Denver Post Opinion It's a marijuana minefield now

A little Reefer Madness this monday morning. It appeared as a opinion piece in last weeks Denver Post!

"The state Board of Health's decision this week to hold off on defining what constitutes a medical marijuana caregiver could end up being a good thing.

The board canceled its Dec. 16 meeting, ostensibly to give officials time to consider legal advice on the issue. But we hope the delay also gives the state legislature a chance to step in.

As we've said before, lawmakers need to shape regulations that hew closely to the intent of Amendment 20, which voters passed in 2000.

We do not believe the escalation in the number of certified medical marijuana users - now more than 14,000 — and the proliferation of dispensaries is what voters had in mind when they supported the measure."

The rest of the story... Denver Post

Cannabis Consumer Tim Lincecum, named NL Cy Young winner 2nd year in a row

For those of you that don't know I enjoy two things really. Smoking a nice joint and watching baseball mostly the Colorado Rockies. And I wasn't surprised to learn yesterday that the All Star Pitcher with the San Fransisco Giants Tim Lincecum won his second strait Cy Young Award in his young career, just two short weeks after being pulled over in his car, in his home state of Washington and the cops found a small amount of cannabis in the glove box.

So for the record, The Fastest Runner, the most decorated Olympic athlete, three of the past four presidents and now the best pitcher in baseball all use or have used cannabis sometime in there life! Seems to me like cannabis is a gateway drug to Success!

Colorado justice commission suggests lighter penalties for drug possession

There is more and more cannabis related news breaking daily some good and bad... And also some HUGE steps in the right direction. Sunday the Denver Post reported...

"A commission of Colorado criminal justice leaders voted Friday to recommend reduced penalties for possessing marijuana and other illegal drugs.

If Colorado legislators adopt the recommendations, possessing up to 4 ounces of marijuana would become a petty offense instead of a criminal misdemeanor, and possessing 8 to 16 ounces would become a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

The Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice also favored lower-level felony charges for possessing a few grams of cocaine or methamphetamine and reducing the charge for illegally possessing various prescription drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor. It excepted possession of "date-rape" drugs, which would remain a felony." Denver Post

Now granted this is a great start. Being personally arrested over ten times in several Colorado cities it is good to see that the judges agree that is time to re-think the drug laws not only in this state but thoughout the country. It is allthoughh not good enough. We will not be happy unless any and all laws regaurding cannabis are removed.

LEAPs Jack Cole discusses support for legalization on Freedom Watch

Breckenridge voters OK marijuana decriminalization

BRECKENRIDGE — Breckenridge residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and paraphernalia under town law. Unofficial results show 71 percent of voters approved the initiative.

“We're done with the days people could laugh off marijuana reform,” said Sean McAllister, Breckenridge attorney and chair of reform group Sensible Breckenridge. “I believe the implicit implications are that we should have a dialogue about taxing marijuana.”

Tuesday's vote means that effective Jan. 1, people 21 and up in Breckenridge will be able to legally possess one ounce or less of the drug...

The rest of the story Summit Daily News...