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49% of California voters back legalizing pot, poll finds
With 48% opposed, legalization effort faces a difficult challenge, pollster says. Californians likely to vote in November are evenly split over whether to legalize marijuana, with only a small percentage of the electorate still undecided about the controversial issue, according to a poll conducted last week by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.

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Jury finds Dylan Bayly guilty of voluntary manslaughter for stabbing death of former roommate Justin Zuk
SANTA CRUZ — A jury on Wednesday found a Santa Cruz man guilty of voluntary manslaughter for stabbing his former roommate to death in 2008.

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Crackdowns on drug dealers led to rise in violent crime, study finds
Police crackdowns to cut the supply of illegal drugs by removing dealers and criminal overlords actually lead to rises in drug-related violence, gun crime and murder, according to an international study. A review of 20 years of research into drug enforcement has found that attempts to snuff out the trade in illegal substances have the opposite effect to that intended, by creating a power vacuum …

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