Hashing Out the Law

If passed, Proposition 19, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, will allow California residents to grow marijuana for private use or purchase the drug at local grocery stores.

The item was first placed on the California ballot last March by medical marijuana provider Richard Lee, and the proposition will be on the ballot next month.

According to Yes on 19 spokesman Dan Newman, the initiative is a logical response to California’s “failed war” on the drug.

Though previous legislation under Proposition 215 only legitimized marijuana use for medical purposes, the drug remains popular in the recreational drug scene as well.