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Related: About this forumCalifornia Ballot Measure on Pot Legalization Delayed Until 2016
A coalition of investors and strategists, which played a key role in passing most of the legislation to reform drug laws nationwide since 1996, has decided not to put a pot initiative on the ballot in California this year but will wait to push for legalization until 2016.The group was instrumental in legalizing recreational pot in Washington and Colorado and medical marijuana in Massachusetts in 2012, and it is supporting efforts in November to pass a recreational pot measure in Oregon and a medical cannabis measure in Florida.The coalition includes the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been involved in drug reform for nearly two decades and is supported by billionaire financier George Soros. It also is allied with the late philanthropist Peter Lewis, who spent $65 million over the last 15 years to change pot laws. Lewis died in November.
http://ktla.com/2014/02/18/california-ballot-measure-on-pot-legalization-delayed-until-2016/#axzz2tgJmSDOc
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California Ballot Measure on Pot Legalization Delayed Until 2016 (Original Post)
antiquie
Feb 2014
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. We'd hate to inspire anyone to vote who otherwise won't.
I recall my assistant proudly announcing that she and her husband voted for Bill Clinton and pot. First time either had voted.
SunSeeker
(51,784 posts)3. Yup. In 2016 it will be Hillary Clinton and pot. nt
antiquie
(4,299 posts)4. Aha, so that's why.