<p>If you don't feel like reading, basically it says if Denver gets 86000 signatures a bill will go into voting next year to legalize marijuana! And yes I mean legalize not just decriminalize. The bill says marijuana will be available to ALL 21 year olds in a retail setting. No medical cards no confusing zoning laws just weed! I think it's one more reason to go to school in Colorado, what do you guys think about the proposition?</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s another reason to go to college in Colorado, but I am not opposed to the law. I don’t smoke, never have and never will, but there are bigger fish to fry (IMO) than people smoking joints…the time and money spent jailing people who are caught with weed (unless it’s like, a massive amount that is obviously from trafficking) could be much better spent…but I digress.</p>
<p>They won’t get anywhere as long as the pro-weed groups are still fighting each other. Not that I’d expect them to get very far in unison either.</p>
<p>That is so stupid. I live in Cali, so i already know it won’t happen.
and even if it did, it will only be legal under state law not federal law so the feds can still get u.</p>
<p>Well, I guess if you’re already set on going to school in Colorado, or if you’re debating between that and another state, that would be a reason to go.</p>
<p>It’s not enough to make me want to move there though.</p>
<p>I’d move to Colorado if this passed. I don’t think it will, but if it did I’d move there. Or if California passed a legalization measure I’d move there. It’d be nice not to have to worry (or worry significantly less) about it.</p>
<p>Since Federal law takes precedence over state law you would still be able to get arrested by federal agencies like the FBI, DEA, CIA.
However, the odds of you drawing the attention of any of these agencies is minimalistic, unless your already out of bounds with the proposed state law. Like owning more than an ounce or by planting large amounts of marijuana. Anything less would be tolerable and wouldn’t draw the attention of any federal agency otherwise.
The DEA for example if this law is passed, wouldn’t waste their time and resources picking up where local law enforcement would leave off. Just too many kids on the steets as is, with more to come assuming legalization.</p>
<p>My question is how this would work at a business level. Where a business has to follow local, state AND federal law to operate legally. Would a business that grows and sells weed be capable of being within federal regulations but still grow/sell weed? Or would they get rolled up by the DEA/FBI for drug trafficking?</p>
Really? You can’t even tell most of the time, unless the people you know that smoke weed are idiots. I honestly don’t even get high anymore, but the buzz is nice.</p>
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Agreed! Terms like “one more” obviously mean there’s only one reason. Stupid OP.</p>
<p>Be careful with this…just because it’s legal in the state doesn’t mean it will be legal on any campus. If the school is federally funded (which most state schools are), they will still not recognize legal marijuana in the dorms, because to do so would risk losing that funding.</p>
<p>HisGraceFillsMe I actually think you are mistaken on this: considering that campus police would be sworn by either the county or city so would charged with enforcing state not federal statues. Just because a school is federally funded does not mean that they are required to have sworn federal police powers nor enforce federal statutes. </p>
<p>I personally do not think that the college would ever pick this battle with their own students as no elected DA in his right mind would go charge the student.</p>
<p>This case would really just be a ****ing contest between a school that has sided with the federal statute (for what… a noble motive?) and a voter approved state statute. If I was the DA I would definitely not want to anger my constituency by charging a college student with a federal law that was in clear opposition to the voter approved statute, as I would want to be reelected.</p>
<p>This is a states rights issue, the Obama administration and his Attorney General have made it very clear that they are not going to get into a states rights argument over something so minor as cannabis.</p>
<p>Also, I’m pretty sure no college would lose its federal funding if it recognized legal marijuana in the dorms. That seems like an extreme overreaction.</p>
<p>Yeah, but even if it did become legal, that does not mean that it would be allowed in dorms, or on campus- many dorms are alcohol-free, regardless of age. Heck, there are entire campuses that are smoke-free.</p>
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<li><p>If California couldn’t pass such a bill (it wasn’t even close), what hope do other states have?</p></li>
<li><p>For some reason, this reminds me of the South Park Episode called Medicinal Fried Chicken.</p></li>
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