Amendment already ‘hamstrings’ Colorado

Denver journalist Christine Tatum, a friend to SAM, writes:

“It’s troubling that every regulatory framework of marijuana Colorado is considering is outside the bounds of federal law — and that the one regulatory framework that stands to save more lives and public resources is the very one its lawmakers haven’t found the political will to consider.”

She explains here how Colorado’s deeply flawed Amendment 64 — which voters approved in November 2012 to legalize recreational marijuana use — includes unreasonable timelines for implementation that are preventing state lawmakers from considering this issue as thoroughly and carefully as they should.