• Marijuana legalized in Breckenridge, Colorado
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[quote=news]BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. Residents of the ski resort town of Breckenridge voted to legalize adult possession of marijuana on Tuesday. Voters passed Measure 2F by a margin of 73 percent. It allows adults over 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana. The ordinance also removes criminal penalties for the possession of drug paraphernalia. It was the first ordinance change in Colorado history to remove penalties for both marijuana and paraphernalia. "This votes demonstrates that Breckenridge citizens overwhelmingly believe that adults should not be punished for making the safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol," said Sean McAllister with Sensible Breckenridge in a prepared statement. "With this historic vote, Breckenridge has emerged as a national leader in sensible drug policy," Brian Vicente with Sensible Colorado also said in the statement. The campaign received support from Breckenridge Town Councilman Jeffrey Bergeron, former State Rep. Gary Lindstrom, who lives in Breckenridge, and the Summit Daily News. The ordinance change will go into effect on Jan. 1[/quote] [b]This was taken out of the original thread in the news section. (originally posted by drive_the_hive)[/b] Source: [url]http://cbs4denver.com/local/Colorado.ski.town.2.1290301.html[/url]
I stumbled upon this a few days ago. Gettin shit done in CO, amirite?
2 steps forward, 1 step back, with our Drug Adviser getting sacked.
Sweet.
Gotta start somewhere, hopefully people will see this as an example. Too bad they didn't legalize the use of it.
Congrats! I hope my city is the next :P
[QUOTE=aridpheonix;18213608]Gotta start somewhere, hopefully people will see this as an example. Too bad they didn't legalize the use of it.[/QUOTE] What? Why would they need to? edit: Ohhhhh. That councilman does not understand the law.
Late...
So question, this still means the DEA can crack down on you, right?
[QUOTE=Punjon;18233548]So question, this still means the DEA can crack down on you, right?[/QUOTE] Yes.
People are making a way bigger deal out of this than they should be. They basically just decriminalized it. Who actually gets caught for possession? It's still illegal to smoke and sell there, this really didn't make a big difference.
It's still a step, sure a small one, but a step in the right direction nonetheless.
[QUOTE=theXinferno;18234295]People are making a way bigger deal out of this than they should be. They basically just decriminalized it. Who actually gets caught for possession? It's still illegal to smoke and sell there, this really didn't make a big difference.[/QUOTE] However now dealers cannot be arrested if they find up to an ounce on them, which makes it easier to sell.
If a dealer had a ounce on them, weighed up in 8 eighths would they still get arrested for dealing or could they not as it was not over an OZ?
Like 3 of my family members live there, they stoned yet? :v:
I heard that the feds are going to start leaving states with medical MJ laws alone
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