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Ed Vogel | Las Vegas Review-Journal | November 8, 2010
CARSON CITY -- A move to legalize marijuana in Nevada has failed again, the leaders of the Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws said Monday.
Campaign manager David Schwartz said his group had trouble raising funds needed to secure the minimum of 97,002 signatures of registered voters on petitions to move the measure forward.
The group proposed allowing adults 21 and older to use and transport up to 1 ounce of marijuana.
The plan had been to submit the signatures and let the 2011 Legislature decide whether to go ahead on legalizing marijuana.
If the Legislature had rejected the plan, then the measure would have gone on the statewide ballot in 2012.
In 2006, a similar proposal was defeated by voters, 56 percent to 44 percent. Nevada voters also rejected legalizing marijuana in 2002, 61 percent to 39 percent.
California voters on Tuesday killed a marijuana legalization plan, 46 percent to 54 percent, after President Barack Obama criticized the idea.
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