proposition 19, which would have legalized in California, received more votes than the Republican nominee for governor. It also received untold news coverage, bringing the debate a new level of legitimacy in the eyes of many supporters. And while it lost — with 46 percent of the vote — its showing at the polls was strong enough that those supporters are confidently planning to bring it back before voters in California, and perhaps other states, in 2012.
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