The Fresno Bee, 03 Oct 2010 – Should California Legalize Marijuana Beyond Current Medical Use to Permit All Adults 21 and Over to Use and Possess Pot? Fourteen years ago, when California voters passed Proposition 215 the "Compassionate Use Act," legalizing marijuana for medical use, they opened the door to a thriving marijuana economy in the Golden State. California cities brim with dispensaries serving marijuana users who have physicians’ recommendations to treat their ailments with pot. Proposition 19 would permit marijuana for recreational use and likely significantly expand the legal marijuana market in a state whose annual marijuana crop legal and illicit is valued at nearly $14 billion. California would become the first state in the nation to legalize pot, though it would still be at odds with federal law.
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