In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Swami Chaitanya lights a "grower's joint" marijuana cigarette at his home near Laytonville, Calif. Chaitanya and his wife, Nikki Lastreto, who grow their "Swami's Select" medical marijuana, support the passage of Proposition 64, the Nov. 8 ballot initiative, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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GARBERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Proposition 64 would legalize the recreational use of marijuana starting Jan. 1, 2018. The ballot measure is 62 pages long and aims to regulate the entire cannabis industry, from seeds to pipe. Here are highlights:
- Permits adults who are at least 21 years old to possess up one ounce of marijuana buds and eight grams of concentrate.
- Permits adults who are at least 21 years old to grow up to six marijuana plants.
- Requires licensing for growing and selling marijuana.
- Imposes a 15 percent tax on retail sales. Also taxes farmers $9.25 for every ounce of bud sold in addition to $2.75 per ounce of leaves.
- Allows cities and counties to impose their own regulations and taxes on recreational marijuana.
- Cities and counties are also free to ban recreational marijuana businesses within their borders.
- Provides funds to develop driving-while-impaired guidelines
- All taxes collected are placed in the California Marijuana Tax Fund, which the state Legislative Analyst estimated could reach $1 billion annually.
- Creates packaging, labeling and advertising standards.
- Changes state marijuana crimes and penalties.
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This article has been corrected to say that Proposition 64 would permit adults who are at least 21 years old to possess eight grams - not eight ounces - of concentrate.
In this Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 photo, Rolie Gonzalez III displays a branch of marijuana buds taken for a plant on the farm of grower Laura Costa, near Garberville, Calif. Though Costa and many illegal farmers say they have yearned for the legitimacy and respectability that can come with legalization, they fear the passage of Proposition 64, on the Nov. 8 ballot, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana, will not only cost them money, but could put them out of business. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Nikki Lastreto trims "little buds" from last season's harvest at her home near Laytonville, Calif. Lastreto and her husband, Swami Chaitanya, who grow their "Swami's Select" medical marijuana, support the passage of Proposition 64, the Nov. 8 ballot initiative, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Nikki Lastreto trims "little buds" from last season's harvest at her home near Laytonville, Calif. Lastreto and her husband, Swami Chaitanya, who grow their "Swami's Select" medical marijuana, support the passage of Proposition 64, the Nov. 8 ballot initiative, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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