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Seventeen states already have medical marijuana laws on the books, but now Colorado, Oregon and Washington want to expand that to recreational use. If the measure passes in any of those states, it could serve as a bellwether, creating a de-facto nullification of federal laws on pot with an even greater effect than 17 state medical marijuana laws have had
Three other states are voting on medical marijuana this November, including Arkansas, which is the first southern state to consider it.
The University of Denver has just released a new poll of likely Colorado voters and the results are encouraging for marijuana law reform advocates. With just under a month until election day, Colorado’s Amendment 64, which aims to regulate marijuana like alcohol, is still enjoying a ten point lead in the polls.
University of Denver polled 604 likely voters in Colorado between October 4th and 5th. They found that 50% were planning on voting yes on Amendment 64, with 40% stating they’d vote no and 10% still undecided. These numbers are holding steady when compared to the Denver Post’s previous polling on the issue in September which showed 51% support to 40% against.
Also worth noting is that later today the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol will be announcing they’ve received the support of over 300 physicians who have signed onto a letter stating their support for Amendment 64. This list includes notable physicians such as Dr. Larry Bedard, former president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and Dr. Bruce Madison, associate medical director of the faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and vice-chair of the Council on Legislation for the Colorado Medical Society. You can read more this development here.
You can read more about this poll here.
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I keep hearing about this “legalizing marijuana for recreational use” stuff, but what they really appear to be trying to do is legalize marijuana as a far safer alternative to alcohol.
According to the CDC, alcohol kills 80,000 people every year in the U.S. while marijuana kills none. And marijuana’s addiction potential is about on par with coffee. So since marijuana is far safer and far less addictive than alcohol, we could GREATLY reduce the harm and addiction in society by letting people switch from the more harmful drug, alcohol, to the less harmful drug, marijuana. And that would be a good thing.
The only thing is though, people can’t switch to marijuana while marijuana’s illegal. That’s where we come in – we have to tell *our* legislators to legalize marijuana like wine.