Proposition 19 ends up in smoke!

Proposition 19 (Prop 19), a ballot measure in California to legalize the cultivation and possession of marijuana, fell flat on its face when the majority of California voters rejected it. Prop 19, which was one of the most widespread measures covered for the USA midterm elections, would have allowed people age 21 or older to legally possess as much as an ounce of marijuana, and even grow it in a space of up to 25 square feet for personal use. It also would have authorized county and city governments to regulate and tax the commercial cultivation and sales of the drug. If it was passed, California would have become the first U.S. state to legalize the possession and cultivation of marijuana. In 1996, it became the first state to decriminalize the medicinal use of the drug. (more…)