Sunday, October 13, 2013

Marijuana, hemp initiative cleared in Sacramento

By David Hood
Source: ocregister.com

A half-million signatures are needed to qualify measure for 2014 election.


WASHINGTON – Marijuana and hemp advocates in California will get another chance to legalize marijuana use in its various forms if a Northern California group can ramp up enough support to put it on next year's ballot.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said last week that the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014 has until Feb. 24 to gather just over 500,000 signatures from registered voters to approve it for a final vote in November of next year.
Article Tab: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced last week that the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014 has until Feb. 24 to gather just over 500,000 signatures from registered voters to approve it for a final vote in November.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced last week that the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014 has until Feb. 24 to gather just over 500,000 signatures from registered voters to approve it for a final vote in November.
FILE: RICH PEDRONCELLI, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Top 5 provisions in the measure

• Decriminalizes marijuana and hemp use
Requires state to license and tax commercial sales
Limits testing for employment or insurance purposes
Requires case-by-case review of convicted persons charged with nonviolent crimes involving marijuana
Bars state or local aid to enforcement of federal marijuana laws

Majority supports legalization

A total of 52 percent of 1,703 adult Californians surveyed said marijuana use should be legalized. This is the first time support has been over 50 percent since the PPIC poll started in 1998. In the same poll, released in September, 60 percent of 1,102 likely voters surveyed said they favor legalization:
Democrats 64%
Independents 60%
Republicans 45%
The poll's margin of
error: 3.7 percent.
Source: Public Policy
Institute of California.

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