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Starving for Cash: Will California's Marijuana Initiatives Fail Without More Funding?

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 23, 2012.

A meeting of marijuana initiative leaders in California revealed that nearly every campaign is in serious trouble if it doesn't get a large cash injection -- and soon.

Washington State Voters Now Have the Power to Legalize Marijuana -- But Will They?

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 13, 2012.

If the bill passes, Washington will be the first state to legalize the possession and commerce of marijuana, sending the state on a collision course with the federal government.

Colorado 'Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol' Campaign Was Short on Signatures, But...

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 6, 2012.

The campaign was found to have an unusually high number of invalid signatures, and now has 15 days to collect enough valid signatures to cover the shortfall.

Amend the State Constitution, Legalize Pot? How Advocates in Montana are Sticking it to the Feds and Local Republicans

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 3, 2012.

Provoked by federal raids and Republican attempts to eradicate medical pot, activists are rolling out a campaign for a constitutional amendment to legalize pot in Big Sky County.

Can a Strong Coalition of Pot Activists Define Medical Marijuana Regulation -- And Avoid the Feds?

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 27, 2012.

A coalition of advocates has filed a statewide medical marijuana regulation initiative aimed at ending the years-long confusion over what is and what is not allowed.

Legal Pot? Washington Initiative for Marijuana Legalization is Likely to Qualify for November Ballot

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 3, 2012.

With some 350,000 signatures handed in -- enough to account for duplicate and invalid signatures -- the campaign to legalize and regulate pot should make the ballot.

Missouri Approves Marijuana Legalization Initiatives

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 8, 2011.

If the initiative makes the ballot next year, Missouri will join Washington and Colorado in taking the issue before the voters.

Arizona Joins the Medical Marijuana Club

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 15, 2010.

Arizona will now become the 15th medical marijuana state. Another blow to the nation's cruel and irrational prohibition on marijuana.

California's Marijuana Legalization Initiative is Already a Winner

Tony Newman, Stephen Gutwillig, AlterNet. August 23, 2010.

Ten weeks from Election Day, it’s clear how much Prop. 19 has already accomplished for the drug policy reform movement.

Prospects for Arizona's Medical Marijuana Initiative Looking Good for November

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. July 5, 2010.

Arizona activists have qualified an initiative for the ballot and look to be sitting pretty -- at least for now.

PG&E's Audacious Attempt to Enshrine Its Energy Monopoly In the California Constitution

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. May 18, 2010.

The rich and corporate are abusing CA's initiative process to enforce their profits through the state's constitution.

Should Pot Be Regulated Like Alcohol? Colorado Voters Will Decide

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.


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