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Grand Junction Sentinel: Pot backers could get question on 2012 ballot |
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Written by Charles Ashby
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Thursday, 29 December 2011 |
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A group pushing for a citizens initiative to legalize small
quantities of marijuana will submit more than 155,000 signatures next
week to put the amendment on next year’s ballot.
Mason Tvert, a proponent of the measure and head of the Campaign to
Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, said Wednesday he and hundreds of
volunteers are nearing the end of the petition-signature stage to get
the measure on the November ballot.
Tvert said the group plans to turn in petitions to the Secretary of State’s Office next Wednesday.
“There’s been an ongoing discussion about marijuana in Colorado for
the past seven years, and more Coloradans than ever believe that we
should regulate marijuana similar to alcohol,” he said. “Because so many
people have been hearing about marijuana and about the fact that it’s
far safer than alcohol, they are becoming increasingly comfortable with
acknowledging that an adult should be allowed to use it without fear of
punishment.”
Better than that, Tvert said, it’s also an economic driver. Read the entire story at: http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/pot_backers_could_get_question/
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