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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Hates His State's Legal Weed 'Experiment'
Somebody light him up a fat one.
Recreational marijuana is now legal for adults to purchase in Colorado. Those same adults have been able to possess and consume pot legally since 2012, when voters approved Amendment 64. But the state's Democratic governor said he "hates" his state's legal weed "experiment."
Gov. John Hickenlooper revealed his feelings about marijuana legalization to the Durango Herald's editorial board Friday.
“I hate Colorado having to be the experiment,” he told the newspaper.
The governor said he intends the regulation of legal weed to be even more strenuous than alcohol. “We are going to regulate the living daylights out of it,” he told the Herald. .....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/hickenlooper-hates-legal-weed_n_4589926.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
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