US CO: After I’m 64

Colorado Springs Independent, 31 Oct 2012 – Recently, the Gazette published a letter, written by a precocious Classical Academy student, on why voters should reject Amendment 64. "As a senior in high school, I have seen the affects [sic] of marijuana firsthand," she wrote. "It is used as a pleasurable past time; a way to ‘feel relaxed and happy.’ This is all illegal of course." Now, everybody knows that happiness only brings a written warning. But the letter fed our curiosity: What in our state will change if voters Tuesday elect to make some of what’s "illegal," legal? If, specifically, they allow adults 21-plus to grow six plants, and possess up to an ounce of marijuana?