Will California turn tide in national weed war?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — If in two years it’s legal to smoke weed with your friends in California, you can thank Silicon Valley tech money, Colorado and the emerging cannabis industry.

An organized and well-funded alliance is behind California’s Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, with proponents outspending opponents 70-to-1 in an effort to turn the tide in the state’s war over weed.

With nearly $18 million in backing thus far, the detailed 62-page ballot measure is a far cry from California’s last failed effort —…