Mapping pot legalization politics: Not just red vs. blue
(World News USA)

NEW YORK (AP) - To anyone who figured the path of legalizing recreational marijuana use ran along blue state-red state lines, a sudden setback for pot advocates in New Jersey may show the issue isn`t so black-and-white. Leaders in solidly-blue New Jersey are vowing it will still become the 11th state to legalize the drug. But when a state Senate vote was abruptly put off Monday because it didn`t have enough support, the delay was a reminder that the politics of pot legalization aren`t purely partisan. The key question instead can be whether voters or legislators are making the decision, experts say. `It`s a good illustration that even in a state that`s entirely Democratically controlled,...