Colorado Marijuana Activists To Turn In Petition For Full Legalization With Nearly Double The Signatures Required For 2012 Ballot HuffingtonPost / 1,3,2012 As the state seeks reclassification of medical marijuana to a schedule 2 drug, Colorado pot activists are seeking full recreational use legalization, and by the looks of the amount of signatures they have collected, they are off to an overwhelmingly strong start. 7News reports that the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it will turn in nearly 160,000 signatures in favor of the legalization initiative Wednesday to the Secretary of State's Office -- nearly double the 86,000 signatures required to put the question of pot legalization on the 2012 ballot. The state then has 30 days to decide whether or not the pot measure will be on the ballots, according to The Denver Post. If it gets approval, it would be the first measure approved for the 2012 Colorado election. The amendment seeks to make the personal use, possession and limited home-growing of marijuana legal for adults aged 21 and older. It establishes a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol is currently. The act also would allow for the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp, according to the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol website. The Associated Press reports that if the measure makes it onto the 2012 ballot, which appears likely, the much more difficult road of convincing a majority of Coloradans to challenge a federal drug law, like this measure would do, is ahead. Added to the challenges are the escalating rumors that a federal medical marijuana crackdown, similar to that which was seen in California, is on its way to Colorado. This would be the second recreational use legalization measure to appear on Colorado ballots, the first, which appeared in 2006, was voted down. "Because so many people have been hearing about marijuana and about the fact that it's far safer than alcohol, they are becoming increasingly comfortable with acknowledging that an adult should be able to use it without fear of punishment," Mason Tvert, head of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, said to the Grand Junction Sentinel about the measure. Tvert also says that full legalization could result in an economic boom for the state and with the current flagging national economy, dollars and cents may get Colorado voters to think differently this time around. For now, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol plans to celebrate its success and end of the signature drive with a part at the Industry Lounge in Denver on Jan. 4 at 6 p.m.
oltex, always bringing me my good CO news hahahaha I hope this atleast hits the ballot.... may not pass but its always a step forward
This is wonderful news for the legalization movement. Hopefully other states, or even the entire United States could have their eyes open by this. Colorado we're rooting for ya.
They have twice the sigs necessary,,it will be on the ballot,,now we have to keep government trolls from splitting the vote as they did in CA,,trying to keep medical users and users motivated is the challenge now. The feds split the voters in CA and it still nearly passed,,I don't think they can do that to CO.
[quote name='"oltex"'] They have twice the sigs necessary,,it will be on the ballot,,now we have to keep government trolls from splitting the vote as they did in CA,,trying to keep medical users and users motivated is the challenge now. The feds split the voters in CA and it still nearly passed,,I don't think they can do that to CO.[/quote] If it doesn't happen it will literally be a 49.99 to 50.01 vote lol I don't see how it can't pass unless something insane happens or people back out and get scared.... even the religious republican ignorant fucks I know around here don't see a reason not to legalize anymore (not that republican religious people are ignorant, but some of the ones I know have their heads so far up their asses their mouth is back where it would be normally)
I may be moving to the southeast corner of CO if it passes,,as far south as I can remain. I don't do snowbound.
[quote name='"oltex"']I may be moving to the southeast corner of CO if it passes,,as far south as I can remain. I don't do snowbound.[/quote] Hahaha if I lived somewhere that didn't get a few good snows in winter id lose my mind man, been here my whole life Been super fuckin warn recently though.... 60 today.... its usually.... like 20 jan and feb down into the lows of negatives.... its freaking me out If it passes.... I don't even know what ill do... nothing will really change much for us patients other than prices probably... and my grow won't need to be mega stealthified haahahha
I think we have a MUCH better chance at legalizing than Cali. 5 million population...that's only 2.5 million votes, (probably need 3 million for a safe cushion). Compared to the what...15+ million Cali needs. I would say the odds are in our favor. With that many valid signatures, that's more than the whole CO mmj patient registry itself. A lot of people out here support full legalization, and I'm guessing there's a lot of closeted smokers as well.. I think we're well on our way, and we'll still tell the Feds to shove it where the sun don't shine. We have a long road ahead...but in 10 months... we will PREVAIL! I believe in you CO! I believe!!! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16FdJrrAWSo]R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly - YouTube[/ame]