MARIJUANA REGULATION IN COLORADO AND WASHINGTON
Colorado and Washington are already experiencing successful results from their approval of regulated use of marijuana. Download the fact sheet to learn how the legalization and regulation of marijuana is having a positive impact on CO and WA state revenue and arrest rates.
Colorado’s Rollout of Legal Marijuana is Succeeding
In November 2012, Colorado voters decided to experiment with marijuana. Formally, they approved Amendment 64, modifying the state constitution. This move was historic and did something which, to that point, no other state or modern foreign government had ever done: legalize retail (recreational) marijuana.
The New York Times Calls for Marijuana Legalization
It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol. Read the full story on the New York Times