Tom Ammiano
- That proposed ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in California for people 21 and older - and let local government tax the sales - has a good chance of passing. full story
- A bill to tax and regulate marijuana in California like alcohol would generate nearly $1.4 billion in revenue for the cash-strapped state, according to an official analysis released Wednesday by tax officials. full story
- The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, "Yes — I inhaled." full story
- With polls showing the legalization of marijuana gaining public support, and a state budget crisis fueling an ever-more-desperate search for revenue, backers of the first major statewide initiative to legalize marijuana for personal use - and allow counties to tax and regulate the drug - say they're preparing to get the matter on the November 2010 ballot. full story
- The devil is in the details: California's future marijuana laws depend largely on the Federal government. full story
- Gov. [img_assist|nid=17812|title=|desc=Arnold Schwarzenegger takes a toke from a joint in the film Pumping Iron.|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=213] said Tuesday that the time is right to debate legalizing marijuana for recreational use in California. full story
- For the first time ever in a statewide Field Poll, a majority of state voters expressed support for legalizing and taxing marijuana. A poll released last week showed 56 percent of Californians support legalization. full story
- Judge Jim Gray isn't the bleary eyed stereotype of an advocate for the decriminalization of marijuana. Gray, who has never tried the drug, is a former attorney in the Navy JAG Corps, prosecutor, and a Judge in conservative Orange Country, California. full story
- A new bill could make make marijuana California's newest cash crop. full story



















