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Colorado Governor Says Voters Were 'Reckless' to Legalize Marijuana
International Business Times ^
| Oct 6th, 2014
| David Sirota
Posted on 10/06/2014 2:56:53 PM PDT by Mariner
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says his state's voters were "reckless" for voting to become the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The Democrat's statement came during a debate Monday with his Republican opponent, Bob Beauprez, just four weeks before voters head to the polls for the state's hotly contested gubernatorial election.
In 2012, more than 55 percent of voters in Colorado supported Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana for recreational use. The amendment aimed to regulate marijuana in roughly the same way alcohol is regulated.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cannabis; colorado; hickenlooper; johnhickenlooper; libertarians; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; pot; potheads; rockymountainhigh; stoners; weed; wod
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To: Publius
In ‘76 it was $100 per gram. I thought crack made it cheaper than ever?
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posted on
10/06/2014 4:53:47 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: Carthego delenda est
Wow!
He was not preaching to the choir it would seem.
In my younger years, I was a pot smoker, and a significant one at that. for whatever reason, I like the drug, or did.
Despite my dad being a raging alcoholic, I am not. My body thankfully does not get along with alcohol.
But I have been addicted to other drugs in my life, the worst being benzodiazipines.
That was a very tough addiction to kick, but I did it with the help of Jesus Christ and no one else. I am proud of that accomplishment.
It took me a long time in my life to learn that sobriety is the ideal state.
Whatever demons I was running from were always still there whether I could perceive them or not through whatever haze I induced upon myself for the day.
What I have learned is that the only thing that getting high on any substance does is amplify already existing negative characteristics of any person.
Alteration of that sort is really no one’s friend.
It’s better to be as God made me, and not as I made me.
That being said, I do not believe that MJ users should be imprisoned. I do believe that MJ use is a problem that an individual should seek to resolve as quickly as possible, but I don’t see how prison would aid in that goal.
Now of course if someone gets high and crashes a car into someone else, then of course they should go to prison.
I also believe, however, that MJ was legalized so that people could get high.
While I do believe that in certain cases the drug does seem to have a medical benefit to some, for example those with certain neuro diseases, for the most part people want to do it because it makes them feel better for a short time.
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posted on
10/06/2014 4:54:35 PM PDT
by
chris37
(heartless)
To: Responsibility2nd
Before anyone can kiss your arse you’re going to have to stop talking out of it.
83
posted on
10/06/2014 4:54:48 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: TigersEye
Oh my. Apparently I’ve insulted a Republican. Or a libertarian.
Either way, IDGAF.
84
posted on
10/06/2014 5:00:14 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: chris37
To: Responsibility2nd
Continued deflection. Typical of you.
As I've said many times you're no conservative. IDGAF what you think of me either. :-)
86
posted on
10/06/2014 5:05:02 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: DonaldC
Still illegal on the Federal level including distribution and sales.
I would not want to be on the receiving end of the Feds.
87
posted on
10/06/2014 5:09:22 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: GeronL
I think it’s best they figure it out on their own.
88
posted on
10/06/2014 5:09:54 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: RginTN
"next I expect to see states with legal pot see an increase of pot users apply for social security disability"
That's a plausible argument.
Time will tell.
A lot of folks are predicting the future on this.
89
posted on
10/06/2014 5:11:38 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: mountainlion
Governor Chickenpoopers buddy George Soros is the one that put millions behind the wacko weed legalization through his tides foundation. Soros didn't create Tides; it's Drummond Pike's independent money laundering operation. Ted Turner was one of its first big donors.
90
posted on
10/06/2014 5:20:07 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(Democrats: the Party of slavery to the immensely wealthy for over 200 years.)
To: Mariner
Has Hickenlooper acknowledged he himself was reckless in signing new gun control into law?
To: txrefugee
Never trust a guy named Hickenlooper
92
posted on
10/06/2014 5:24:13 PM PDT
by
heye2monn
(MO)
To: Sasparilla
"Has Hickenlooper acknowledged he himself was reckless in signing new gun control into law?"
Yeah, right.
93
posted on
10/06/2014 5:25:14 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Mariner
He was for it before he was against it! A Progressive mantra?
94
posted on
10/06/2014 5:35:47 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Put lipstick on a Communist and call it a Progressive, but it's still a Communist with lipstick.)
To: Mariner
No. The slavers and other crooks wanted so bad for CO to be the pot state. We’ll keep it in place, and we’ll see it to its proper consequences. Decent people should be moving assets to better states.
95
posted on
10/06/2014 5:43:57 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Responsibility2nd
"But when the fallout happens..."
Agreed. Don't tell the criminal enemy anything about the consequences. Let 'em get high, abuse their slaves or whatever and be surprised.
96
posted on
10/06/2014 5:47:01 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: SusaninOhio
"I saw this morning that homeless people were flooding Colorado to take advantage of the legal pot."
I was away from Denver for only a couple of years and was recently shocked to see how degraded and pitiful it is.
97
posted on
10/06/2014 5:48:46 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Mariner
HIckenlooper party pooper!
98
posted on
10/06/2014 5:53:54 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
To: Responsibility2nd
99
posted on
10/06/2014 5:55:20 PM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I guess I missed something. I don’t drink, either. Never saw the pleasure that others seem to gain. But, I never enjoyed vomiting...
100
posted on
10/06/2014 6:04:07 PM PDT
by
jonascord
(Laeti vescimur nos subacturis)
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