California Democrats: Legalize Pot on party platform?

Major shift: CA Democrats’ proposed platform plank calls for full legalization of pot - http://ift.tt/1oHJ5fg

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With proponents arguing that it could put billions into state coffers and provide crucial jobs, California Democrats on Sunday will move to insert a plank in their party platform calling to “support the legalization, regulation and taxation of pot in a manner similar to that of tobacco or alcohol,” the Chronicle has learned... ...But the proposed plank has the support of the major United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which already has 1,000 laborers in the medical marijuana industry — and is poised to represent potentially thousands more should pot become legal in California... ...A January CNN Poll showed soaring support for legalization of marijuana, with 55 percent of Americans now backing legal pot, compared to 44 percent opposed. The poll showed two third of Democrats now behind the idea, along with nearly 60 percent of independents — who now make up one in five voters in California — compared to just 36 percent of Republicans.

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