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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Marijuana legalization gets OK from California legislative committee

California assemblyman Tom Ammiano emerged Tuesday from a victorious committee vote to legalize marijuana proclaiming history was in the making.

The political theater Ammiano stirred in winning a 4-3 vote in the Public Safety Committee for pot's legalization raises the curtain on a near-certain November ballot fight and heated skirmishes in the Legislature over the future of marijuana use in California.

"I think the conversation is definitely gaining traction," Ammiano, a San Francisco Democrat, said after the bill passed the committee he chairs. "There was a time when the 'M' word was never mentioned in Sacramento."

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Comment: If marijuana use - both medicinal and recreational - is legalized in California with success and incoming tax revenue, look for other states to quickly follow.

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