Vail Daily, 25 Sep 2012 – Commissioners Share Their Views on County Expenses, Open Space, Marijuana AGLE, Colorado – The five brave souls running for Eagle County’s two open county commissioner seats squared off in their first candidate forum Monday.
posted on September 28, 2012 by
US CO: County Commissioners Support Amendment 64
Telluride Daily Planet, 25 Sep 2012 – Measure would legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol The San Miguel Board of County Commissioners last week became the first county in Colorado to pass a resolution supporting Amendment 64, which aims to regulate marijuana like alcohol.
posted on September 27, 2012 by
US CO: Column: A Q-And-A on 64
Colorado Springs Independent, 26 Sep 2012 – 64 questions The Coloradans 4 Cannabis Patient Rights group has a busy week coming up. There’s the monthly patient meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26 at Lofty’s (287 E. Fountain Blvd., c4cpr.org). But in sexier news, Audrey Hatfield’s group is hosting a question-and-answer session addressing the pros and cons of the marijuana-decriminalization issue, Amendment 64.
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US CO: Column: Sirota: Drug Dealers Protecting Their Turf
Summit Daily News, 24 Sep 2012 – If you heard a drug dealer denigrate his competitor’s product as unsafe, would you trust his criticism? Last week, thanks to Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, that became the central political question in the fight over whether to continue America’s destructive war on marijuana. The frontline in that war is Colorado, where the federal government has interfered with its system of state-regulated medical marijuana businesses, despite President Obama’s promise to refrain from doing so. Countering that crackdown is a 2012 ballot initiative that would make Colorado the first state to fully legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol.
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US CO: Edu: PUB LTE: Dire Warnings Counterproductive
The Scribe, 24 Sep 2012 – According to drugwarfacts.com, marijuana has never been shown to cause an overdose death, nor does it share the addictive properties of tobacco. Marijuana can be harmful if abused, but jail cells are inappropriate as health interventions and ineffective as deterrents.
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US CO: Pot Tax Could Be Windfall
The Macomb Daily, 23 Sep 2012 – Associated Press DENVER (AP) – A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?" It’s a bit more complicated than that in the three states – Colorado, Oregon and Washington – that could become the first to legalize marijuana this fall.
