Colorado to Vote on Full Marijuana Legalization

[Pretty Flaco]

In Novemeber, Colorado is scheduled to vote on Amendment 64, which will decriminalize marijuana possession and sale/distribution, and for it to be treated similar to alcohol.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/colorado-democratic-party_n_1429648.html

http://www.regulatemarijuana.org/s/regulate-marijuana-alcohol-act-2012

The new amendment is supported by both a majority of democrats, republicans, and independents.

you know what time it is ;)

edit:
this part is also worth mentioning


requiring the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund

[TheRedAnarchist23]

So, they will legalize it and tax it, seems profitable;)

[Pretty Flaco]

So, they will legalize it and tax it, seems profitable;)

well it wouldnt be being voted on if it wasnt. hemp production companies are donating a lot of money for the cause. theres also a lot of tax revenue to be gained from this. but when it comes to federal legalization, lobbyists will be an issue.

just because this could be a big benefit to some members of the capitalist class doesnt mean it couldnt be beneficial to your average folks too. do you realize how many people are locked up or face charges from petty drug possession?

[Drosophila]

Colorado is a pretty cool place

[Ocean Seal]

well it wouldnt be being voted on if it wasnt. hemp production companies are donating a lot of money for the cause. theres also a lot of tax revenue to be gained from this. but when it comes to federal legalization, lobbyists will be an issue.

just because this could be a big benefit to some members of the capitalist class doesnt mean it couldnt be beneficial to your average folks too. do you realize how many people are locked up or face charges from petty drug possession?
How exactly does marijuana legalization work in most places? I know that where I live its decriminalized, but its illegal to grow your own. I hate the idea that the state and capitalists are going to profit from this though, I guess it is preferable to them locking people up.

[harte.beest]

Connecticut became the 17th state to legalize medical marijuana, and decriminalized possession on June 1st, the law takes effect October 1, 2012!!!

:cool::cool::cool:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-usa-marijuana-connecticut-idUSBRE85018X20120601

http://www.mpp.org/states/connecticut/

The state's Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation allowing licensed physicians to certify an adult patient's use of marijuana for medical purposes, according to a statement from the governor's office.
The new law puts in place restrictions to prevent the kind of abuse that has plagued some of the 16 other states and the District of Columbia where pot is legal for medical use.

"For years, we've heard from so many patients with chronic diseases who undergo treatments like chemotherapy or radiation and are denied the palliative benefits that medical marijuana would provide," Governor Malloy said.

[Tim Cornelis]

I predict a significant fall in popularity of Ron Paul if weed gets legalised (especially amongst students and young people). Legalising weed is thus a good thing for more than one reason.

[RedAnarchist]

Don't let the British Lung Foundation know - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18283689.

[X5N]

Of course, the federal pigs will come in and ruin everyone's fun.

[Yuppie Grinder]

A lot of stoners I know don't want marijuana legalized and taxed because they think it'll be more expensive. I don't know how true that is, but I don't think marijuana is going to be legalized in America anytime soon. The prison system is too important a weapon of class warfare for that too happen.

[campesino]

A lot of stoners I know don't want marijuana legalized and taxed because they think it'll be more expensive. I don't know how true that is, but I don't think marijuana is going to be legalized in America anytime soon. The prison system is too important a weapon of class warfare for that too happen.

they shouldn't worry, marijuana grows easily, as long as non-commercial production and consumption isn't outlawed, they should not worry. if you can grow tomatoes you can grow marijuana.

[Geiseric]

One thing the bourgeois state is doing right. the prison factor is important to note, there's going to be some kind of catch i'd bet.

[Os Cangaceiros]

A lot of stoners I know don't want marijuana legalized and taxed because they think it'll be more expensive. I don't know how true that is, but I don't think marijuana is going to be legalized in America anytime soon. The prison system is too important a weapon of class warfare for that too happen.

I don't think that's true. Marijuana in the Netherlands is substantially cheaper than it is in the USA, for example. Illegality inflates price.

anyway, as far as the OP goes:

Rocky Mountain high! :cool:

[Os Cangaceiros]

I also disagree with the notion that marijuana laws will simply be foisted upon the populace even if the large majority of the population no longer sees any benefit in them. I'm confident that the "war on weed" won't survive my generation...opinion polls show that support for keeping weed illegal drops every decade, consistently.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Marijuana legalization breaks 60 percent in Colorado poll (http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2012/jun/12/marijuana_legalization_breaks_60)

[Jimmie Higgins]

A lot of stoners I know don't want marijuana legalized and taxed because they think it'll be more expensive. I don't know how true that is, but I don't think marijuana is going to be legalized in America anytime soon. The prison system is too important a weapon of class warfare for that too happen.

It would probably be cheaper because of increased ease of production and distribution.

The repression question is a good one and one I've been thinking about in regards to this. In Oakland recreational weed is decriminalized and there are actually city-sanctioned growing facilities and dispensaries. At the same time that the Police here announced that they would no longer ticket or arrest for small personal marijuana possession they also began things like gang-injunction laws which essentially allow anyone who fits a particular "type" associated with a specific gang to be stopped by police.

I think some of the decriminalization may be coming from a place of the court and police system itself being overloaded by some of these crimes. They want the police to still be able to have an excuse to stop anyone they want and I think they are just replacing pot with other means which will allow them to selectively patrol and profile people.


I also disagree with the notion that marijuana laws will simply be foisted upon the populace even if the large majority of the population no longer sees any benefit in them. I'm confident that the "war on weed" won't survive my generation...opinion polls show that support for keeping weed illegal drops every decade, consistently.Without pressure of some kind (from us or internal pressure from prison overcrowding or whatnot) they can continue. While popularity may have gone up, the laws have gone back and forth - nearly decriminalized in the 1970s, the laws then became tougher and there was a big reaction in the 1980s.

[Yazman]

A lot of stoners I know don't want marijuana legalized and taxed because they think it'll be more expensive. I don't know how true that is, but I don't think marijuana is going to be legalized in America anytime soon. The prison system is too important a weapon of class warfare for that too happen.

I always hear this and I think it's one of the most frustrating positions a person can possibly take. Like they somehow prefer the status quo where people can be thrown in prison for years at a time in some places for having or selling it just because of a few bucks here and there. How bloody selfish.

[Sasha]

I always hear this and I think it's one of the most frustrating positions a person can possibly take. Like they somehow prefer the status quo where people can be thrown in prison for years at a time in some places for having or selling it just because of a few bucks here and there. How bloody selfish.


even worse, it so much white privilige speaking, yes if you (white suburban kid claiming to be fine with the status quo) get nicked with a huge bag of weed you come of with a slap on the wrist, yet at the same a black or hispanic will get framed for some ressedu or weed that wasnt even there...
its so minblowing ignorantly selfish

[Os Cangaceiros]

Without pressure of some kind (from us or internal pressure from prison overcrowding or whatnot) they can continue. While popularity may have gone up, the laws have gone back and forth - nearly decriminalized in the 1970s, the laws then became tougher and there was a big reaction in the 1980s.

Actually, I wouldn't normally use this argument for any other issue besides this specific one, but, dare I say it, I actually think that the American public has gotten more intelligent in regards to this. It's one of the only issues that I think society across almost all divisions pretty much realizes is more-or-less b.s.

In the 60's and 70's marijuana use was still very much a subcultural thing, despite the image of a big counter-culture during that era. Marijuana has had a few decades to simmer in American society until now we've reached the point where one in two Americans admit to at least trying the drug, so I think the laws will be viewed as pointless/superfluous, and sooner rather than later.

[Mather]

I predict a significant fall in popularity of Ron Paul if weed gets legalised (especially amongst students and young people). Legalising weed is thus a good thing for more than one reason.

Ron Paul is yesterdays news.

He did badly in the Republican primaries and given that he is now 76, it's highly unlikely he will even be running for president come 2016.

[TheRadicalAnarchist]

Good, hopefully if this passes other states will follow. Marijuana is very profitable for hemp and natural medicine. Most of the drug lords love America's war on drugs because it makes them millionares. So I don't see why it should be illegal, especially with the economy in the toilet and jobs virtually being fought over.