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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 5:30 pm | by cadfy
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Published June 29, 2010
MONTEREY, Calif. -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Tuesday in Monterey that he does not support legalizing marijuana in the state.
In November, voters in California will decide whether to legalize marijuana. They will also decide whether to select Brown as their next governor.
Brown was in Monterey on Tuesday to speak at the California District Attorneys Association Conference, and said legalizing marijuana would open the flood gates for the ruthless and deadly Mexican drug cartels.
"Every year we get more and more marijuana and every year we find more guys with AK-47's coming out of Mexico going into forests and growing more and more dangerous and losing control," Brown said.
Meanwhile, the California Chapter of the NAACP voiced its support of marijuana legalization ballot measure, saying current laws are unfairly used to target non-whites.
The measure on the November ballot would let adults possess up to an ounce of marijuana for personal use. Residents could legally grow small marijuana gardens, and individual cities and counties would decide whether to allow marijuana sales.
A Sacramento preacher who is leading opposition to the measure says he is outraged by the NAACP decision. International Faith-Based Coalition president Ron Allen said illicit drugs harm the black community.
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