LEGALISING MARIJUANA should have been an easy sell in laid-back, pot-friendly California. The leaf is ubiquitous here. Whiffs of the distinct, sticky-sweet odour of pot smoke hang around nightspots, house parties and even busy downtown streets.
The Golden State was the first to officially allow medicinal use of marijuana back in 1996. Legalising recreational use would have been the next logical step in a state reputed for thinking out of the box and showing the way to the rest of the United States.
Yet last month Californians rejected a ballot proposal to decriminalise cannabis use.
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