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California pot vote isn’t just hippies vs. cops

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March 26, 2010 - 7:05 am

SAN FRANCISCO -- Now that a proposal to legalize pot is on the ballot in California, well-organized groups are lining up on both sides of the debate. And it's not just tie-dyed hippies versus anti-drug crusaders.

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