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California Pot Initiative (Proposition 19) Goes to Pot

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The California initiative to legalize marijuana — a law that would have complicated enforcement for federal agents — went down in defeat on Tuesday. The Los Angeles Times reports that Proposition 19, which would have allowed pot to be sold for recreational use, failed to get the support of the state’s…

9 Ex-DEA Officials Ask Justice Dept. to Challenge Legalization of Marijuana in Calif.

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nine former DEA administrators have fired off a letter to Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. asking that he step in if Californians in November vote to legalize marijuana, the Associated Press reports. AP reports that the administrators wrote an Aug. 24 letter to Holder asking that he file a lawsuit challenging…