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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

What Should California Expect If Pot Becomes Legal?

This time next year, 4/20 could have a whole new meaning in California  since voters are expected to legalize recreational pot in November. At  one point, 20 marijuana initiatives tried to get on the ballot, but  the odds-on favorite is now the Sean Parker-backed “Adult Use of  Marijuana Act”.

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By Madeleine Brand • Apr 20, 2016 • 1 min read

This time next year, 4/20 could have a whole new meaning in California since voters are expected to legalize recreational pot in November. At one point, 20 marijuana initiatives tried to get on the ballot, but the odds-on favorite is now the Sean Parker-backed “Adult Use of Marijuana Act”. If pot becomes legal in California, problems could emerge that the proposed laws do not adequately address. For example, how will the cops know when you’re too stoned to drive? We’ll look at the what’s happened in Colorado, the first state to make recreational marijuana legal in 2012, to get a sense of what might happen in California.

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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