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Colorado ski town legalizes pot - Vizth Hal - 11-04-2009
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20091103/us-marijuana-legalization/
Quote:DENVER — The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana.
Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal winning with 72 percent of the vote. The measure would allow adults over 21 to have up to 1 ounce of marijuana.
The measure is largely symbolic because pot possession remains a state crime for people without medical clearance. But supporters said they wanted to send a message to local law enforcement to stop busting small-time pot smokers.
The vote comes as communities nationwide are struggling with how to enforce pot laws at a time when medical marijuana has surged in popularity.
I hope they do this in Tennessee soon, probably not tho, to many old ppl in charge XD
RE: Colorado ski town legalizes pot - ralgith - 11-04-2009
We just need to stop making it a crime to use "controlled" substances. If people want to fuck up their own bodies, more power too 'em. Just make all drugs like cigarettes. Huge tax on them and all.
RE: Colorado ski town legalizes pot - Twitchin Kitten - 11-04-2009
Vizzy, too many "old people" in charge have nothing to do with it. You gotta make the changes you want as a young person and get out there and vote!
Run for office, work for a political party's office. Work for a politician. Apply for a civil service job in town. Get in on the ground floor and make changes.
If you're ('you' as in the general broad sense) content to think your vote does not count, then you should be content to abide and not complain what others think and do for you.
As a US citizen, you CAN make your own bill and stuff the hopper in your state AND D.C.
and yeah, pot should be decriminalized - should never have been on a 'controlled' substance list. People have been addicted to some kind of substance or another since caveman times. Making it illegal hasn't stopped it.
RE: Colorado ski town legalizes pot - Rhubarb - 11-04-2009
(11-04-2009, 11:47 AM)Twitchin Kitten Wrote: and yeah, pot should be decriminalized - should never have been on a 'controlled' substance list. People have been addicted to some kind of substance or another since caveman times. Making it illegal hasn't stopped it.
So you heard what happened to the Chief Science officer to the Government over here then?
He said Alcohol and Cigarettes were more dangerous to the nations health than marijuana. He got sacked.
RE: Colorado ski town legalizes pot - Twitchin Kitten - 11-04-2009
Alcohol and cigarettes ARE more dangerous to everyone. It's just that the government makes too much money off them to make them illegal.