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Calif. Holds Hearings on Legalizing Pot

Hopes high as 3 measures head for ballot next year

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 28, 2009 3:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – The push to legalize—and, especially appealing at the moment, tax—marijuana is picking up momentum in California, with legislators holding hearings today on what would be the first such law in the nation. Organizers are currently collecting signatures to put three separate pot legalization... Read full story »

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Calif. Holds Hearings on Legalizing Pot

Hopes high as 3 measures head for ballot next year

California • law • Arnold Schwarzenegger • medical marijuana • legislation • marijuana • marijuana legalization • pot

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