CBS 5 Poll: Dems Win Senate & Governor Seats, Prop 19 Close Call
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A new poll shows that 49 percent of potential voters oppose Proposition 19 legalize marijuana, with 42 percent supporting the measure.
The leaders of Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica have all said that Prop 19 would send a contradictory message from the United States.
A new KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll released Tuesday showed Democrats Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer leading, while Proposition 19 is no longer favored among likely voters.
The leaders of several Latin American nations on the front lines of the battle against drugs said Tuesday that a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana would send a contradictory message from the United States.
The fight over marijuana in California is finally coming to television with a sober ad starring a former police chief who supports legalizing pot.
Support for California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana has fallen behind in a new poll of likely voters two weeks before the Nov. 2 election.
President Barack Obama's drug czar says federal officials haven't ruled out taking legal action if California voters pass a ballot initiative to legalize recreational medical use.
Voters who strongly support legalizing marijuana in California may also be tilting the vote in the U.S. Senate race slightly in favor of incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer, according to a new KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll released Tuesday.
Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal government will enforce its marijuana laws in California even if the state's voters approve a ballot measure to legalize the drug.
East Palo Alto is concerned about an increase in crime as cannabis becomes more common in California and is considering a blanket ban on medical marijuana.
Mexico's drug traffickers are likely to lose customers in America's largest pot consuming state if California legalizes marijuana, but they won't lose much money overall because California's residents already prefer to grow their own, according to a study released Tuesday.
One of the most hotly contested ballot measures in the November election will be Proposition 19, the measure to legalize marijuana.
California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana has a new friend: Facebook co-founder Sean Parker has given $100,000 to back the proposal.
The campaigns for and against a California ballot measure that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana reported little cash on hand Tuesday as they headed into the race's final month.
A marijuana mega-store opened near the Oakland Airport, and as KCBS' Tim Ryan reports, it could bring as much as $8 million in tax revenue to Oakland annually.
Possessing up to an ounce of marijuana in California is now no more serious than getting a speeding ticket.
More than 20 people were arrested Thursday as part of a police crackdown on illegal marijuana sales throughout Santa Clara County, Santa Clara police officials said Friday.
Authorities say they seized about 15,000 marijuana plants worth $30 million from a cornfield in Contra Costa County.
A South San Francisco woman accused of allowing her 4-year-old daughter to eat a brownie laced with marijuana has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment.
A major drug sweep in rural Mendocino County has netted more than four dozen arrests as authorities crack down on rural marijuana gardens.
Two armed men entered a San Jose marijuana dispensary late Wednesday morning, tied up the employees, and made off with marijuana and cash, a police spokesman said.
A new Field Poll shows that a majority of California voters now support a proposition that would legalize recreational marijuana use in the state.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has blasted California's largest union for supporting a November ballot measure to legalize marijuana.
Concord officials are trying to shut down the city's only medical marijuana dispensary.
