US CA: Editorial: Don't Rush To Legalize Pot

Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 2014 – California Can Afford to Let States Such As Colorado and Washington Do the Experimenting First. The nation’s first experiment with the legal sale of recreational marijuana began Jan. 1 in Colorado, and by all accounts it was pretty mellow. Washington state, where voters legalized marijuana in 2012, will begin permitting pot shops this spring.