Colorado Marijuana Legalization Campaign
Legalize 2012

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Comparison of Colorado Cannabis (Marijuana) Ballot Initiatives

Read a comparison between the Legalize2012.com Initiative and Initiative 30.

TIMELINE:

Jan. - Feb. 2012: Collect pre-petition signatures online.

March 2012: Start collecting signatures, if funding is adequate
(about 80,000 valid signatures needed of Colorado registered voters)

Aug. 2012: Turn in signatures to Secretary of State for verification

Nov. 6, 2012: ELECTION DAY!
VOTE FOR LEGALIZATION

DON'T BE FOOLED BY COMPETITORS!

Fear not! For those of you who want to see cannabis taken out of the hands of the Department of Revenue armed regulatory agents and end the long compliance nightmare that is making it impossible for anyone but the very rich to participate in Colorado's highly-regulated cannabis industry (oligopoly), the Legalize2012.com campaign is working to write a "true legalization" ballot initiative for the November 2012 ballot that will guarantee more reasonable regulations.

The MPP/DPA/NORML/Sensible/SAFER Fake Legalization ballot initiative gives sweeping authority to the Department of Revenue to control marijuana and is not true legalization and is not similar to alcohol. Read the history of how this group is tries to divide cannabis supporters.

Polls show that 49% of Colorado citizens favor "legalization" of marijuana.

Let's give the voters of Colorado what they want!

Does Colorado need an extra $18 million in sales tax?

Do you want to stop the funding of illegal drug gangs?

Do you want to make your community safer?

Then it's time to end Prohibition -- again!

Legalize 2012 is putting a citizen's initiative on the ballot in Colorado in 2012 to amend the Constitution to re-legalize cannabis and hemp for all uses. The Legalize 2012 Project is a grassroots organization working with all cannabis activists in the state to write an initiative that has a broad base of support.

Cannabis Taxation Raises Money for State

CNN estimates that Colorado would gain an extra $17.6 million in tax revenue if marijuana were legalized today.

Practical Cannabis Regulation Helps Medical Patients

For medical cannabis patients, the Legalize 2012 Constitutional Amendment is an important step in fixing Amendment 20, Colorado's flawed medical marijuana law that was passed by voters in 2000. Amendment 20 was poorly-written by out-of-state interests and has allowed the state to take over the medical marijuana program to the point where there is now a new branch of law enforcement dedicated to fingerprinting and videotaping patients and tracking every gram of cannabis from "seed to sale." Citizens can write a better initiative that will allow all adult Coloradans to have safe access to cannabis, thus protecting the rights of sick people to also have unfettered, safe access.

Get involved in the real grassroots effort to put an initiative on the ballot in Colorado: Legalize 2012.

Jack Herer (June 18, 1939 - April 15, 2010) was the author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes and the founder of the modern cannabis and hemp re-legalization movement. Since cannabis is one of the safest substances on the planet, he believed there should be no unreasonable restrictions on cannabis cultivation and use by adults. His freedom-based model rejects the sin taxes and over-regulation promoted in law enforcement models. Cannabis should only be subject to normal sales tax, like any other herbal product.

A ballot initiative is a citizen-initiated proposal for a new law. In Colorado, the General Assembly creates most new laws, but the citizens also retain the power to bring new laws directly to a vote of the people through the ballot initiative. The ballot initiative process was designed so that citizens could bring forth proposals that are too controversial or unpopular for the General Assembly to tackle. The process starts by the citizens getting together to write the law. Then they collect signatures on petitions. If enough signatures are collected (about 86,000 signatures of Colo. registered voters are required), then the law goes on the ballot to be voted on by the people. Legalize2012.com began the process in May 2010. We are working with citizens all over the state to draft language that has a broad base of support. Signatures would be collected on the petitions starting in February 2012 and would be due Aug. 6, 2012. The General Election is November 6, 2012.

The Legalize 2012 Project is currently forming a ballot initiative language committee. Please contact us to get involved or donate.

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