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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts) Mon Dec 10, 2012, 10:40 PM Dec 2012

Pot legalized in Colo. with gov's proclamation [View all]

By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press
Updated 4:18 p.m., Monday, December 10, 2012

DENVER (AP) — Marijuana for recreational use became legal in Colorado Monday, when the governor took a purposely low-key procedural step of declaring the voter-approved change part of the state constitution ...

Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, opposed the measure but had no veto power over the voter-approved amendment to the state constitution.

Hickenlooper tweeted his declaration Monday and sent an executive order to reporters by email after the fact. He told reporters he didn't want to make a big deal about the proclamation ...

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Pot-legalized-in-Colo-with-gov-s-proclamation-4105864.php

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Pot legalized in Colo. with gov's proclamation [View all] struggle4progress Dec 2012 OP

Well, twist one up in celebration of this news. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, opposed the measure... Oldenuff Dec 2012 #2

They are all scared shitless of grasping onto this winning populist issue. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #4

And to celebrate a couple CU students fed their class pot brownies.... LittlestStar Dec 2012 #3

Would you suggest prison for them? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #5

Not prison but more like 100 hours of forced volunteering for a substance abuse treatment center LittlestStar Dec 2012 #6

Marijuana has been shown to do no such thing, but again Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #7

Yes, same punishment. And I don't know why you are refusing to admit the schizophrenia LittlestStar Dec 2012 #8

a couple of paragraphs from the times article: niyad Dec 2012 #10

You are mistaking correlation with causation. morningfog Dec 2012 #14

could you please provide the links for your assertions about the schizophrenia-marijuana link? niyad Dec 2012 #9

What part of "ms sister is schizophrenic now because of potheads" didn't you get? LittlestStar Dec 2012 #12

I'm sorry about your sister, but anecdotal evidence is not persuasive. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #13

I posted that BEFORE I saw your post about your sister. and, having read the article that niyad Dec 2012 #19

Real research LittlestStar Dec 2012 #11

Those that wish to dictate what we do with our bodies are the kRaZiEs with the R's TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #18

again, I will point out that I asked that question before I saw your post with the link. but then, niyad Dec 2012 #20

Except you have no ground to say it was "to celebrate" and was before the law was in effect. morningfog Dec 2012 #15

There's never any excuse for drugging somebody else as a form of recreation struggle4progress Dec 2012 #21

Recommend! Great work Colorado! morningfog Dec 2012 #16

South American nation of Uruguay legalized pot too! B Calm Dec 2012 #17