Proposition 19 on the California ballot will not be the first time California voters had an opportunity to legalize marijuana and the previous effort carried the same proposition number. Proposition 19 in 1972 qualified for the ballot by volunteers attempted to legalize the drug but fell at the polls winning only 33% of the vote.

The 1972 measure would have allowed personal pot growing and use but forbade selling the weed. Today's Proposition 19 would allow legal, recreational use.

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