California Election Results 2010 have now been unveiled. A bill was proposed on Tuesday's mid term election to authorize the sale of marijuana in the golden state has been defeated by the voters.
Proposition 19 which was put together by California's Rep. Tom Ammiano would have contributed 300 million dollars a year (according reports the marijuana industry is worth about 14 billion dollars annually) to the state which is scrambling to find the 21 billion dollars needed for its annual budget.
The legislature which would legalize marijuana for personal use was rejected by almost 49% of the voters who went to the boots, against the 42% who supported it. The author of the initiative was hoping that marijuana would be sold freely in California to residents who are just over 21 years of age, with a tax of $ 50 per ounce (16 grams) going to the state tax and the sale of the drug would be regulated the same way that the sale of alcoholic beverages is controlled.
A dozen states already have laws that allow the sale of marijuana for medical purposes. California was the first state to pass a law for compassionate use of marijuana for the terminally ill and then 10 states, mostly western ones, followed the golden state. The piece of legislation will be reintroduced in 2012 election.
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