California Proposition 64 (2016)

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The California Proposition 64 (also known as Adult Use of Marijuana Act was formally the "Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act"), a 2016 in California standing for voting referendum on the general legalization of cannabis as an intoxicant . With this legalization of cannabis for consumption as a stimulant , the legislative proposal went one step further than California Proposition 215 , passed in 1996 , which exempted the use of cannabis for medical purposes in California. The referendum was passed with 57% of the vote and the Adult Use of Marijuana Act was passed into law on November 9, 2016.

The initiative was supported, among other things, by the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times , which had rejected a similar bill under the title California Proposition 19 in 2010. In its justification, the newspaper editors pointed to the fact that a total of four US states have now legalized cannabis as an intoxicant and that citizens' attitudes towards prosecuting the consumption of cannabis for pleasure purposes have changed fundamentally since then. Prominent supporters of Proposition 64 included politicians Bernie Sanders and Gary E. Johnson , the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate in the 2016 election year.

Election results in the counties of California (green: for; red: against)
Result be right %
Yes Yes 7,979,041 57.13
No 5,987,020 42.87
Invalid votes 644,448 4.41
Votes cast 14,610,509 100.00
Eligible voters 19,411,771 75.27
Source: California Secretary of State

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  1. ↑ Patrick McGreevy: Californians vote to legalize recreational use of marijuana in the state , in: Los Angeles Times of November 8, 2016, last accessed January 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ On this and the following cf. Editorial: It's time to legalize and regulate marijuana in California. Yes on Proposition 64 , in: Los Angeles Times of September 16, 2016, last accessed October 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kurtis Lee: On the stump, Bernie Sanders makes pitch for legal pot in California , in: Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2016, last accessed October 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Christopher Cadelago: Libertarian Gary Johnson says he backs California pot legalization , in: The Sacramento Bee of July 21, 2016, last accessed October 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Statement of Vote - November 8, 2016, General Election . December 16, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2017.