Criminal Justice Experts Across California and the U.S. Endorse AUMA to Promote Public SafetyOn July 1st, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative to legalize marijuana in the state, is now on the November ballot. AUMA, designated as Proposition 64, would allow adults 21 and... Read more

We're thrilled to let you know that the Adult Use of Marijuana Act is officially on California's November Ballot as Prop 64! With this news, the campaign officially begins. To win, however, we must make sure voters know why they should support the campaign and vote YES.Please, help us secure legalization by making... Read more

By Christopher Ingraham | June 21, 2016 Rates of marijuana use among Colorado's teenagers are essentially unchanged in the years since the state's voters legalized marijuana in 2012, new survey data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows. In 2015, 21 percent of Colorado youths had used... Read more

BY CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO, SACRAMENTO BEE California Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom, campaigning for a fall ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana, said Tuesday he’s becoming increasingly frustrated with fellow politicians for their reluctance to take public stands on the initiative. Newsom, the measure’s highest-ranking elected supporter, attributed the reticence to a... Read more

Nov. ballot measure becomes the first marijuana legalization initiative in state history to receive the official endorsement of a major political party   SACRAMENTO, CA—Today, the campaign in support of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), which will appear on the November 2016 statewide ballot in California, announced that... Read more

by Jeff Meyers Ventura Police Chief Ken Corney, who is also president of the California Police Chiefs Association, has come out swinging against marijuana legalization in order to save our citizens from the evil weed. Especially the children. But let's be real for once: Maintaining marijuana prohibition and the status... Read more

By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli California voters will be asked to legalize marijuana in November – and we couldn’t be happier that our state might finally end this chapter of the failed war on drugs. The last time Californians were given the option to legalize marijuana – Prop 19 in 2010 –... Read more

BY DENNIS ROMEROemail Dennis Romero White privilege doesn't exist. Sure. White privilege endures despite our best efforts at eradication. In 2010 then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a onetime pot-smoker himself, signed legislation that reduced possession of an ounce or less of cannabis to a ticket-worthy infraction. No more handcuffs, especially for the people of... Read more

BY DAVID [email protected] Not a single California legislator stated outright opposition to California’s pending marijuana-legalization initiative during historic hearings on the Adult Use of Marijuana Act in Sacramento this past Tuesday. Rather, East Bay Assemblyman Bill Quirk stated his "strong support" for it, and Assemblyman Kenneth Gipson from Los Angeles predicted it "is going... Read more

BY CHRISTOPHER [email protected] recreational marijuana headed for the fall ballot, a new poll finds that 60 percent of likely voters support the concept of legitimizing the drug in California. The Public Policy Institute of California, in a poll out Wednesday, looked at the general popularity of other issues expected on... Read more