“Marijuana prohibition has had an enormously detrimental impact on California communities. It’s been ineffective, wasteful, and counterproductive. It’s time for a more responsible approach,” MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia said in a statement. “Marijuana is an objectively less harmful substance than alcohol, and that’s how it needs to be treated. Regulating and taxing marijuana similarly to alcohol just makes sense.”
Legal marijuana got its start in California. In 1996 the state became the first in the nation to legalize weed for medical use. A few legalization attempts in California have failed in the past, including Prop 19 in 2010, however, The Field Poll, which specializes in public opinion research in California, found in December last year that 55 percent of voters here support legalizing the recreational use of marijuana—the first time a clear majority supported such a policy change since it began asking about the issue in ‘69.
However the Marijuana Policy Project ain’t gonna stop there. They plan on assisting other parts of the country legalize weed as well. Stoners’ll be stoked to know that in addition to working with California to legalize weed in 2016 they MPP will also be working with Arizona, Massachusetts, Nevada, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont!
Do you think California will finally legalize marijuana for recreational use in 2016? Let us know in the comments below…
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California deserves true legalization. Check out the Marijuana Bill of Rights on my blog and insist that your rights are not trampled.
for more info visit: http://edrosenthal.com/2014/08/the-marijuana-users-bill-of-rights.html
I live in cali hopefully were almost there
Sooner than 2016 , like in a month! ;D
Ca legalizes cannabis in less than one month! ;D