Marajuana legislation measure loses in Cali
LOS ANGELES – California voters declined to make their trendsetting
state the nation's first to legalize marijuana use and sales, heeding
warnings of legal chaos and that pot smokers would get behind the wheel and show up to work while high. The legalization effort was losing by nine percentage
points with more than two-thirds of precincts reporting. Backers showed
support for the measure by gathering outside the campaign's
headquarters to watch returns come in — some of them lighting up joints
to mark the occasion. Supporters of Proposition 19
blamed Tuesday's outcome on the conservative leanings of older voters
who participate in midterm elections. They also acknowledged that young
voters had not turned out in sufficient numbers to secure victory, but
said they were ready to try again in two years. - (more)
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