Boulder Weekly, 04 Oct 2012 – Many longtime cannabis activists in Colorado have come out against the language of Amendment 64, for good reason. A64 is being billed as "legalization," but it really is not. Steve Fox, a lobbyist for D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project and the main author of A64, actually lobbied to have the word "legalization" taken out of the ballot title because "legalization would be truly misleading" to the voters. A64 is about regulation, control, more laws, and more police to enforce those laws. It is not true legalization (removal of criminal penalties). A64 does remove the criminal penalty for one ounce of cannabis. However, two ounces is already completely decriminalized in Colorado, punishable only by a ticket and $100 fine as a petty offense. So A64 sets a constitutional standard that is actually lower than what we have in statute.