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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Die Wähler in Kalifornien werden im kommenden November über die Legalisierung von Marihuana abstimmen. Wie die Zeitung "San Francisco Chronicle" berichtete, haben die Befürworter der Initiative bis zum Mittwochabend (Ortszeit) mehr als 433.000 Unterschriften vorgelegt. Deshalb gab die zuständige Behörde grünes Licht, dass über den Vorschlag abgestimmt wird.

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California could be staking its claim to become the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana. Enough signatures have been gathered to get a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for the November election.

The imitative, which would allow adults to grow and possess marijuana, is the work of Oakland's Oaksterdam University.

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San Francisco: AP berichtet am 26.3. über die Legalisierungsbewegung in Kalifornien, USA. Nun dass ein Bürgerentscheid für die Legalisierung von Cannabisbesitz zu nicht-medizinischen Zwecken in Kalifornien eingereicht ist, beginnen gut organisierte Gruppen auf beiden Seiten die Diskussionen. Und es ist nicht nur mehr Hippies gegen Anti-Drogenkrieger.

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Now that a proposal to legalize pot is on the ballot in California, well-organized groups are lining up on both sides of the debate. And it's not just tie-dyed hippies versus anti-drug crusaders.

So far, the most outspoken groups on the issue are those affiliated with California's legal medical marijuana industry and law enforcement officials who vehemently oppose any loosening of drug laws.

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When California voters head to the polls in November, they will decide whether the state will make history again — this time by legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.

The state was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana use, with voters passing it in 1996. Since then, 14 states have followed California's lead, even though marijuana remains illegal under federal law.

"This is a watershed moment in the decades-long struggle to end failed marijuana prohibition in this country," said Stephen Gutwillig, California director for the Drug Policy Alliance. "We really can't overstate the significance of Californians being the first to have the opportunity to end this public policy disaster."

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Fourteen years after California decided marijuana could be used as medicine and ignited a national movement, the state is likely to vote on whether to take a decisive step into the vanguard of drug liberalization: legalizing the weed for fun and profit.

On Wednesday, Los Angeles elections officials must turn in their count of valid signatures collected in the county on a statewide legalization initiative. The number is virtually certain to be enough to qualify the initiative for the November ballot, according to a tally kept by state election officials.

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