Prop 19 to legalise marijuana defeated in California

However, activists cling to high hopes that political process has educated voters for next battle

Prop 19 has been beaten in California, despite the best efforts of activists such as Daniel Costa Prop 19 has been beaten in California, despite the best efforts of activists such as Daniel Costa. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP

The movement to legalise marijuana suffered a blow as a ballot proposition that would have allowed the growth, use and taxation of the drug in California was rejected by voters.

The loss of Proposition 19, though not unexpected, was still a disappointment to many of those who had fought and campaigned hard for a measure that had won a lot of support for a subject once considered politically taboo.

The movement was based ...

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