Colorado Marijuana Legalization Would Be Overturned By New Ballot Measure | Marijuana Moment- Ben Adlin:
February 7, 2020 - "A newly filed proposed ballot initiative would repeal the section of the Colorado Constitution that says cannabis 'should be legal for persons twenty-one years of age or older and taxed in a manner similar to alcohol.' The measure, submitted to state officials for review last month, would not change Colorado laws concerning medical cannabis or industrial hemp, both of which are also legal in the state.
"The long-shot effort seems unlikely to pass, at least in its current form. The proposal as submitted last month is four sentences long and appears to leave key questions unanswered. But the would-be initiative is nevertheless an indication of the ongoing frustration felt by those who believe communities would be better off under prohibition....
"The initiative was submitted to the state last month by Mary Lou Mosely of Denver and Willard Behm, a lawyer in Rocky Ford. Neither responded to telephone messages left by Marijuana Moment on Thursday morning.
"Legalization advocates are downplaying any threat posed by the measure, saying there’s no evidence to support the idea that voters want to reverse course.
“'We view this initiative as a deeply misguided and futile attempt to roll back a successful legalization policy that Coloradans firmly support,' Matthew Schweich, deputy director of Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), told Marijuana Moment..... 'But we will not be complacent. If this initiative qualifies for the ballot, the marijuana reform movement will make sure that there is a strong and well-funded campaign to defeat it.'”
"A 2016 poll commissioned by MPP found that only 36% of voters supported reversing legalization in Colorado.... Nationally, support for marijuana legalization has never polled higher than it does now. A Pew survey published in November found that two-thirds (67 percent) of Americans support legalization, extending an upward trend that stretches back to the late 1980s. A majority of those polled (59 percent) said they support both medical and adult-use legalization, while a third of respondents (32 percent) said only medical use should be legal."
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February 7, 2020 - "A newly filed proposed ballot initiative would repeal the section of the Colorado Constitution that says cannabis 'should be legal for persons twenty-one years of age or older and taxed in a manner similar to alcohol.' The measure, submitted to state officials for review last month, would not change Colorado laws concerning medical cannabis or industrial hemp, both of which are also legal in the state.
"The long-shot effort seems unlikely to pass, at least in its current form. The proposal as submitted last month is four sentences long and appears to leave key questions unanswered. But the would-be initiative is nevertheless an indication of the ongoing frustration felt by those who believe communities would be better off under prohibition....
"The initiative was submitted to the state last month by Mary Lou Mosely of Denver and Willard Behm, a lawyer in Rocky Ford. Neither responded to telephone messages left by Marijuana Moment on Thursday morning.
"Legalization advocates are downplaying any threat posed by the measure, saying there’s no evidence to support the idea that voters want to reverse course.
“'We view this initiative as a deeply misguided and futile attempt to roll back a successful legalization policy that Coloradans firmly support,' Matthew Schweich, deputy director of Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), told Marijuana Moment..... 'But we will not be complacent. If this initiative qualifies for the ballot, the marijuana reform movement will make sure that there is a strong and well-funded campaign to defeat it.'”
"A 2016 poll commissioned by MPP found that only 36% of voters supported reversing legalization in Colorado.... Nationally, support for marijuana legalization has never polled higher than it does now. A Pew survey published in November found that two-thirds (67 percent) of Americans support legalization, extending an upward trend that stretches back to the late 1980s. A majority of those polled (59 percent) said they support both medical and adult-use legalization, while a third of respondents (32 percent) said only medical use should be legal."
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