Colorado Amendment 64
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Colorado Amendment 64 was a popular initiative in Colorado to legalize and regulate cannabis as an intoxicant analogous to alcohol.
In the 2012 election in the United States on November 6th, coinciding with the presidential election , 55.32% voted for legalization and 44.68% against. The regulation was incorporated into the state constitution as Article 18, Section 16. The first stores opened on January 1, 2014, with worldwide media coverage.
Other states
Similar initiatives were put to the vote in the November 6, 2012 elections in Washington and Oregon :
- In Washington, the Washington Initiative 502 , which also won.
- In Oregon, the Oregon Ballot Measure 80 , which lost in 2012 but also won as the Oregon Ballot Measure 91 in 2014.
Nine US states have now legalized cannabis (as of early 2018).
See also
- California Proposition 64 a similar 2016 proposal in California that was adopted
- Legal aspects of cannabis
- Liberty rights
Web links
- Text of Colorado Amendment 64 ( March 7, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Legalization of Cannabis: Colorado Launches Free Sales of Marijuana. In: Spiegel Online . January 1, 2014, accessed February 6, 2017 .
