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 Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:03 am Post subject: Denver residents vote to legalize...... |
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DENVER - Residents of the Mile High City have voted to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults. Authorities, though, said state possession laws will be applied instead.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, 54 percent, or 56,001 voters, cast ballots for the ordinance, while 46 percent, or 48,632 voters, voted against it.
Under the measure, residents over 21 years old could possess up to an ounce of marijuana.
"We educated voters about the facts that marijuana is less harmful to the user and society than alcohol," said Mason Tvert, campaign organizer for SAFER, or Safer Alternatives For Enjoyable Recreation. "To prohibit adults from making the rational, safer choice to use marijuana is bad public policy."
Bruce Mirken of the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project said he hoped the approval will launch a national trend toward legalizing a drug whose enforcement he said causes more problems than it cures.
Seattle, Oakland, Calif., and a few college towns already have laws making possession the lowest law enforcement priority.
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Bob O.
Joined: 20 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Gives new meaning to 'the Mile-High City'! |
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dulouz
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| Good for them! Now we can see if the place burns down and everyone goes insane or dies liek we were told they would on TV. |
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Hollywoodaction
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Quite right: and the taxes generated it would make up for the gradual reduction in tobacco taxes and hence reduce the burden that would otherwise fall on non-smokers.  |
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