[Viennacon]

I did predict once you had stoned gangs hanging around parking lots and scaring customers away from local businesses, approval ratings would fall. Would be interesting to see it criminalized again, just from a policy standpoint.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Can I ask a stupid question?

Maybe off topic, but,

How is it that states are allowed to legalize marijuana, when marijuana is illegal under federal law?

And at the same time, we see courts overturning state laws which define marriage.

In the case of marijuana, apparently the right of states to define marijuana use overrides the federal laws on the subject.

But in the case of marriage, federal courts are forcing federal law/policy on the states, rather than leaving up to each state how to define marriage.

Just a thought.

[Mr. K]

The drug cartels sure hate it- they are losing $millions from Colorado alone (I think I read $26 millions so far?)

[gdani]

I fully expect marijuana to be on the ballots of several states in 2016 much like gay marriage was in 2004.

Democrat donors with big pockets will finance the campaigns because they know it will increase turnout.

[Wolfie]

Another poll in September showed support for legalization, 55% to 41%. Go figure.

[AlaskaErik]

There’s a reason it’s called dope.

[-YYZ-]

I wonder if something like what I call the “Amsterdam effect” may apply here: By legalizing MJ while it’s still technically illegal in most other states, you become a magnet for people whose primary goal in life is “smoking some heady nugs” - which is to say people who are not particularly desirable. You know the types, the ones who think the world owes them a living, and all the dope they can smoke, too. Not representative of most pot smokers (most of whom you’d never know that they smoke, because they’re not hanging around on the sidewalk with their dreadlocks and their dogs, reeking of weed.

[Don Corleone]

Every indigent weirdo in the country has their eyes set on Colorado.....until they find out how cold it gets there in winter.

[familyop]

"...there are more drug reform questions on this November's ballot than ever before."

No. There are not. The "2014 State Ballot Information Booklet" contains nothing of the kind.

And as for CO's mistake, it's too late. Too many regulations against property rights and too many other problems. You made your bed. You'll lay in it from now on.

[familyop]

There’s been a huge spike in DUIs and other crimes. Extra large jails were built in sparsely populated counties quite a few years ago for extra revenues from the federal government, but they were recently sitting nearly empty. There are high hopes that even more pork will flow heavily to county governments from marijuana legalization. Kingpins in many locales with mixed legitimate and illegitimate interests will also be harder to catch, so public corruption will further skyrocket (already thick as molasses in the state).

[jmacusa]

Lets bring back alcohol prohibition, that sure worked. And while we’re at it lets make all tobacco products illegal.