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Unless Sensible Washington comes back next year, it will be up to New Approach Washington (image from New Approach WA)
Unless Sensible Washington comes back next year, it will be up to New Approach Washington (image from New Approach WA)

Washington Marijuana Legalization Initiative Falls Short

One Washington state marijuana legalization initiative is dead, but another, less radical, one is just getting underway.
City Hall in Portland. The city council can approve the initiative or let the voters decide. (image via wikimedia.org)
City Hall in Portland. The city council can approve the initiative or let the voters decide. (image via wikimedia.org)

Marijuana "Lowest Priority" Initiative Advances in Maine City

An initiative making adult pot possession the lowest law enforcement priority in Portland, Maine, has handed in more than enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
The first steps have been taken toward letting any Colorado adult grow six of these legally. (Image courtesy the author)
The first steps have been taken toward letting any Colorado adult grow six of these legally. (Image courtesy the author)

Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Filed in Colorado [FEATURE]

Will Colorado legalize weed in 2012? A broad array of state and national reform groups have just filed initiatives that would do precisely that.

Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in 2012

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2012:  An Update on Legalization

As you might have read or heard, a broad coalition of organizations that includes Sensible Colorado has submitted language for a 2012 statewide legalization initiative in Colorado. 

 

The yet to be finalized measure would remove penalties for private marijuana possession and limited home growing, and establish a legal and regulated marijuana market for adults 21 and older.

 

We went through an exceptionally exhaustive five-plus-month process to produce the filed initiative language, which we believe is incredibly strong and presents the best route to ending marijuana prohibition here in Colorado.  We coordinated with dozens of organizations, attorneys, activists, patients, marijuana business owners, and other stakeholders, both in Colorado and around the country.  We also solicited comments from the public via our organizations' lists of thousands of Colorado reform supporters, magazine ads, and events around the state. 

 

We are still engaged in the process of fine-tuning the initiative, so please do not hesitate to reply to this e-mail if you have any specific concerns or questions, which we will take into strong consideration and address as quickly as possible. 

 

As you can imagine, it is incredibly difficult if not impossible to produce initiative language on which everyone will agree entirely.  But it remains our sincere hope that supporters of reform across Colorado will feel comfortable with the final product, become part of this growing coalition, and work together toward our shared goal of ending marijuana prohibition.

 

Please reply to this e-mail or give us a call to participate in this process.  720 890 4247

 

Sensible Colorado | PO Box 18768 | Denver CO 80218

Montana Referendum Taking on Medical Marijuana Law Filed

The Montana Cannabis Industry Association filed legal papers with the secretary of state’s office Thursday to start a signature-gathering effort to let Montanans vote in 2012 on a soon-to-be medical marijuana law it opposes. The paperwork was delivered to Secretary of State Linda McCulloch’s office late Thursday. "We’re moving forward on all fronts," said Kate Cholewa, spokeswoman for the group. "The people want what they voted for and what the Legislature did is not it."
Could Ohio be next? Peter Lewis would like to make it happen. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Could Ohio be next? Peter Lewis would like to make it happen. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Ohio Billionaire Seeks Medical Marijuana Vote

Ohio insurance magnate Peter Lewis has given millions for drug reform efforts across the country. Now, he'd like to see medical marijuana come to his home state.