As More Voters Legalize Marijuana, States Left With Regulatory Hurdles

Stateline: The battle to legally grow, sell, buy and smoke pot in California has been a long one.

Voters in the state ushered in medical marijuana 20 years ago, but took until last fall to approve a plan to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana.

Now, California officials are faced with setting rules for a product that has been outlawed by the federal government since the 1930s — a challenge that lawmakers and regulators in the other states that chose some form of marijuana legalization in the November election also are confronting.

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