{"id":1010,"date":"2012-11-28T08:21:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20456"},"modified":"2012-11-28T08:21:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:21:21","slug":"col-gov-hickenlooper-shows-he-is-serious-about-legal-marijuana-by-seeking-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/col-gov-hickenlooper-shows-he-is-serious-about-legal-marijuana-by-seeking-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Col. Gov Hickenlooper Shows He is Serious About Legal Marijuana By Seeking Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/col-gov-hickenlooper-shows-he-is-serious-about-legal-marijuana-by-seeking-task-force\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"237\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hickenlooper1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hickenlooper\" title=\"hickenlooper\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20457\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/col-gov-hickenlooper-shows-he-is-serious-about-legal-marijuana-by-seeking-task-force\/attachment\/hickenlooper-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20457\" title=\"hickenlooper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hickenlooper1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Marijuana activists scored major victories several weeks ago on election day.\u00a0 Colorado residents voted to legalize, regulate, tax, and distribute marijuana.\u00a0 However, the decision is much more complex than simply saying \u201cnow everything is ok\u201d.\u00a0 There many questions to be answered such as the future of current medical dispensaries, tax rates, and law enforcement concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the complexity of the situation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorado.gov\/governor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Governor Hickenlooper<\/a> is seeking to put together a task force to deal with the situation.\u00a0 He recently said \u201cWe are working to create a task force to identify the policy, legal, and procedural issues that need to be resolved related to Amendment 64.\u201d\u00a0 There are not many more details as to how the new law will move forward.\u00a0 However, Colorado lawmakers do appear serious in making sure the new law is upheld. Once the Amendment 64 goes into effect (Dec.6), adults 21 and over will be allowed to possess up to one ounce of marijuana for personal use.\u00a0 Some prosecutors in Colorado are not waiting until December 6<sup>th<\/sup>, and have dismissed current marijuana possession cases that would be legal next week.\u00a0 Authorities in Washington have also taken similar steps.<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Colorado and Washington is showcasing that the conversation has turned an important corner.\u00a0 The economy needs new ideas and a decades long expansion of government has made the public weary.\u00a0 Marijuana reform could generate jobs and tax revenue and also provide the rare expansion of civil rights.\u00a0 Federal authorities could still try to desperately flex their muscle, but as more jobs and revenues are contingent upon legal marijuana it could become increasingly difficult for the feds to simply disregard state laws.\u00a0 So far Attorney General Eric Holder has been silent on the issue.\u00a0 Analysts are unsure if this shows he wishes to avoid the issue and permit the states to operate as they will.\u00a0 Others believe Mr. Holder will soon step down and already a lame duck so he may be waiting for successor to handle the issue.<\/p>\n<p>We at<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net <\/a>are hopeful that elected officials will work alongside the people and abandon the failed policy of aggressively persecuted its own people for non-violent crimes.\u00a0 Additionally, Americans are ready for compromise.\u00a0 In a divided country, the word compromise has seemed to fallen by the wayside recently, but we want to see people behave as adults and work together.\u00a0 We may finally see this with the so called \u201cfiscal cliff\u201d debate as both parties appear ready to strike a deal.\u00a0 We may be seeing the same situation in Colorado as Governor Hickenlooper publicly voiced his opposition to Amendment 64 on multiple occasions.\u00a0 However, we are pleased to see that despite his personal view, he is recognizing his function and job as an elected official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"237\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hickenlooper1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hickenlooper\" title=\"hickenlooper\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20457\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/col-gov-hickenlooper-shows-he-is-serious-about-legal-marijuana-by-seeking-task-force\/attachment\/hickenlooper-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20457\" title=\"hickenlooper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hickenlooper1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Marijuana activists scored major victories several weeks ago on election day.\u00a0 Colorado residents voted to legalize, regulate, tax, and distribute marijuana.\u00a0 However, the decision is much more complex than simply saying \u201cnow everything is ok\u201d.\u00a0 There many questions to be answered such as the future of current medical dispensaries, tax rates, and law enforcement concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the complexity of the situation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorado.gov\/governor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Governor Hickenlooper<\/a> is seeking to put together a task force to deal with the situation.\u00a0 He recently said \u201cWe are working to create a task force to identify the policy, legal, and procedural issues that need to be resolved related to Amendment 64.\u201d\u00a0 There are not many more details as to how the new law will move forward.\u00a0 However, Colorado lawmakers do appear serious in making sure the new law is upheld. Once the Amendment 64 goes into effect (Dec.6), adults 21 and over will be allowed to possess up to one ounce of marijuana for personal use.\u00a0 Some prosecutors in Colorado are not waiting until December 6<sup>th<\/sup>, and have dismissed current marijuana possession cases that would be legal next week.\u00a0 Authorities in Washington have also taken similar steps.<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Colorado and Washington is showcasing that the conversation has turned an important corner.\u00a0 The economy needs new ideas and a decades long expansion of government has made the public weary.\u00a0 Marijuana reform could generate jobs and tax revenue and also provide the rare expansion of civil rights.\u00a0 Federal authorities could still try to desperately flex their muscle, but as more jobs and revenues are contingent upon legal marijuana it could become increasingly difficult for the feds to simply disregard state laws.\u00a0 So far Attorney General Eric Holder has been silent on the issue.\u00a0 Analysts are unsure if this shows he wishes to avoid the issue and permit the states to operate as they will.\u00a0 Others believe Mr. Holder will soon step down and already a lame duck so he may be waiting for successor to handle the issue.<\/p>\n<p>We at<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net <\/a>are hopeful that elected officials will work alongside the people and abandon the failed policy of aggressively persecuted its own people for non-violent crimes.\u00a0 Additionally, Americans are ready for compromise.\u00a0 In a divided country, the word compromise has seemed to fallen by the wayside recently, but we want to see people behave as adults and work together.\u00a0 We may finally see this with the so called \u201cfiscal cliff\u201d debate as both parties appear ready to strike a deal.\u00a0 We may be seeing the same situation in Colorado as Governor Hickenlooper publicly voiced his opposition to Amendment 64 on multiple occasions.\u00a0 However, we are pleased to see that despite his personal view, he is recognizing his function and job as an elected official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[334,492,52,166,957,571,56,9,51,70,1,3,173,61],"tags":[2912,3066,2632,2744,3528,3144,2636,2631,5,2751,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}