Pubdate: Thu, 07 Aug 2014
Source: New York Times (NY)
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Author: Emmarie Huetteman

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION TO BE ON BALLOT

District of Columbia residents will vote in November on whether to
legalize marijuana, the Board of Elections said Wednesday. Officials
said more than 27,000 signatures submitted by advocates in favor of
the initiative were valid. The measure would allow adults to possess
and cultivate, though not sell, limited amounts of the drug. The issue
seems likely to set off a confrontation with Congress. Representative
Andy Harris, Republican of Maryland, led an effort to block the
District of Columbia's law decriminalizing some marijuana possession,
which took effect last month.
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