In the 60s hippies fled to the backwoods of northern California to grow pot. There they have been joined by growers of medical marijuana – available with a doctors recommendation – as well as by Mexican drug cartels. With cannabis now its largest cash crop, the state will soon vote on whether to legalise it fully – and even Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is thinking the enormous tax revenues might just solve his budget deficit…

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