Breckenridge Votes To Legalize Marijuana - Measure Passes By 3 To 1 Margin

[kpete]

Source: ABC News

Breckenridge Votes To Legalize Marijuana
Measure Passes By 3 To 1 Margin

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -- The skiing town of Breckenridge voted Tuesday night by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 to legalize the adult possession of marijuana.

Breckenridge voters passed Measure 2F, which removes criminal penalties from the town code for the private possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults 21 and older. The ordinance also removes criminal penalties for the possession of bongs, pipes and other drug paraphernalia.

It passed 73 percent to 27 percent.


"This votes demonstrates that Breckenridge citizens overwhelmingly believe that adults should not be pu

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[CreekDog]

1. Rocky Mountain High indeed

[Cha]

6. Sign the Times, man..

High Times

[Hawkeye-X]

9. Frisco eh?

You do know that Breckenridge is neighbors with Frisco?

Or you mean San Fransisco?

[CreekDog]

13. San Fran.

[tekisui]

2. knr!~

[budkin]

3. Hell yeah... now let the rest of us catch up!

[d_b]

4. fuggin' A

One town at a time

[Hawkeye-X]

5. Good, now the state needs to make it legal.

and then the nation MUST follow Colorado's lead.

Denver's already legal.

Hawkeye-X

[orbitalman]

12. . . . and then then Nation !

[Flaneur]

7. Denver did it in 2005

A statewide legalization initiative got only 41% in 2006. Now, with the dispensary boom going on, I'm thinking another statewide initiative in 2012.

[Hawkeye-X]

10. And this time it'll pass

and then I'll go out and buy property for my first legal cafe specializing on marijuana.

Hawkeye-X

[tridim]

8. The people of Colorado are WAY ahead of the politicians on this issue.

Up to one ounce is legal in Denver too.

[FarLeftFist]

11. Anybody looking for a room mate?

[paulsby]

14. it's a nice symbolic gesture

but this only affects the town code.

marijuana possession is still illegal under state of colorado law, and can still be prosecuted, even within breckenridge under the state statutes.

fwiw, i support such legalization (or at least decrim) of mj, but this is merely symbolic.

[Hawkeye-X]

18. That law will be overturned in 2012 with a statewide referendum

and Congress will have no choice but to overturn the Hearst law.

Hawkeye-X

[PJPhreak]

15. Vacation Anyone? See Ya There! nt

[bamacrat]

16. Gotta love Colorado, glad my in-laws live there.

When will the feds realize this is the same as with prohibition of alcohol they can make alot more money and save alot of lives by having this legal. At the very least remove federal penalties and leave it up to the states. ANother thing I dont get is all the right wing limited government people are against this when allowing adults to do this would be lessening the governments involvement in our personal lives. Its just more bureaucracy between me and my happiness.

[JackInGreen]

17. YEAH!!

All I've got to say, YEAAAAAAH!!!!
Friends and Neighbors, *spark, spark* this ones for you.

[Uncle Joe]

19. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

20. Colorado RULES

God, I love this state.

[pleah]

21. K&R