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Denver Post, 12 Nov 2012 – I was deeply disappointed to see that Colorado voted to legalize marijuana. This means the end of our family trips to your beautiful state. Doesn’t your population realize that children and even babies would be exposed to an addictive and mind-altering drug just by being in the same room as those smoking it? Those in the same room will intake the drug just by breathing (very different than being in the same room as those consuming alchohol). How sad for our future generations. I will not risk bringing my children to Colorado and being unwillingly exposed to even the pungent odor of marijuana in hotel corridors.

Fort Collins Coloradoan, 12 Nov 2012 – Now that marijuana has been legalized, you will have another worry. If you were in some kind of injury accident and needed an ambulance, EMT, emergency room attention, emergency surgery, post-surgery care, wouldn’t you want these people treating you to be 100 percent alert and their brain in top thinking condition? In the middle of the night, you have a critical need for surgery to save your life and a special surgeon was on call and had to come to the hospital. You hope to God that doctor has not been doing some "pot." One who is "stoned" from pot and needs medical attention probably wouldn’t care anyway. Those who are sober are another thing.

Denver Post, 12 Nov 2012 – Re: "Come on, governor: Defend 64," Nov. 8 Vincent Carroll column. By failing to support the people of Colorado, it is clear that Gov. John Hickenlooper is still beholden to big alcohol’s special-interest groups. And as deference to distant federal authority is unbecoming of the highest office of a free state, he should consider resigning if the best he can do is to ask questions about Washington’s pot plans. The time to ask questions is over. Amendment 64 was the question. The answer is that freedom and liberty are popular-more popular than even President Obama!

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The Gazette, 09 Nov 2012 – It is stunning that 53 percent of Colorado voters supported the legalization of marijuana on Tuesday. We all know that the percentage of pot smokers is far less than that, so obviously, many voted for it for reasons other than an interest in getting high.

Denver Post, 09 Nov 2012 – Re: "Coloradans say yes to recreational use of marijuana," Nov. 7 news story. Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana on Tuesday, and other states will follow. This will open up many business opportunities for thousands, if not millions, of people. Colorado universities and the state of Colorado should recognize this and start educational programs on the marijuana business, perhaps even degree programs. Colorado State University could start courses in marijuana cultivation and become the prime cultivator of marijuana in the state, or the prime teacher of cultivation knowledge in the state.

Colorado Independent, 08 Nov 2012 – America’s war on drugs got a lot more interesting Tuesday night when Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana. Legalization advocates were quick to call the two measures "the beginning of the end" of marijuana prohibition in the United States. "The beginning of the end has begun," Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), wrote at his blog.

Westword, 08 Nov 2012 – Re: "Garden of Weedin’," William Breathes, November 1 Governor John Hickenlooper: "Amendment 64 has the potential to increase the number of children using drugs and would detract from efforts to make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation. It sends the wrong message to kids that drugs are okay."