On Nov. 2, campaigns will be won or lost. Weary campaign workers may raise champagne glasses in celebration. Or, if some polls are right, the slow, smoky spark of a marijuana bowl may replace the quick pop of the cork in California.
Proposition 19’s authors propose to legalize the possession of up […]

California’s ballot measure to legalize marijuana has a new friend: Facebook co-founder Sean Parker has given $100,000 to back the proposal. Parker’s donation was reported in Proposition 19 campaign finance filings this week.
And he’s not the first big Proposition 19 donor with ties to the social networking site. Facebook co-founder […]

A packed room in Southern Oregon University’s Stevenson Union was treated to a lively back-and-forth Thursday between Measure 74 proponents and law enforcement during a forum on November’s medical marijuana ballot measures in Oregon and California.
The forum was sponsored by the Mail Tribune and Jefferson Public Radio and moderated […]

California will vote in a few weeks on Proposition 19, which would ( if it passes ) effectively legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. Chances of it passing seem to be growing, if you’ll excuse the metaphor, like a weed. Right now, the poll numbers for […]

Los Angeles — As the nation’s first state vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use nears, a new poll has introduced fresh uncertainty into the race.
After weeks of riding a wave of positive poll results, supporters of Proposition 19 were handed a head-scratcher on Tuesday when a Reuters/lpsos poll found 53 percent of […]

A deeply flawed measure would create many more problems than it could hope to solve.
California ought to have a serious debate on whether to legalize marijuana for personal use. If lawmakers won’t confront the issue, it might even be time for a ballot initiative to change the law.
Proposition 19 is not the […]

As former administrators of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, we believe that Proposition 19 to legalize marijuana in California is a grave misstep. The ballot measure is being promoted by legalization lobbyists on the grounds that taxes raised from the sale of the drug will help the state with its financial crises. This simply isn’t […]

Democratic strategists are studying a California marijuana-legalization initiative to see if similar ballot measures could energize young, liberal voters in swing states for the 2012 presidential election. Some pollsters and party officials say Democratic candidates in California are benefiting from a surge in enthusiasm among young voters eager to back Proposition 19, which would legalize […]

All three candidates seeking the open House District 3 seat agree that the state’s medical marijuana law may need some adjusting.
Democrat Zac Perry, Republican Jerry O’Neil and independent candidate Shawn Guymon all say that since Montana voters approved a plan to allow medical marijuana to be used in the state, it should remain legal.
But they […]

John Pichette, who has a medical dispensation to smoke marijuana for health reasons, was front and centre Saturday at a Kelowna rally protesting the possibility of harsher punishments for growing pot.
The Penticton man fashioned himself a marijuana cigarette as two photographers and a videographer filmed him up close.
“God, I feel like a movie star,” Pichette […]