A majority of Colorado voters approved the Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Proponent Mason Tvert, expressed that this was a momentous celebration.
"This shows that Coloradans are ready to move beyond marijuana prohibition," he says. "They demonstrated it tonight by approving Amendment 64.
"Eighty years ago, Colorado voters approved a repeal of alcohol prohibition, demonstrating a desire to take a more sensible approach to how we treat alcohol," he continues. "It doesn't come as a surprise that they're now taking sensible steps when it comes to the way we treat marijuana."
"It really jibes with the numbers we've seen for the last eighteen months or two years," he notes. "Those numbers show that the majority of Coloradans want to regulate marijuana like alcohol, and they demonstrated that with their votes tonight."
Putting Amendment 64 into action will not come without its stumblingblocks, given that Colorado's law, will directly counter with federal policy, which continues to treat marijuana as illegal. Un-swayed by obstacles he says, "we look forward to discussions with state and federal officials. We're looking forward to working with them -- and looking forward to seeing that marijuana is regulated and treated in a sensible fashion."
Smart Colorado, the No on 64 campaign has updated news about the passage of Amendment 64. Campaign director Roger Sherman writes:
We knew all along this was an uphill battle against a well-funded national movement.
We appreciate the efforts of Governor John Hickenlooper, former Governors Bill Owens and Bill Ritter, Attorney General John Suthers, Mayors Michael Hancock and Steve Hogan and countless other sheriffs, county commissioners, district attorneys and local elected officials who joined with the business community and citizens of Colorado to oppose this ill-conceived amendment.
We can only hope that our concerns and fears about amending the Constitution to make Colorado the first state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana do not come true.
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