Proposition 19 was apposed by voters

California voters rejected Proposition 19,that would have made marijuana use legal for anyone 21 or older to grow, possess and use small amounts of pot.Ten California cities voted Tuesday on local ballot that would have allowed them to tax recreational marijuana if Proposition 19 passed and one had a measure that would have banned medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

Proposition 19 would have allowed local governments to regulate and tax the commercial production, distribution and sale of pot to adults. Sales to minors would have been illegal, as would have possession on school grounds, use in public settings or smoking while minors are present.San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, who helped local opposition to Proposition 19, said people worried about what message it would send to their children.

Gallup polls show that 46 percent of Americans favor making marijuana with 50 percent apposing .Voters in Arizona, Oregon and South Dakota also on medical marijuana ballot measures Tuesday, and more than 70 Massachusetts municipalities voted on resolutions calling for that state’s government to back medical marijuana or end prohibition altogether.

Both campaigns measured the effect on drug cartels, with supporters saying it would drain a major source of their profits and opponents saying it would make them more deadly.