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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Prop 64: A voter’s guide to legal weed

    Voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21. If Prop 64 passes, you could grow up to six plants in your home and you could possess 28 grams of marijuana. But you could only smoke or eat it in a private home or a place with a special permit.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 18, 2016 • 1 min read

    Voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21. If Prop 64 passes, you could grow up to six plants in your home and you could possess 28 grams of marijuana. But you could only smoke or eat it in a private home or a place with a special permit. Recent polls show that voters support the measure by a wide margin. But some of the people who stand to make the most money from Prop 64 have reservations. Growers are split on the proposition as are some dispensary owners.

    *The explanation of criminal penalties provided in this interview was unclear and easily misinterpreted to overstate the actual penalties written into Prop 64. This chart explains Prop 64's criminal penalties.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Beau Kilmer

      RAND Drug Policy Research Center, co-author “Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know”

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Dueling dispensary owners on Prop 64 and legalizing pot
    1. 0:30Prop 64: A voter’s guide to legal weedYou’re reading this
    2. 18:00Inside the Clinton Wikileaks emails
    3. 28:27'Sing for Your Life'
    4. 44:05Where are the best breakfast tacos in LA?
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