Topic: DRUGS - on October 12, 2009 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
Pot legalisation moves into a higher gear in California
Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalisation measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over US drug policy.
At least one poll shows voters would support lifting the pot prohibition, which would make the state of more than 38 million the first in the nation to legalise marijuana.