The Colorado Independent

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Posts Tagged legalization

Coloradans like civil unions, legal pot, Udall

By | 06.20.12 | 3:12 pm

Results of a recent survey (pdf) bolster evidence that Coloradans by a wide majority support same-sex civil unions. The news comes in the wake of a standoff at the statehouse last month in which House Republicans killed a bill that would have established civil unions here. The pollster, Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling, tied the data on civil unions to the fact that the Republican Party in Colorado seems to be steadily losing support.

In wake of California defeat, pro-pot Colorado groups set sights on 2012

By | 11.05.10 | 10:04 am

Although California’s Proposition 19 failed to pass this election, supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado have already started campaigning for the 2012 election cycle. A Legalize2012 kickoff event spearheaded by the Cannabis Therapy Institute took place…

Weed surge: Colorado Dems likely to push 2012 pot legalization initiative

By | 10.06.10 | 9:20 am

Poll-takers are reporting that Proposition 19, which would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in California, will spur otherwise unenthusiastic Democrats to vote this year, a fact that has pro-Democratic Party groups in swing-state Colorado eyeing the 2012 ballot. …

Colorado nabbed $7 million in medical marijuana fees this weekend

By | 08.05.10 | 11:08 am

This past weekend, more than 2000 businesses in Colorado’s medical marijuana industry submitted applications for licenses to operate. The applications were due Sunday and they required applicants to include payments for state fees. Those payments amounted to more than $7 million.

Colo House members cast weed day yes vote on medical marijuana bill

By | 04.21.10 | 10:56 am

DENVER– Inside the capitol Tuesday the House worked over changes to a bill that would regulate the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry. Outside the capitol, thousands of annual 4/20 Pot Day revelers rallied to free the weed from legal constraints altogether.

Bipartisan desire for grown-up talk about drugs not likely to be fulfilled

By | 11.02.09 | 10:47 am

In an oddly rational television conversation on politics, the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara hosted state Sen. John Morse and Attorney General John Suthers in an exploration of sentencing reform this weekend on the Institute talk show Independent Thinking. The…