{"id":5036,"date":"2011-07-28T22:10:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T02:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2011-07-28T21:39:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T01:39:41","slug":"baptist-press-california-marijuana-supporters-at-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/baptist-press-california-marijuana-supporters-at-it-again","title":{"rendered":"Baptist Press: California marijuana supporters at it again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marijuana supporters in California began their next attempt at legalizing recreational use of the drug July 25, when the secretary of state&#8217;s office approved the circulation of ballot petitions for their proposition.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates for recreational marijuana must gather 504,760 signatures by Dec. 19 for the initiative to appear on either the June or November ballots next year.<\/p>\n<p>The new movement supported by Steve Kubby, a medical marijuana activist, differs from California&#8217;s Proposition 19 &#8212; the previous effort to legalize recreational marijuana that failed to pass in the 2010 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpnews.net\/BPnews.asp?ID=35825\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marijuana supporters in California began their next attempt at legalizing recreational use of the drug July 25, when the secretary of state&#8217;s office approved the circulation of ballot petitions for their proposition. 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