When Sheri Duffy and her ailing mother, Jean, voted for Proposition 19 five years ago, an ad campaign running during episodes of “Judge Judy” convinced them the measure would provide what its title ...

I was fairly certain I was in favor of California’s Prop 19—A.K.A. “Legalizing It”—but this informative vision of a post-19 California full of stoners taking over the local Denny’s and couch-bound ...