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California Assembly Panel Votes To Legalize Huffington Post – Made Popular: 5 hours ago Since marijuana was criminalized more than 70 years ago, no panel of federal or state lawmakers has ever voted to reverse the ban and legalize it. That streak ended on Tuesday, when a California Assembly committee voted to approve AB 390, sponsored by Assembly Democrat Tom Ammiano, which would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in the state of California.
Assembly committee OKs bill to legalize marijuana January 12, 2010 | 10:52 am A proposal to legalize and tax marijuana in California was approved by a key committee of the Assembly this morning, over the dire warnings of police chiefs and prosecutors. The Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 to approve AB 390 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), who said the bill would provide tax revenue to the state and regulation of the drug. The new law includes a requirement that users be at least 21 years old. The measure next goes to the Health Committee, but proponents worried it would not be acted on by that panel by Friday’s deadline, which would require the proposal to be reintroduced to be heard this year by the full Assembly. Read more at the link below.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposal to legalize and tax marijuana in California was approved by a key committee of the Assembly on Tuesday, but it is not expected to get further consideration by the Legislature until next year. Despite a procedural glitch, backers hailed the committee’s action as historic because it represented the first legislative approval of the proposal. “This vote marks the formal beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition in the United States,” predicted Stephen Gutwillig, California state director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a marijuana legalization group. The legislation would allow those who are at least 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational use. Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, author of the measure, said it would provide needed revenue for the state and regulation of the drug. Existing law “is harming our youth,” Ammiano said. “Drug dealers do not ask for ID.” It is estimated that the proposed $50 tax on each ounce of marij
