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Proposition 19 – the California Marijuana Initiative – sought to legalize the use, possession, and cultivation of cannabis, but did not allow for commercial sales. [68] The initiative was spearheaded by the group Amorphia, which was founded in 1969 (by Blair Newman) and financed its activities through the sale of hemp rolling papers . [ 98 ]
In 1991, Peron organized Proposition P, the San Francisco medical marijuana initiative, which passed with 79% of the vote. Prop P did not have force of law, but was simply a resolution declaring the city's support for medical marijuana. Santa Cruz and other cities followed suit with similar measures endorsing medical use of marijuana.
1996: California becomes the first state to legalize medical cannabis with the approval of Proposition 215. [29] Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. [30] 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. [31]
When she was running to become California attorney general, Harris argued against a 2010 ballot measure that aimed to legalize recreational weed in the state. She supported the legal use of ...
Proposition 19 – the California Marijuana Initiative – sought to legalize the use, possession, and cultivation of cannabis, but did not allow for commercial sale. [146] It was ultimately defeated by a wide margin (33–67%), [ 147 ] but supporters were encouraged by the results, [ 148 ] which provided momentum to other reform efforts in ...
“If this rescheduling happens, we’re going to be in a completely different world,” one California cannabis company CEO said. California legalized weed, then businesses started suffering. How ...
A new phase of California’s weed legalization begins, as the state prepares to make it illegal for a company to fire, or not hire, someone simply for their off-the-clock marijuana use.
This was the first attempt to legalize marijuana by ballot measure in the history of the United States. [1] If it had passed, the measure would have removed penalties in the State of California for persons 18 years of age or older for using, possessing, growing, processing, or transporting marijuana for personal use. [2]