Among the more unusual initiatives on ballots around the country next month is Proposition 215 in California. Prop 215 would legalize the cultivation and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Supporters say smoking pot helps more than taking cannabis pills, as NPR's Richard Gonzales in San Francisco reports. But the state is solidly against the proposal, despite the lampooning the state's officials are getting from cartoon characters in the Doonesbury comic strip.
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