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According to Richard Lee, founder of Oaksterdam University and proprietor of several Oakland-based medical cannabis dispensaries, California voters will see his “Legalize Cannabis” voter initiative on their ballots in 2010. Confirming that he has over 700,000 signatures in favor of putting the initiative before voters – far more than the 433,971 required – Lee pointed to recent surveys putting support for marijuana legalization at 56 percent in California, and reported that collecting the signatures took only two of the five months allotted for the process. Campaign organizers must submit the signatures to the California Secretary of State for validation, at which point they expect to qualify for the November 2010 ballot.
Though Oaksterdam University has already reportedly ponied up nearly $1 million towards the campaign, Lee hopes to raise far more – between $7 and $20 million – for the election campaign. In 1996, Prop 215, the nation’s first statewide medical marijuana law, and still the backbone of California’s medical marijuana system, was passed by a similar voter initiative.
Check out Tax Cannabis 2010 for more information on the initiative, including a complete transcript, and information on how to get involved.
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