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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

November 3, 2010 - 3:08 am

SAN FRANCISCO -- Californians heeded warnings of legal chaos and other dangers and rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have made their state the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The spirited campaign over Proposition 19 pitted the state's political and law enforcement establishment against determined activists seeking to end the prohibition of pot. It was by far the highest-profile of the 160 ballot measures being decided in 37 states.

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