Just a Matter of When.

• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

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There's an aspect of the California campaign to legalize marijuana that Brian Doherty did not mention in his article ("Just a Matter of When,' February).

In 1976 another Proposition 19 sought to decriminalize marijuana in California. It garnered only 34 percent of the vote. It was not until 2008 that a new proposition for general decriminalization made it on the ballot. It only sought to reduce possession of up to an ounce of marijuana to an infraction. It got just 40 percent of the vote.

In only one election cycle, the 2010 Proposition 19 not only garnered 46.5 percent of the vote but arguably forced...