Amendment 64 Poll

[Irving]

- I don't even know where to begin on that one!

College is way overrated. Someone with years of experience, even having worked for the same company they are applying with, is ALWAYS passed over for someone with ZERO experience, but a college degree. Even when the degree is something like communications or sports medicine which isn't even close to related to the job. I don't know about you, but college has had zero effect on my capability to perform any of the jobs that I've ever held, with the one exception that I wouldn't have qualified for the jobs without the degree. I'm very glad that I went to the cheapest University that I could find.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I believe they are making it an state amendment because if it was just a law then Federal > State. I do not know how Federal law stands up against a states constitution (assuming that it isn't an unconstitutional amendment), but I assume that is why it is an amendment.

Here is an article about Portugal, they decriminalized everything years ago and this talks about the results they are seeing.

I think they went the amendment route because they knew this wouldn't even get out of committee as legislation. Regardless of how you/I/Ron Paul thinks things should be, state constitution doesn't trump federal law except as a PR exercise.

[Sawin]

College is way overrated. Someone with years of experience, even having worked for the same company they are applying with, is ALWAYS passed over for someone with ZERO experience, but a college degree. Even when the degree is something like communications or sports medicine which isn't even close to related to the job. I don't know about you, but college has had zero effect on my capability to perform any of the jobs that I've ever held, with the one exception that I wouldn't have qualified for the jobs without the degree. I'm very glad that I went to the cheapest University that I could find.

I agree completely with you Irving. I went to a largely unknown state school in GA. Well, it is at least mostly unknown outside of Georgia, mainly because they don't have a football program yet... Nevertheless, it was under 5K a year at the time. I may have learned a little from a background/historical and "theory" standpoint and definitely "grew up" some, but I can't pinpoint anything I learned in college that has had a definite impact on my ability to do my job(s) since graduating.

Just having a diploma provides a certain level of expectation in the eyes of an employer. Other than that, I think the experience and mental fortitude of the applicant is far more valuable. I could not be happier about going to school where I did. It kept me from having to take on any debt burden and avoid the whole financial "catch up" game after graduating.

[merl]

Was going to vote for it until I saw the "taxes collected goto schools"

Sin taxes are not going away and thats what this would create. In my book though a sin tax should only pay for eliminating that sin, not a general revenue stream.

[SuperiorDG]

FORT COLLINS - Following Colorado's marijuana legalization from Amendment 64, Boulder's district attorney is dropping all drug-possession cases against anyone older than 21 who is caught with less than an ounce of pot or marijuana paraphernalia.
It remains unclear whether the Larimer County District Attorney's Office plans to do the same.
Boulder DA Stan Garnett announced his decision via Twitter this morning, and a spokeswoman said prosecutors in Colorado are obligated to drop cases if they don't think a jury may convict. Garnett's decision is effective immediately.
The voter-approved Amendment 64, which legalized small amounts of recreational marijuana for adults, takes effect early next month. So even though pot-possession today remains illegal under state law, potential jurors are likely to take the impending change into consideration, Garnett's spokeswoman said.
"If you don't believe you can get a jury to convict, you have an ethical obligation to not go forward with a case," said Catherine Olguin, a spokeswoman for Garnett. "He doesn't believe he can get a jury to convict. And one of the standards prosecutors must meet... is that they have a reasonable belief that they can get a jury to convict beyond a reasonable doubt."
Read the full story on The Fort Collins Coloradoan.
(Copyright © 2012 Fort Collins Coloradoan, All Rights Reserved)

[Ronin13]

FORT COLLINS - Following Colorado's marijuana legalization from Amendment 64, Boulder's district attorney is dropping all drug-possession cases against anyone older than 21 who is caught with less than an ounce of pot or marijuana paraphernalia.
It remains unclear whether the Larimer County District Attorney's Office plans to do the same.
Boulder DA Stan Garnett announced his decision via Twitter this morning, and a spokeswoman said prosecutors in Colorado are obligated to drop cases if they don't think a jury may convict. Garnett's decision is effective immediately.
The voter-approved Amendment 64, which legalized small amounts of recreational marijuana for adults, takes effect early next month. So even though pot-possession today remains illegal under state law, potential jurors are likely to take the impending change into consideration, Garnett's spokeswoman said.
"If you don't believe you can get a jury to convict, you have an ethical obligation to not go forward with a case," said Catherine Olguin, a spokeswoman for Garnett. "He doesn't believe he can get a jury to convict. And one of the standards prosecutors must meet... is that they have a reasonable belief that they can get a jury to convict beyond a reasonable doubt."
Read the full story on The Fort Collins Coloradoan.
(Copyright © 2012 Fort Collins Coloradoan, All Rights Reserved)

So more silver lining... It's starting to free up the court system a bit... I can't really come up with any argument against that.

[Irving]

I anticipate that the Fed's official response will be something along the lines of, "Legal weed or continued Federal funding, your choice." Has anyone said that yet?

[hatidua]

I'm guessing that 20 years from now we'll be able to look back on this and wonder what all the fuss was about.

[Teufelhund]

I anticipate that the Fed's official response will be something along the lines of, "Legal weed or continued Federal funding, your choice." Has anyone said that yet?

Define "extortion."

[Irving]

Define "extortion."

Did the Feds not give Louisiana the very same ultimatum when it came to raising the legal drinking age to 21 years-old?