Tag Archive for colorado

2 states legalize pot, but don’t ‘break out the Cheetos’ yet (+) R.I.P: Marijuana Prohibition (w/Video)

Finally!

Prohibition of alcohol was finally overturned, not by the FEDS making it legal, but by legalizing alcohol state by state, thereby ignoring the 18th Amendment.  

First the State of New York legalized it while it was still illegal  under Federal law.  Then other states started to legalize until it reached the point that the FEDs didn’t have enough officers to enforce the law.  Then, and only then, did the FEDS join in by passing The 21st Amendment which repealed the 18th Amendment,the prohibition of alcohol. Amendment 21 repeals Amendment 18. This is the same plan being used for the legalization of marijuana.  Looks like we’re on the right track.  Smoke um if you got um!!!. . . EDITOR

from CNN News

2 states legalize pot, but don’t ‘break out the Cheetos’ yet
By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 12:17 PM EST, Wed November 7, 2012

Los Angeles (CNN) — Pro-pot groups cheered passage of referendums legalizing recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington state as the “light at the end of the tunnel” in their 50-year campaign to make the drug legal nationwide.

“Yesterday’s elections have forever changed the playing field regarding cannabis prohibition laws in America (and probably in large parts of the world too),” Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML — the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws — wrote in a celebratory blog Wednesday.

But Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper warned it’s too soon to “break out the Cheetos” since his state must still navigate federal laws before citizens can legally buy and sell cannabis. . . . Read Complete Report

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

from NORML

R.I.P: Marijuana Prohibition

by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director

November 7, 2012

The beginning of the end…has begun.

Yesterday’s elections have forever changed the playing field regarding cannabis prohibition laws in America (and probably in large parts of the world too)

The citizens of Colorado, Washington and Massachusetts delivered game changing victories last night for the nearly fifty year-old cannabis law reform Movement. Massachusetts becomes the eighteenth state to pass legal protections for qualified medical patients who’ve cannabis recommended to them by a physician. Colorado and Washington become the first places in the world, ever, where citizens have cast votes to reject cannabis prohibition, and replace the failed public policy with alternatives like tax-n-regulate models (similar to the control and taxation models widely accepted for alcohol and tobacco product use by adults). . . . Read Complete Report

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

from youtube

 First Announcement of Marijuana Legalization EVER in World History 

Published on Nov 6, 2012

November 7, 2012, was a historic day. For the first time since Marijuana was criminalized worldwide with UN’s “Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs” in 1961, a state has legalized marijuana!

from youtube

posted by MOXNEWSd0tC0M

Legalization Of Marijuana In Washington Leaves Many Unanswered Questions

Published on Nov 7, 2012

November 06, 2012 CBC News
http://MOXNews.com

from youtube

FBI director gets schooled on marijuana legalization

Uploaded on May 21, 2009

Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen takes FBI Director Robert Mueller to task on marijuana legalization and the “gateway theory.”

Six States To Decide On Marijuana Measures On Election Day

from NORML

Thursday, 01 November 2012

Historic Propositions to Legalize Personal Use Amounts of Cannabis For All Adults Hold Double Digit Leads In Colorado and Washington

Washington, DC: Millions of voters will decide on Election Day in favor of ballot measures to legalize and regulate the use of cannabis by adults. Voters in three states – ColoradoOregon, and Washington – will decide on statewide ballot measures to legalize the possession and distribution of cannabis for those over 21 years of age. Voters in three additional states –ArkansasMassachusetts, and Montana – will decide on measures to allow for the therapeutic use of cannabis by patients with qualifying ailments. In Michigan, voters in four cities – totaling over a million people – will decide on municipal measures to legalize or depenalize the adult use of cannabis.

Ballot measures in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Washington hold double digit leads, according to the latest statewide polls. . . . Read Complete Report

Colorado marijuana initiative gets NAACP endorsement

from Denver Post.com

By John Ingold
The Denver Post

Posted:   08/23/2012 12:01:00 AM MDT
Updated:   08/23/2012 09:09:07 AM MDT

A Colorado ballot initiative to legalize limited possession of marijuana for adults is set to pick up an endorsement from a civil rights organization Thursday.

At a morning press event, the head of the Colorado, Wyoming and Montana conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is expected to announce the conference’s support for the initiative, Amendment 64. The conference’s president, Rosemary Harris Lytle, said Wednesday the endorsement comes not out of an interest in marijuana use but instead from a concern over the lopsided numbers of African-Americans arrested for marijuana offenses. . . . Read Complete Report

from CBS Denver

Legal marijuana backers raise $3 million in two US states (w/videos)

 

 

 

 

Photo: Hemp products for sale in Amsterdam. CREDIT: Petr Kratochvil SOURCE: publicdomainpictures.net

from Reuters

By Alex Dobuzinskis

Sat Aug 25, 2012 11:41pm IST

Aug 25 (Reuters) – Campaigns to become the first U.S. states to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Washington and Colorado have raised $3 million ahead of a November vote, far outpacing the opposition.

Proponents of pot legalization in Washington state have raised nearly $2 million since the initiative qualified for the ballot in January, and about $1 million in Colorado since its measure earned a place on the ballot the following month, according to the most recent state campaign figures. . . . Read Complete Report

from youtube

Legalize Marijuana Ads Hit Washington State Televisions

Published on Aug 7, 2012 by 

August 06, 2012 KOMO 4 News
http://MOXNews.com

 

from youtube
Colorado May Legalize Marijuana with Amendment 64

Published on Mar 19, 2012 by 

READ DESCRIPTION! 2012 is shaping up to be a crazy year in pot reform, as two states are trying to legalize some aspects of Marijuana use which have never been successfully legalized to this extent in the US before. Washington with Initiative 502 and Colorado with Amendment 64. Today we’ll be discussing Colorado’s Initiative, which I feel is closer to outright legalization than Washington’s proposal and we’ll be discussing the odds it will pass.

Amendment 64 Campaign Website: http://regulatemarijuana.org/

Conspiracy? Colorado Massacre Shooter James Holmes Had Accomplice Per Witnesses (Video Report)

Here We go again. Lone “nut” gunman?

John Doe #2?

A shadowy man-figure behind the fence on a grassy knoll?

It’s all become so confusing. . . EDITOR 

from youtube

Published on Jul 26, 2012 by 

Colorado Massacre Shooter James Holmes Had Accomplice Per Witnesses
By Kris Zane
http://www.westernjournalism.com/author/kzane/
Remember when the entire nation was looking for John Doe #2—the suspect that was allegedly with Timothy McVeigh when he rented the Ryder truck used in the Oklahoma City Bombing?

But then the FBI deemed John Doe #2 to be a mass hallucination, despite dozens of witnesses seeing him, despite a man being beaten to death for looking like him. . . . youtube

Pot Prohibition: Initiative Could Make or Break Obama in Colorado

from Cannabis News

Posted by CN Staff on June 02, 2012 at 10:42:10 PT
By Samuel P. Jacobs 
Source: Reuters

Denver — Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn’t exactly been a friend to marijuana users. Sure, he has acknowledged smoking pot as a young man, but he has disappointed marijuana advocates by opposing its legalization, regulation and taxation like alcohol.

And the Justice Department’s occasional crackdown under his administration on medical marijuana dispensaries, which 17 states and the District of Columbia allow, has angered others.

So now, with Obama facing a stiff challenge from Republican Mitt Romney in the November 6 election, it’s ironic that his chances of winning the key state of Colorado could hinge on marijuana legalization, supported by a growing number of Americans.

At issue is whether Obama will get a boost from young voters expected to be among the most enthusiastic backers of a Colorado ballot initiative that would legalize possession of up to an ounce of pot for recreational use – and give the state the most liberal marijuana law in the nation.

The initiative is a reflection of Colorado’s unique blend of laid-back liberalism and anti-regulation conservatism that helped make the state the birthplace of the Libertarian Party.

It’s a state where people of different political stripes see marijuana laws as an example of government needlessly sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong.

It’s also a proving ground for advocates who see legalization as a way to ease crowding in prisons, generate much-needed tax revenues, create jobs and weaken Mexican cartels that thrive on Americans’ appetite for illegal drugs. . . . Read Complete Report

Media buzz as US confirms Russian troops to train on American soil

Photo: Russian Airborne Patch. Source – Wikipedia Public Domain

from RT.com

Published: 28 April, 2012, 18:04

The US has confirmed that Russian troops will carry out joint anti-terror drills on American soil in May. Reports of the unprecedented initiative had triggered hysteria in American public debate, with claims of the US fraternizing with “the enemy.”

­Commander Wendy L. Snyder, US Defense Press Officer for policy told The New American in an e-mail the Russian soldiers will be invited by the US government.

This is part of a “formal bilateral exchange program between the US and Russia that seeks to develop transparency and promote defense reform,” she wrote.

Around twenty airborne Russian troops with arrive in Fort Carson, Colorado to take part in the training program targeting “terrorists”. It will be the first time Russian soldiers have conducted military training on American territory.

However, the landmark news of the Russian troops’ arrival was not greeted with enthusiasm by everyone. Fear-mongering reports in US media called the exercise “a front” for the Russians to turn US weapons against the Americans and “take and hold Denver airport.” . . . Read Complete report

 

 

 

Satellite view Denver International

airport: Source U.S.G.A. 2002

 

 

Read another report at: US Calls For Russian Airborne Troops To “Take And Hold” Denver Airport

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

from Military.com

Russian Airborne Operations by 106th Guards Airborne Division in Russia