Smoke it if you got it -- and you're in either Washington State or Colorado.

Those two states passed ballot propositions, Tuesday, that would make the recreational use of marijuana legal -- and taxable.

It's an idea that a lot of people in B.C., have been urging for years.

Ujjal Dosanjh is one of them. He's a former premier of British Columbia, and a former federal health minister. We reached Mr. Dosanjh in Vancouver.