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Marijuana is an addictive, gateway drug. It significantly impairs bodily and mental functions, and its use is related to increased violence. These are facts. Yet proponents of legalizing the drug studiously deny or downplay the well-documented dark side of marijuana trafficking and use.
Medical marijuana is already legal in California, which was the first state to legalize it in 1996. But despite California's weed-friendly reputation, there's no guarantee voters will pass another legalization law. California is one of eight states that will vote on legalization of recreational marijuana on Nov. 8. Medical marijuana, depicted here at a farmer's market in Los Angeles, is already legal in California. Prop 19, a ballot item to legalize recreation marijuana, went before California voters in 2010 but failed to pass.