Amendment 64 Poll

[GilpinGuy]

How are you voting on 64 (Colorado marijuana legalization)?

Since there are only 2 options on the ballot, there are only 2 here.

[JoeT]

I have not yet read the wording of the question (but will before Tuesday) so I unsure how I'm voting.

does someone want to give me the cliff notes?

does it decriminalize pot? or make it legal?
does it call for new taxes generated by the sale and distribution?
and how is the .gov involved (if at all)?

I'm completely against .gov involvement/regulation...they 'eff up everything they touch
I'm completely against the taxing of the sale and distribution..I'm for starving the beast called government
and finally I'm against the decriminalization, but for the legalization

and I should note, I have no dog in this fight. I haven't smoked anything in 25 years

[tmleadr03]

Duuuude, I'm like you know totally ok with like you know... what was the question? heh heh heh

[Sawin]

This is a duplicate thread. http://www.ar-15.co/forums/showthrea...=65391&page=13

[Fmedges]

Since the medical marijuana issue falls into an interesting area of being federally illegal yet ok from a state stand point. I believe that if this passes the Fed's are not going to turn a blind eye anymore.

[wctriumph]

It's time to legalize Marijuana and control (?!) it as we do other drugs.

Of course there will need to be a state bureaucratic office set up to consume the dollars taken in from taxing the stuff. Then the Fed's will want a part of the cash to keep their war on drugs out of the state.

It all starts with the first domino pushed and the rest will follow.




TEA

[T-Giv]

We will get even dumber as a state if we legalize that shit.

[sniper7]

I voted Yes. the taxes on it will supposedly be used to help colorado education. If Obama and Romney want to fund schools with tax dollars and make college more affordable, here is the way to do it.

the college kids will save money not only by having cheaper and legal weed, but with cheaper education. My taxes should not have to be raised 1 cent in order to help with education funding. Not my income at state or federal level and certainly not my property taxes. The schools don't have to bother passing or asking for any more mill-levys either.

I hate how the .gov taxes everything that you want to do...drink, smoke, drive, camp, hunt, etc...but the end result, when the funds are managed correctly and used as they designed, can make a huge impact. Just look at the division of wildlife. the pittmann robertson act. When they are handled responsibly, those tax dollars give generations of quality access to state and federal lands and keep outdoor activities at a reasonable cost.

If they can manage this correctly...say by putting me in charge of the whole damn thing, it can be managed to help schools out immensely, provide schools and kids with anti-drug classes and responsibility with drugs and alcohol. We know kids smoke weed and drink already. the point is that if they choose to do so, they need to do it responsibly and know the avenues to take to get a DD, call a cab, think ahead, know the limits etc.

Not only that, but I believe there would be more than enough of a surplus of cash to set it aside in the event of a rainy day...something the .gov needs to learn to do. there are good and bad times. in the good times put some away and live within the means of the system, in the bad times there is a cushion to fall back on to instead of pillaging from the citizens pockets in their time of hurt as well.

The police would not need to have as big of staffing helping to further reduce our tax issues, the prison system and judicial system would see a decline from pot related issues, private business has a new avenue to make money and get people jobs which brings in more tax revenue.

I can't see any real negatives. Anyone who remotely thinks they are something of a libertarian should be voting absolute YES. why should the .gov further restrict what we can and can't put in our bodies?

If you think this is a gateway to having your kids smoking weed like crazy and it is going to be everywhere all the time...you might have more of a parenting issue. weed IS everywhere. same with cigarettes and alcohol. Good kids that are raised right are going to know not to break the law (they are under 18 or 21 whatever the law decides is legal for smoking/alcohol).

So why not improve our education system, decriminalize something most agree is not as bad as alcohol, free up our police to enforce more pertinent laws, and gain some freedom while were at it?

[speedysst]

First of all it should ABSOLUTELY NOT be a Constitutional ammendment. It can be handled statuatorily. Second, funding schools by selling drugs seems a bit nefarious. Third, are people prepared to legalize meth and/or heroin because pot MIGHT be a gateway drug? It may not be but if it turns out that it is, then the push to legalize harder drugs and "tax" them will happen. Also, if all this bullshit is legalized because Americans are obsessed with intoxicants (this includes energy drinks), then NO tax funding for addiction treatment. Just my .02.

[jerrymrc]

Now we can look at dueling 64 polls. Who's going to win?