Denver, CO weed may be legal

EdibleSpirits · 11-01-05, 23:19

Today the day after halloween Weed is legal in Denver, Co Today they passed a law to allow recreational use legal ill say it again LEGAL!! Some my say.... "oh well" ..... "Whatever" THINK about this again this is the first city that has allowed it to be legal without a medical card! This is a historical day if a small fire starts it can start a even bigger one this could be are one step in legalization!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you dont believe me check out this denver news site

http://www.9news.com/

Everyone smoke a fat bowl and remeber this day and always vote in favor of weed!

laborer · 11-01-05, 23:28

Whoo Hoo!!!!!! This is definately good news and a step in the right direction!!!!!

dizzydank · 11-01-05, 23:33

Opponents of the measure say even if it were to pass, it would have no practical effect because it would be trumped by Colorado state law.

this is the problem damn state laws

this is taken from the 9news link above which means it is still illegal. damn shame too

I_am_me · 11-01-05, 23:37

Wouldn't that mean only the feds and state cops would bust you and not the locals? That would even be a good step in the right direction.

Moved to general btw.

dizzydank · 11-01-05, 23:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by I_am_me

Wouldn't that mean only the feds and state cops would bust you and not the locals? That would even be a good step in the right direction.

Moved to general btw.

Right direction for sure but do you really want to get caught if you do by the feds. I sure as hell want nothing to do with the feds.

laborer · 11-02-05, 17:00

C&P....

DENVER POT ISSUE PASSES BY THIN MARGIN

Denver residents Tuesday voted to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, but the state attorney general said the vote was irrelevant because state law will still be enforced.

The measure passed 54 percent to 46 percent.

"It just goes to show the voters of Denver are fed up with a law that prohibits adults from making a rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol," said Mason Tvert, executive director of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER.

The measure will change the city's ordinance to make it legal for adults 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana in the city.

Denver follows the city of Oakland, which last year voted to make marijuana possession its lowest enforcement priority and required the city to develop a plan for licensing and taxing the sale, use and cultivation of marijuana for private use. Voters in Telluride Tuesday defeated a similar measure.

Denver is "the second major city in less than a year to pass a vote which says that marijuana should be treated essentially like alcohol, taxed and regulated," said Bruce Mirken, the director of communications for the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, one of the largest groups opposing jail time for the use of pot. "This has been characterized as a fringe issue, and clearly it's not."

Even though voters approved Initiative 100, Denver police still will bring charges under state law, which carries a fine of up to $100 and a mandatory $100 drug-offender surcharge for possession of small amounts of marijuana, said Attorney General John Suthers.

"I have found these efforts to be unconstructive," Suthers said.

"I understand the debate about legalization and whether our drug laws are constructive. But I wish we would have a full-out debate instead of these peripheral issues that accomplish just about nothing," he said.

Tvert said marijuana supporters will push for a statewide initiative that would allow for the licensing and regulation of the selling of marijuana.

"This is not just symbolic," he said. "This is a fact. This city voted to change a city ordinance. We expect the city officials to respect the will of the voters who elected them."

In Denver, backers of the initiative sparked controversy with their campaign.

Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown blasted as deceptive their campaign signs, which declared: "Make Denver SAFER, Vote Yes on I-100." Brown said he feared voters would believe the initiative would put more police on Denver streets.

Under fire from domestic-violence groups, SAFER also pulled a controversial billboard that showed a battered woman and her abuser with the slogan "Reduce family and community violence in Denver. Vote Yes on I-100."

Proponents of the initiative tried to draw Mayor John Hickenlooper into the fray by labeling him a hypocrite for selling alcohol in his brewpubs when he opposed their efforts to legalize marijuana.

During one rally, they unveiled a banner that read: "What is the difference between Mayor Hickenlooper and a marijuana dealer? The mayor has made his fortune selling a more harmful drug: alcohol."

Tuesday night, Hickenlooper said he was surprised by the vote.

"It doesn't supersede state law, so it's really symbolic of changing attitudes," the mayor said.

sinthetic · 11-02-05, 17:08

Good stuff.

Hippie3 · 11-02-05, 17:26

if the locals just shine it on, keep their mouths shut
when they find weed
then both the state and the feds will be blocked for most.
but hiway patrol and sheriff depts. will still be trouble

EdibleSpirits · 11-02-05, 19:14

This is gonna make every stoner say are votes mean something lets vote so just spread the word and pass your stonerism to others! Make it multiply!

Imagine if weed was legal all over the country it would change everyones piss ass attiutudes of life good bye. And make this country alot better in all ways.

dizzydank · 11-02-05, 19:30

Well even if you can still get busted at least over 50% of a big ass city supports it. Makes you wonder how a national vote would turn out.

EdibleSpirits · 11-02-05, 22:51

Pray for that national vote! Rub a horse shoe something!

panic · 11-02-05, 23:17

a month or 2 back, denver passed medicinal marijuana laws, and the feds said "FUCK YOU" and made examples of those caught w/ pot even w/ a card. grew up in denver, and when i asked my mom about it that was what i got. this will be no different im afraid. but i still remain optomistic.

Hippie3 · 11-03-05, 07:43

how often do you get pulled over by a fed ?

vrooota · 11-03-05, 11:29

never had any trouble with state cops myself, theyre pretty professional ticket distributors ime and if the feds are looking for you yur fucked anyway. The nosey locals are trouble but if they get told they can smoke up with you than there shouldn't be a problem. Thats my line of reasoning but I dunno......so............... who wants to move?

711 · 11-03-05, 13:05

I agree that state and feds shouldn't be a real problem for smoking weed if it is legal locally. People would have to just be careful like they are already and not smoke in front of one of these guys or get caught with their stash by them. Still way better than it being illegal locally and could only improve the marajuana situation. Seriously, look how many people smoke, grow and buy with it being illegal, imagine the benifits of it being legal even if it is locally.A lot less stress for the normal upstanding citizen who just happens to toke in the privacy of their own home. Once a couple years of positive statistics come in, other citys might try it out and this could be the beggining of the end for marijuana prohibition.

11-03-05, 14:02

When you want me to pick you up? I'm packing right now. Whoo hooo, Denver here I come!

Quote:

Originally Posted by vrooota

who wants to move?

dizzydank · 11-03-05, 14:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hippie3

how often do you get pulled over by a fed ?

Never, but i dont want to be the example.

EdibleSpirits · 11-03-05, 21:50

You know when I dail 8 nothing ever happens?

OmBudsMan · 11-03-05, 22:17

Great step in a great direction... but it will take more.

suckerfree · 11-03-05, 22:25

The feds won't pull you over, but they might pull a sting on the local police to see if they are enforcing the laws...

Hippie3 · 11-04-05, 07:05

the feds cannot force local authorities to enforce federal laws
unless the feds provide the funding needed to comply with
the mandate.
that's current law, at least.

11-04-05, 10:54

Maybe it is the kind of phone you are using.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EdibleSpirits

You know when I dail 8 nothing ever happens?

sinthetic · 11-06-05, 20:35

Its a step in the right direction.

penstarfifteen · 09-30-06, 11:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by sinthetic

Its a step in the right direction.

And it's a GREAT thing that someone actually started taking steps!

ExecutionStyle · 09-30-06, 12:47

Soon we'll be seeing if it goes state wide.

Even if it dosent, this whole issue has brought alot of activist groups out of the underground. Just the other day, a group of parent marijuana supporters were allowed alot of air time on the local news.

Sky Rayven · 09-30-06, 14:17

Yahoooo!!

I am taking a trip to denver.

Its about fukin time somebody finally got it right!!!

This is a move in the right direction.

Hope this spreads to other states like wild fire!

Stoners...We gotta fight for our right to party!

10-03-06, 07:45

I'm just going to wait until next month... when Nevada will be voting on not only legalizing it for private use - but legalizing and regulating the sale of marijuana IN PUBLIC!

Now, even if it does pass, we probably won't see vendors for at least 90 days (given the time its going to take to get the liscenses, and that the law automatically grants a liscense to qualified vendors after 90 days if the government doesn't do it), but... I only live 45 minutes away from Nevada. If this law passes, and stays, I'll be tempted to move.

Where I live, you can easily get a thousand dollar fine for having a single joint. I didn't believe it until today, when I was in court to arrange a payment schedule for a speeding ticket of mine, and the guy before me got a thousand dollar fine for having a single joint!

Dutchdude · 10-03-06, 08:00

even if not perfect, this definitaly looks like a step in the right direction.

slide · 10-03-06, 08:26

im so excited about this movment, very interested to see what happens in Nevada!!!

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11-01-05, 23:19	#1 (permalink)
EdibleSpirits Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13	Denver, CO Weed is Legal NO BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!! Today the day after halloween Weed is legal in Denver, Co Today they passed a law to allow recreational use legal ill say it again LEGAL!! Some my say.... "oh well" ..... "Whatever" THINK about this again this is the first city that has allowed it to be legal without a medical card! This is a historical day if a small fire starts it can start a even bigger one this could be are one step in legalization!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you dont believe me check out this denver news site http://www.9news.com/ Everyone smoke a fat bowl and remeber this day and always vote in favor of weed!

11-01-05, 23:37	#4 (permalink)
I_am_me Masked Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,366	Wouldn't that mean only the feds and state cops would bust you and not the locals? That would even be a good step in the right direction. Moved to general btw. __________________ Kindness is a cure.

11-02-05, 17:26	#8 (permalink)
Hippie3 Admin Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 36,274	if the locals just shine it on, keep their mouths shut when they find weed then both the state and the feds will be blocked for most. but hiway patrol and sheriff depts. will still be trouble __________________ GROW SUPPLIES: www.Mycrotopia.com ------------Simply The Best------------ Namaste Temet Nosce

11-02-05, 19:14	#9 (permalink)
EdibleSpirits Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13	It'll get better This is gonna make every stoner say are votes mean something lets vote so just spread the word and pass your stonerism to others! Make it multiply! Imagine if weed was legal all over the country it would change everyones piss ass attiutudes of life good bye. And make this country alot better in all ways.

11-01-05, 23:28	#2 (permalink)
laborer Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 59	Whoo Hoo!!!!!! This is definately good news and a step in the right direction!!!!!

11-01-05, 23:33	#3 (permalink)
dizzydank damn its humid Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,159	Opponents of the measure say even if it were to pass, it would have no practical effect because it would be trumped by Colorado state law. this is the problem damn state laws this is taken from the 9news link above which means it is still illegal. damn shame too

11-02-05, 17:00	#6 (permalink)
laborer Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 59	C&P.... DENVER POT ISSUE PASSES BY THIN MARGIN Denver residents Tuesday voted to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, but the state attorney general said the vote was irrelevant because state law will still be enforced. The measure passed 54 percent to 46 percent. "It just goes to show the voters of Denver are fed up with a law that prohibits adults from making a rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol," said Mason Tvert, executive director of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER. The measure will change the city's ordinance to make it legal for adults 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana in the city. Denver follows the city of Oakland, which last year voted to make marijuana possession its lowest enforcement priority and required the city to develop a plan for licensing and taxing the sale, use and cultivation of marijuana for private use. Voters in Telluride Tuesday defeated a similar measure. Denver is "the second major city in less than a year to pass a vote which says that marijuana should be treated essentially like alcohol, taxed and regulated," said Bruce Mirken, the director of communications for the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, one of the largest groups opposing jail time for the use of pot. "This has been characterized as a fringe issue, and clearly it's not." Even though voters approved Initiative 100, Denver police still will bring charges under state law, which carries a fine of up to $100 and a mandatory $100 drug-offender surcharge for possession of small amounts of marijuana, said Attorney General John Suthers. "I have found these efforts to be unconstructive," Suthers said. "I understand the debate about legalization and whether our drug laws are constructive. But I wish we would have a full-out debate instead of these peripheral issues that accomplish just about nothing," he said. Tvert said marijuana supporters will push for a statewide initiative that would allow for the licensing and regulation of the selling of marijuana. "This is not just symbolic," he said. "This is a fact. This city voted to change a city ordinance. We expect the city officials to respect the will of the voters who elected them." In Denver, backers of the initiative sparked controversy with their campaign. Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown blasted as deceptive their campaign signs, which declared: "Make Denver SAFER, Vote Yes on I-100." Brown said he feared voters would believe the initiative would put more police on Denver streets. Under fire from domestic-violence groups, SAFER also pulled a controversial billboard that showed a battered woman and her abuser with the slogan "Reduce family and community violence in Denver. Vote Yes on I-100." Proponents of the initiative tried to draw Mayor John Hickenlooper into the fray by labeling him a hypocrite for selling alcohol in his brewpubs when he opposed their efforts to legalize marijuana. During one rally, they unveiled a banner that read: "What is the difference between Mayor Hickenlooper and a marijuana dealer? The mayor has made his fortune selling a more harmful drug: alcohol." Tuesday night, Hickenlooper said he was surprised by the vote. "It doesn't supersede state law, so it's really symbolic of changing attitudes," the mayor said.

11-02-05, 17:08	#7 (permalink)
sinthetic i party like a rock star Join Date: Apr 1970 Posts: 870	Good stuff.

11-02-05, 19:30	#10 (permalink)
dizzydank damn its humid Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,159	Well even if you can still get busted at least over 50% of a big ass city supports it. Makes you wonder how a national vote would turn out.

11-02-05, 22:51	#11 (permalink)
EdibleSpirits Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13	Pray man Pray for that national vote! Rub a horse shoe something!

11-02-05, 23:17	#12 (permalink)
panic Mycotopiate Join Date: Dec 1972 Posts: 246	a month or 2 back, denver passed medicinal marijuana laws, and the feds said "FUCK YOU" and made examples of those caught w/ pot even w/ a card. grew up in denver, and when i asked my mom about it that was what i got. this will be no different im afraid. but i still remain optomistic.

11-03-05, 07:43	#13 (permalink)
Hippie3 Admin Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 36,274	how often do you get pulled over by a fed ? __________________ GROW SUPPLIES: www.Mycrotopia.com ------------Simply The Best------------ Namaste Temet Nosce

11-03-05, 11:29	#14 (permalink)
vrooota Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 622	never had any trouble with state cops myself, theyre pretty professional ticket distributors ime and if the feds are looking for you yur fucked anyway. The nosey locals are trouble but if they get told they can smoke up with you than there shouldn't be a problem. Thats my line of reasoning but I dunno......so............... who wants to move? __________________ I am what you see

11-03-05, 13:05	#15 (permalink)
711 Mycophage Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 153	I agree that state and feds shouldn't be a real problem for smoking weed if it is legal locally. People would have to just be careful like they are already and not smoke in front of one of these guys or get caught with their stash by them. Still way better than it being illegal locally and could only improve the marajuana situation. Seriously, look how many people smoke, grow and buy with it being illegal, imagine the benifits of it being legal even if it is locally.A lot less stress for the normal upstanding citizen who just happens to toke in the privacy of their own home. Once a couple years of positive statistics come in, other citys might try it out and this could be the beggining of the end for marijuana prohibition. __________________ All posts are ficticous fantasies of a nonexistent nobody.

11-03-05, 21:50	#18 (permalink)
EdibleSpirits Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13	Dial8 You know when I dail 8 nothing ever happens?

11-03-05, 22:17	#19 (permalink)
OmBudsMan Fruit lover Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 290	Great step in a great direction... but it will take more. __________________ I love lamp.

11-03-05, 22:25	#20 (permalink)
suckerfree KEY MASTER Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,152	The feds won't pull you over, but they might pull a sting on the local police to see if they are enforcing the laws... __________________

11-04-05, 07:05	#21 (permalink)
Hippie3 Admin Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 36,274	the feds cannot force local authorities to enforce federal laws unless the feds provide the funding needed to comply with the mandate. that's current law, at least. __________________ GROW SUPPLIES: www.Mycrotopia.com ------------Simply The Best------------ Namaste Temet Nosce

11-06-05, 20:35	#23 (permalink)
sinthetic i party like a rock star Join Date: Apr 1970 Posts: 870	Its a step in the right direction.

09-30-06, 12:47	#25 (permalink)
ExecutionStyle Piddler Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 275	Soon we'll be seeing if it goes state wide. Even if it dosent, this whole issue has brought alot of activist groups out of the underground. Just the other day, a group of parent marijuana supporters were allowed alot of air time on the local news. __________________ ============================== We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be. ==============================

09-30-06, 14:17	#26 (permalink)
Sky Rayven Mycotopiate Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 652	Yahoooo!! I am taking a trip to denver. Its about fukin time somebody finally got it right!!! This is a move in the right direction. Hope this spreads to other states like wild fire! Stoners...We gotta fight for our right to party! __________________ The Goddess is alive and she ate my mushrooms! ;)

10-03-06, 07:45	#27 (permalink)
~Transition Force Guest Posts: n/a	I'm just going to wait until next month... when Nevada will be voting on not only legalizing it for private use - but legalizing and regulating the sale of marijuana IN PUBLIC! Now, even if it does pass, we probably won't see vendors for at least 90 days (given the time its going to take to get the liscenses, and that the law automatically grants a liscense to qualified vendors after 90 days if the government doesn't do it), but... I only live 45 minutes away from Nevada. If this law passes, and stays, I'll be tempted to move. Where I live, you can easily get a thousand dollar fine for having a single joint. I didn't believe it until today, when I was in court to arrange a payment schedule for a speeding ticket of mine, and the guy before me got a thousand dollar fine for having a single joint!

10-03-06, 08:00	#28 (permalink)
Dutchdude Mycotopiate Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 218	even if not perfect, this definitaly looks like a step in the right direction.

10-03-06, 08:26	#29 (permalink)
slide Mycophage Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 134	im so excited about this movment, very interested to see what happens in Nevada!!!

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