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All eyes on California for marijuana ballot

By Jim Giles

27 October 2010

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Growing your own would be legal

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Editorial: Time to legalise marijuana

If voters say yes to legalising marijuana use in California, it will send a shock wave around the world

LIKE most people in his line of work, Jesse Porter used to oversee modest harvests of marijuana. His clients, medical users of the drug, came to him for growing tips. Most had three or four plants hidden at home in closets and garages. To do quality control on his own crops, Porter smoked the stuff himself – and he looked forward to days off when he didn’t have…

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