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NBC affiliated has projected that Colorado in a historic vote that will reverberate around the nation will pass Amendment 64 and would legalize marijuana. News networks have begun to confirm that Colorado’s Amendment 64 has been passed by voters by a vote of 53% to 47% (with 38% of the vote tallied).
This marks the first time in history that a state has moved for legalizing marijuana outright for adult consumers. The vote demonstrates that cannabis prohibition is a failed, unpopular policy, like alcohol prohibition before it, which largely relies on state and local enforcement. The prohibition of alcohol came to an end when some states enacted legislation repealing the state’s alcohol prohibition laws.
Till now, no state in the United States of America has defined cannabis as a legal commodity though some state laws do provide for legal exceptions that permit certain qualified patients to possess specific amounts of cannabis as needed. But with this development from Colorado, cannabis has been classified as a legal product that may be lawfully possessed and consumed by adults.
