Colorado: A thread in honor of the voters and legislators in the great state of CO

[RainDog]

Thank you for creating the reality that is moving an entire nation toward saner policy regarding cannabis.

[Jesus Malverde]

1. I think the best part

Is Colorado is considered a solid middle America state. They don't have a controversial reputation like California might. They cannot be dismissed as fringe. The Prohibitionists are the fringe.

[RainDog]

2. They don't have as many "born again" Republicans

as in the south or parts of the midwest, so they were able to bring votes across party lines to this issue.

More people voted to legalize cannabis than voted for Obama.

[Jesus Malverde]

3. Cannabis has always been pegged as a liberal or hippy drug.

Plenty of good ole boys use cannabis too.

There are plenty of recreational users of cannabis across the whole spectrum of society. Their use of cannabis is hidden and their lives functional and prosocial.

Only the marginal or with little to lose "come out". One place you can "come out" safely is in the secrecy of the ballot box.

Once the life destroying penalties are lifted we can all come out of the shadows.

[Mnemosyne]

4. To Cannabis sanity! nt