COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT APPLAUDS HISTORIC MARIJUANA REGULATIONS

State Becomes First in World to Regulate Marijuana

DENVER – A group of law enforcement officials is celebrating today after Colorado’s governor John Hickenlooper signed six bills establishing a regulatory framework for the state’s newly legalized marijuana market into law Tuesday. The bills are the result of months of work of a specially appointed task force that looked into the issue and made recommendations for how to implement the proposition legalizing marijuana voters overwhelmingly approved last November.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of law enforcement officials opposed to the war on drugs, while not endorsing all measures called for in the bills, was optimistic about the future of legalized regulation in Colorado.

"Yesterday Colorado became the first place in history to implement full taxation and regulation of marijuana," said former judge Leonard Frieling, a LEAP speaker. "Taxpayers win under this system. Courts win under this system. Schools win under this system. It's a great day for Colorado, and a great day for those who care about sensible drug policy."

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