Is Denver Going to Pot?

[xoxoxoBruce]

I ran across this on a website which had labeled it a "strange news item".
Is it real?

Denver became the first city in the nation to make the private use of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older as an alternative to alcohol, a far more harmful drug. By 10.45 p.m. Tuesday night, with 100% of the votes tallied, the Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative had passed 53.49% YES to 46.51% NO. The Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative is the first local measure in the nation to draw a comparison between the harms of alcohol and marijuana. The successful I-100 campaign focused on the vast number of health, safety and social problems associated with alcohol use, promoting marijuana use to avoid the prevalence of such problems. The campaign pointed to government reports and scholarly studies that show alcohol is a contributing factor in domestic violence, sexual assaults, and other violent crimes, as well as overdose deaths, whereas the use of marijuana has never been linked to such violent behavior and there has never been a marijuana overdose death in history. Colorado Medical Marijuana certificate "It is time our laws reflect the facts, and it is an indisputable fact that marijuana is safer than alcohol, both to the user and to society," said Mason Tvert, executive director of SAFER and coordinator of the I-100 campaign. "Current laws accept and even encourage the use of alcohol over marijuana, thus pushing people toward using a more harmful substance. Why on earth would we prohibit an adult from making the rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol in their own home?" By approving the I-100, the use of marijuana in public, the use of marijuana by people under 21, driving under the influence of marijuana, and the cultivation and distribution of marijuana would all remain illegal, much like with alcohol.

[Happy Monkey]

Yes, it's real, but state and federal cops will still bust you. Of course, if more local governments do it, states and feds will have to give up eventually.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Well, at least peyote won't hurt you.

[capnhowdy]

Now they will have to raise the speed limits, put a traffic signal at the entrance of every McDonald's, and pass a new law that prohibits DWCLQ. (driving while consuming large quantities)

It's all about the money, boys.

Big Dan Teague in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"

[BigV]

Not "legal" but unimportant in Seattle.

Seattle Voters Tell Police to Make Marijuana Possession Lowest Priority