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Why some cities are preemptively banning recreational pot
Prop 64 would legalize recreational marijuana statewide, and cities could make their own rules around the growth, sale and use of weed. But California cities are pre-emptively banning the sale of recreational pot until they can figure out what they want to do locally.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenIf it passes, Prop 64 would legalize recreational marijuana statewide, and cities could make their own rules around the growth, sale and use of weed. But some California cities are pre-emptively banning the sale of recreational pot until they can figure out what to do locally.
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5 storiesBanning weed before next week’s election
Prop 64 would legalize recreational marijuana statewide, and cities could make their own rules around the growth, sale and use of weed. But some cities are pre-emptively banning the sale of recreational pot until they can figure out what they want to do locally.
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