Voters Pass Ballot Measures to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use in Two States, Initial Counts Show
Marijuana is weighed and packaged for sale at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, in Washington State. Credit: AP
Early voting returns show that Colorado and Washington will become the first two states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Non-medical marijuana has been decriminalized in several states while remaining illegal and prosecuted federally, but the ballot measures passed by voters in these two states Tuesday will make marijuana in small amounts a legal commodity for adults, with sale and production regulated by the state.
Oregon had a similar ballot measure Tuesday that would legalize marijuana, but The Oregonian reports that measure is failing.
In Colorado, Amendment 64 will regulate marijuana like alcohol, allowing adults 21 and over to posses small amounts of the substance. With over 40 percent precincts reporting, Colorado 9News has called Amendment 64 passed. The Seattle Times reports that Washington voters have voted to pass Initiative 502. The Washington Initiative would allow adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, 16 ounces of solid marijuana-infused products or 72-ounces of marijuana-infused liquid, but only if they are legally purchased through a state-licensed store. Capitol Hill Seattle reports that the provision would also create a framework for taxing marijuana legally, and allow for DUI prosecutions of drivers whose blood contains more than 5 nanograms per milliliter of active THC metabolites.
A Public Policy Polling survey released Monday showed that 52 percent of Coloradans support the amendment, with 44 against. With the amendment’s passing, marijuana would be available at marijuana centers in Colorado where an excise tax will be applied of up to 15 percent on wholesale sales. The first $40 million of that each year would be directed towards public school construction, according to KREXTV. The Denver Post reports that campaigns fighting for and against the measure had raised nearly $4 million this election season, and seventeen states had efforts to put a marijuana legalization measure on the ballot in 2012, with just three succeeding.
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Flyingfish
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:16amWell at least they got something right. Of course who is going to be able to afford to buy it when there taxes double on income and of course after they apply cigarette/alcohol level of taxes on pot.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:21amthis should be a message to the republican party that pro-freedom ideas can win elections
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Advection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:41amIt will be interesting to watch Obama crush this and re-establish Prohibition.
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CS Lewis FAN
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:46amA silver lining to the dark cloud of destruction hanging over this country. Sandy was just a preview.
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AlwaysAmazed
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:57amA monthly stash will come with the Obamaphone orders. Its a Right, don’t you know…
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:19amNot sure SOY…
I think the GOP died last night… Their voter base is only going to get smaller unless RINOs start making babies at the same rate as minorities.
Time for Libertarians to figure out how to promote a friendlier image to people… they are the future.
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black9897
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:12amWell it’s about time!
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Evileye
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:28amFrom WA State:
Well we passed same Sex marriage Legal Dope last night.
So now a couple of can get hitch set around Toking
And dream of Getting Bill gates Money by redistribution.
Oh yes if you put on lip stick earrings You can visit the lady showers at Evergreen Collage
Even if you display your testicles. After all I is your right.
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midwesthippie
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:26pm…if romney had a “legalize pot” and “end the war on drugs” message he would have won the election…the (R) party and GOP have marginalized themselves to the point that no matter how “big” the evangelical vote is they cannot win the general…R.I.P. GOP…
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richard bensen
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:34amAbout time.Although I don’t smoke dope I applaud these common sense laws that allow for people to buy and smoke this ”earth grown” stimulant without fear of ending up in prison for years.The prison around this country are full of these non violent offenders.Considering that lots of lawmakers are from the 60′s era,one wonders why it hasn’t happened at a Federal level.Obviously money plays a big role in this issue,ie…’War on drugs” funding…mmmmmmmmm
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:01amMay a pot head build your next car.
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starchy
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:15amIf you are buying an American made car, they most likely already have built it.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:25amWait until your car insurance company learns you are a pot head.
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:27am.. not to mention most of the mechanics that fix your car, the carpenters that build your house, and the lawyers that represent them… If all the pot-heads in SCREW’s life had to wear a bright yellow uniform tomorrow he would most likely be surprised at exactly who is on this “team” and who isn’t….
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:41am“Wait until your car insurance company learns you are a pot head.”
.. how would my insurance company find out i burn?.. oh, yeah- they could find out from my insurance agent…. because i have smoked with her before… and my lawyer… and my dentist, too! I’ve also burned with cops BTW.
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Twinspeedr
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:48amFine except for the influx of “needy” ingrate losers that will transplant into my home state now that we allow pot possession. These unwashed eaters will consume taxpayer-funded social services and EBT cards to live, but they will never be found without a fresh bag of kind green in their greasy pocket. Colorado you make me sad today…
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:05amTWIN…
Yes, that may be a side effect of this vote but, plenty of “ingrates” have been moving to these 2 states for decades because enforcement of pot laws there is lax, at best…
The real problem is that the other states maintain prohibition, not that yours has lifted it.
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texashuntre
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:58pm@ SCREW Do some research on who builds your cars in Detroit. They had a special on it when the “union people” go on breaks and smoke da blunts freely in the parking lots. Anything else?
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Boulderite
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:25amI’m thinking they will probably change the license plate to show a marijuana leaf instead of the mountains….Driving got a little crazier when the medical marijuana shops opened but now….I think I’m going to buy a horse.
They keep saying the money will go to the schools–which means it will go to the teachers union. Another proud moment for Colorado.
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Twinspeedr
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:09amYep, radical Teachers Unions and more $$$ into Progressive Liberal indoctrination… ahem, “Education” for the yungins’! You gotta love how we continue to figure out new and different ways to poison our own well with tax-funded programs, eh?
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:19am@ Jester.d
First you have to come out of the fog to realize it and once you start you cannot stop and it takes many years of non use in order for the lingering fog to lift. We will have pot heads making are decisions for us sane people. DRUG TEST BEFORE VOTING.
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:47am“DRUG TEST BEFORE VOTING.”…
OK… if you include.. Anti-depressants, alcohol, Vicodin, Ritalin, Ambient, Oxycontin, Codeine, etc.
They are far more dangerous than weed.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:58amExactly East. Plus they mess with your brain. I dont know about you, but i am not thrilled future big pharma dependents will be sucking down medicare dollars in order to feed their addiction.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:22amA retarded child has more faculties than a pot head.
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:22amI concur SOY…
Socialism has never been tried before with an entire nation addicted to prescribed mood- enhancers…
maybe it’s the secret ingredient needed to placate the proletariat’s natural urge to compete/ advance?
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:36ammy understanding was that Nazi’s and Marx were big into medicating the populations. Other than food, it is the next easiest way to control people.
We got most people around here who are dazed and confused and think marijuana is the great satan. We got some educatin’ to do
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:37amWhat’s your deal SCREW?
Did a pot-head touch you in your “special place” when you were a kid or something?
Why such vindictiveness against a class of people you identify by only the most ridiculous stereotypes associated with them? You describe people who are on the fringe of society no matter what they do. Pot didn’t put them there. I’ve been in the ganja subculture for 25yrs.. The people i grew up burning with are now teachers, Doctors, lawyers, architects, engineers, firemen… i’m sure there are many recreational tokers in your life that you would never guess indulge.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:15am@ Eastinfection
I was like others permanently injured and others paid with their life at the hands of someone who was in the fog and making decisions for others who depended on a clear thought and decision. Yes when your life truly depends on some one you don’t want a pot head in control.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:25amWas Behngazi such a moment ?
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:27amI am sympathetic to that perspective, SCREW… and i apologize for the crude comment, too.
-but blame the individuals responsible and hold them accountable for their decisions, please..
projecting their failures and the pain it caused you onto a mitigating factor rather than the individuals is unhealthy and wrongfully condemns innocents you deem guilty by association.
No two snowflakes are alike…
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:35amNo, i don’t think Benghazi was such a moment. I seriously doubt POTUS still burns..
The tragedy in Libya occurred because the facts conflicted with the administration’s agenda of promoting an image of successful foreign policy and an AlQuida “on the run”…..
It’s naive to believe Obama was “too stoned” to know what was going on. It happened because he’s a selfish politician… as are most.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:21pm@ Eastinfection
True no two snowflakes are alike but when it comes to pot heads their minds are not in the place it should be and they will never know it until they emerge from the fog that has their minds clouded. It is easy to put a mask on to hide from your troubles but it fixes nothing just masks it. Step out of the fog.
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:12pmThanks for your concern SCREW but sometimes, after the bills are paid, after the kid goes to bed, after all the chores are done, i occasionally will continue to indulge in marijuana… i like being in a fog when i sit, listen to music, and fold laundry for 2hrs before going to bed. You surely have a right to chose another path for yourself.. but this one works for me.
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DreWells
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:36amUs conservatives are going to need something to get us through the next 4 years.
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Iamaduck
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:36amYou should try rat poison.
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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:36amSoma.
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Speaking-Monkey
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:28amMarijuana grows naturally and is not processed. The consumption of Tetrahydrocannabinol has less
effect on body and mind than monosaccharides and certainly less than crystalline xanthine alkaloids
(which have been shown to be addictive). While dihydrogen monoxide has shown to be more addictive
than any known drug, (most addicts cant go longer than 24 hours w/o side effects) and most addicts
will die within 1 week w/o access to dihydrogen monoxide. How one can be classified as a drug and
not the other is left to politics and corporate lobbying.
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Stoic one
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:56amNow that is some fresh WATER to us unwashed masses.
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Mr.buff1959
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:57amAll ways remember. The alcohol and tobacco com. Are the largest lobbyist for the war on drugs
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sillyfreshness
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:13amWe’ll see if their hero Obama lets the people live out there wishes. I’m sure Obama will try to put a stop to it. Nothing like living under a dictatorship. I could see Obama sending in troops to try to stop this from happening. Either Obama will stop it or his puppet master will stop it. I still haven’t figured out who’s behind this war on drugs. I think there is some puppet master that controls the president.
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bobsmallcraft
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:01amPeople must have been stoned when they re-elected Obama. http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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Advection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:45amDon’t forget the police unions and prison guard unions.
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:19amADVECTION…
i think the prison guards would be in favor of legalization. If they can buy pot legally, it reduces their risk when they engage in their black market sales to the inmate population. Where do you think the inmates get the stuff? Cell-phones, too.
Also… many prison guards are take illegal steroids…
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ZBlu
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:47amI am genuinely surprised how much strong negative response this is getting in the comments here. I would have thought most people would not care too much while a handful on both sides would be more emphatic. Do the folks who are so pissed about this/think its a huge mistake ALSO think that alcohol should be made illegal?? If not, why not? You prefer that people be dumb and aggressive rather than dumb and passive? I mean, especially on the driving while intoxicated issue…. I don’t support anyone driving while on anything, booze, weed, or prescribed pharmies, anything….but if I had to pick one I’d say weed is least scary one for a driver to be influenced by. No?
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gbo
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:14amNo. Drivers influenced by heroine tend to be more passive, when coherent.
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Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:46amMaw, tell the kids to start packing. We’re a movin’.
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:04amYup you nanny state cons keep harping about social boogeymen until you can’t win an election against a moron.
Oops too late,
See how that works .
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nw5052001
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:55amI know what I am buying with my first welfare check,,,,And I also want to say thanks for allowing the usurpation of the Presidency…
while I was advocating for justice and defending the Constitution many were hoping to win an election..
Time to burn a hooter
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Mr.buff1959
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:35amYep.
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338lapua
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:11am“Join The Looter, burn a hooter” !
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TexasTeaPartier1967
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:26amI guess this country hasn’t hit rock bottom yet. I work with clients on a daily basis and deal with people on Marijuana on a regular basis. They are so high they neglect their children, travel with their children in the car high, and are dead beats. A scary thing is that these people end up smoking Marijuana laced PCP or other hard drugs. We are in deep trouble as a nation. Our only hope is Jesus Christ.
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DoseofReality
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:48amYou really are ignorant…its ok its not your fault….you probably have very little experience with people who are different then you – its common among the crazy right wing. There ae people of all persuasions who smoke a little weed now and then. Most are very productive members of society who work hard and support their families. You are the one that wants to restrict freedom, not them. And sorry, our hope isnt Jesus Christ – most of us dont need an invisible man to “save” us….take your mythology where it belongs, in your building of hate and bigotry, it has no place in a modern government.
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muddpuddle
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:23am@dose. You’re one of the reasons Obama is still president.
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Advection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:44amSo what you’re saying is that marijuana Prohibition hasn’t worked? You’re correct.it just adds to the harm.
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KottonmouthKings
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:46pmlol yeah you keep beleiving that nonesense :) Ive never met a dealer generous enough to waste all that money to get me a high for free :) Besides not to mention its pretty easy to recognize white powdery substance on marijuana. The people spoke, common sense prevailed, be mad
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TexasTeaPartier1967
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:16amI have to say the Republic as we know it is gone. Welcome to the New World Order.
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AlwaysAmazed
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:07amYeah, I guess that ‘US out of the UN – UN out of the US’ thing is going to be put on the back burner, eh?
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wifezilla
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:42amI’m going to need the legalized pot to put up with 4 more years of Obama and his minions!!!
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abinitio
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:12amYep, the country is gone. Join me in colorado for some dope man, and we can talk about the good ole days when there were ethics, constitution, balanced budgets, etc. the good ole days we’ll never see again. bye bye, going to light up my bong now ……………..
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coldnorth
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:50amThe door is open now. I can see many more states following suit . Oregon, Cal, Vermont, Nevada, New Mexico are next.
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Coded-Dude
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:15amBecause our founding fathers didn’t grow, smoke, and promote marijuana when they wrote the constitution….. I’m sure they also would have approved of a never ending war on drugs where our own government arms cartels, resulting in the death of American service men fighting said war. Prohibition has only worked to make criminals more rich and powerful.
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Stoic one
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:00amCODED-DUDE
George Washington kept journals on the growing and harvesting of the FEMALE plant, and cultivating it for it’s “medicinal” strength.
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tutilal
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:11amWell if the president is doing cocaine, why not the rest of the country go as bad as him, that way they wont notice how much damage is being done to our Country.
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:23amWasn’t he smoking weed with Jay-Z when Ambassador Stevens was being killed?
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dirty_commie
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:47amCause Weed and Cocaine are definitely the same thing.
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OperationNorthwoods
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:09amRocky Mountain **High** Colorado.
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Mr.buff1959
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:40amCan you recommend a realtor in the area.
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Git-R-Done
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:08amYet these same people want to make tobacco illegal.
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DoseofReality
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:49amNo they dont – more lies from te right wing spin machine.
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DOra Glasberg
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:02amWe waste BILLIONS incarcerating NON criminals
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Git-R-Done
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:07amBut you Marxists have no problem with criminalizing those who don’t follow your political agenda. And wasting taxpayer money in that department.
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pinostabaum
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:14amwhat!? how does wanting the non-violent crime of smoking weed legalized equate to marxism?
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Jester.d
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:02amI love Colorado and miss living there tremendously. Lived there for 14 years. This makes me glad that I left.
Enjoy the additional fatalities from the DUI’s and broken families. At some point you will realize that it wasn’t worth it.
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Winedude
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:12amI’d be willing to bet dollars to donuts that maimed bodies and the loss of life are FAR worse from alcohol than they would ever be from driving under the influence of marijuana. Banning it because there might be some social costs is absolutely absurd. What about the folks that were drinkers and decide to switch to marijuana? I still say they’re far less danger than an aggressive ******* with his beer in a pickup truck.
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NOT A CRAZY
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:20amJester…you must have been in a cocoon if you think this changes anything. I lived in Colorado in the mid-80′s and I can promise you that Colorado, even then, probably had more pot use per capita than any other state in the Union. After Colorado, I lived in Kalifornia in one of the biggest pot growing counties in the USA and that didn’t even compare to what I experienced in Colorado. I-25 has been a major funnel for Mexican weed for a very long time.
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exilemusic
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:25amTake it from me, a former burnout. if you can’t even find the lighter you just dropped on a bare floor then you don’t need to be driving. If it is legal then it needs to be treated just like achohol use. No driving under the influence for example.
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abinitio
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:58amAh, POT, disability checks and food stamps. I’m retiring to Colorado and let all them young Obama voters pay for my retired bliss. Thanks young people, please get a job so we can tax you. Can I have another bong please …. ahhhhhhhhhhhh.
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:32amCan I Use my Obama phone to buy the pot and then pay for it with my Food Stamp Card? Oh Wait!! I was High when I voted to legalize pot so I also Voted for Obama!
The Idiots legalized pot then made it inaccessible by voting for the toughest president ever on medicinal marijuana and his Gestapo.That was pretty stupid.
“Hey Dude! Wanna Get High?”
“Naw Man.Last time I did Eric Holder kicked down my door and shot my dog ,man…”
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Winedude
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:57amThe voters of Colorado and Washington have made a decision to end this ridiculous prohibition. I do think, however, that the folks in the two states will be deeply disappointed in the tax revenue. Marijuana is a plant that is EASY to grow. It’s not so easy to grow some of the higher potency strains but to get smokable material, VERY easy. I opposed the laws in California because I thought it should have been written in a way that FORBID any law enforcement for aiding the Feds in any way to enforce their laws over a vote of the citizenry. California needs to take a look at the WA and CO laws and see how something like them could work here.
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mrmikejohnson
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:57amAmerica’s done. We’ll never recover from all the negative consequences of this election. Legalization of marijuana is going to make more people go on disability and food stamps. Your average person just cannot handle high potency marijuana.
It’s going to cost taxpayers money with all the recovery services, additional drug abuse programs, food stamps, and disability. It’s going to make the government more powerful and the people less powerful.
Now, instead of middle class marijuana producers like Emerald Triangle, you’re going to have Wal-mart style companies take over the trade. It’s going to be a bunch of minimum wage slave labor jobs and a couple of owners getting rich.
Marijuana legalization only works if you gut social services and make people deal with the consequences of their drug usage. Combine legal weed with ObamaCare and you know what you’ll get. Expenses through the roof.
Not only will you not recognize your country, your country will never come back. It’s gone.
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merlin0152
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:10amI agree. ANY social service should come with a drug test (and maybe more) regardless of the legal status. If you want money that I had to take a drug test to earn, then you should at least be off drugs and doing some kind of work or community labor while you look for employment to take my money. Logic is completely gone with America. This shouldn’t even be arguable….just like voter I.D. It’s completely insane that opposing points to these views can even be made without being laughed out of the room.
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TRILO
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:13amThe connection between pot and welfare is as ridiculous as saying alcohol sales is the reason for those on welfare. The war on drugs, our culture of throwing people in prison (largest prison population in the entire world) and let’s not forget the increasing police state has cost the American public just as much, if not more than the welfare state.
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KevINtampa
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:51amThey better start considering the costs of keeping the drugs from crossing their state borders, else bordering states will start imposing fines against them. I hope the people of these states are ready to assume the responsibility of this legalization. Somehow I doubt it.
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Winedude
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:59amIt isn’t Washington’s responsibility to keep marijuana out of Oregon, Idaho or any other state. It is the responsibility of the offended state to keep it out, if they deem it important enough to waste their resources on something as trivial a a marijuana prohibition.
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Al J Zira
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:01amIt’s still illegal federally and in some Cal. Towns have imposed exorbitant taxes and fees that has put dealers out of business
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Hidethez
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:05amKevinTampa, I just moved to CO and am so disappointed that I might keep heading south the TX. Not only do we not deal with DUIs as harshly as we should, those who kill while under the influence should be killed, but now we’re going to have a bunch of friggin’ pot heads high as kits and flaunting it in every way. I’ve been around plenty of the idiots and I’ll pepper spray them before I’ll see one get in a car! That’s one version of taking responsibility I guess.
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NOT A CRAZY
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:27amOregon doesn’t care but Idaho is as Mormon as they come.
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