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June 11, 2012 07:37 PM UTC

Yes on 64 Campaign Welcomes Ken Buck

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  • by: ColoRabble

(Disclosure: I am a proponent of Amendment 64)

The Denver newspaper reported this morning that former senate candidate Ken Buck has been tapped to head up the opposition to Amendment 64, the initiative on the November ballot to regulate marijuana like alcohol.

Betty Aldworth, advocacy director of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, responded to the news with the following statement:

We welcome the news that Ken Buck has been selected to be one of the public faces of their campaign. From the day we turned in our signatures, we have been talking about the importance of reaching out to female voters. We know the decision about whether to continue the policy of marijuana prohibition is a very personal one for many women. As Mr. Buck’s poor performance among women voters in his recent senate bid demonstrated, he is challenged in terms of connecting with women and respecting their concerns. I don’t believe the women of this state will be swayed by Ken Buck telling them how they should vote on this issue. They will consider the facts and make thoughtful decisions on their own. We are comforted by the fact that if as many women support Amendment 64 as opposed Ken Buck in 2010, we will cruise to victory in November.

Mr. Buck joins ‘volunteer’ professional spokespeople and staff who have been trying to make their campaign about youth. We are happy to have that discussion. The simple truth is that marijuana prohibition is the worst possible system in terms of protecting the health and safety of teens. It is easier for teens to find and purchase marijuana on the streets than it is for them to purchase alcohol, and the marijuana being purchased is unregulated, not tested, and not labeled. To make matters worse, those teens who are inevitably going to use marijuana must seek it out in an underground market where they might be exposed to more dangerous drugs like cocaine and heroin. We want to take marijuana out of that market, and establish a controlled system where sales are strictly limited to those 21 and older and vendors demand proof of age. Our opponents want to keep the current, failed system.

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2 thoughts on “Yes on 64 Campaign Welcomes Ken Buck

  1. Anti-64 group asks Attorney General Eric Holder to weigh in against Proposition 64, according to the Denver daily:

    http://www.denverpost.com/poli

    Will Holder do so, listening to Republican Ken Buck?

    Or does the spate of recent articles about how Colorado’s marijuana initiative could sway the election give Holder pause?

    For example:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/comm

    Which is why Colorado is so interesting. A battleground state where Romney and Obama are running dead-even in the polls, the Colorado presidential ballot will also feature a measure asking voters whether or not they support the legalisation of marijuana.

    Traditional wisdom would suggest that those who are enticed to the voting booth by a marijuana measure would be naturally inclined towards voting Democrat. But after four years of dispensary raids and a shifting policy landscape that makes Obama’s views on marijuana look outdated and bizarrely conservative, that’s a risky assumption.

    Other articles on the subject:

    http://www.businessweek.com/ar

    http://www.reuters.com/article

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/

    It will be interesting to see how the administration handles this particular marijuana legalization initative, indeed.  

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