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Take Two

Will 2014 be the year for marijuana legalization in the US?

By Take Two Staff
Published Jan 2, 2014
Tim Blakeley, manager of Sunset Junction medical marijuana dispensary, shows marijuana plant buds on May 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Tim Blakeley, manager of Sunset Junction medical marijuana dispensary, shows marijuana plant buds on May 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
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Tim Blakeley, manager of Sunset Junction medical marijuana dispensary, shows marijuana plant buds on May 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Tim Blakeley, manager of Sunset Junction medical marijuana dispensary, shows marijuana plant buds on May 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
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Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
)

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Will 2014 be the year for marijuana legalization in the US?

Now recreational marijuana is OK in Colorado, and retail shops in Washington state are expected to start operating by late spring. But we wondered about the rest of the country and whether other states might soon follow suit.

For an answer to that, we're joined by John Hudak, a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution.