Californians will legalize, tax and regulate cannabis for adult use in the 2016 general election, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom told Real Time with Bill Maher Friday.
The statement amounts one of to the most strident predictions — from one of the world’s highest ranking politicians — about the success of such an initiative.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, and during a question and answer segment said: “As some folks may know, we’re very likely to have a ballot initiative in 2016 and we have strong confidence that we’ll win. We gotta to do it right and be thoughtful and deal with the legitimate concerns folks have about our children, and not allowing Big Tobacco come in and do Big Marijuana. So we want to do it in a very thoughtful way and we want to have that opportunity next year.”