Colorado voters approve new taxes on recreational marijuana

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A measure to impose hefty taxes on recreational marijuana passed easily Tuesday, as voters across the state overwhelmingly chose to make pot one of the most heavily taxed consumer products in Colorado.

At 10 p.m., Proposition AA was leading 65 percent to 35 percent.

The measure led a clean sweep of marijuana tax proposals on ballots across Colorado. From Boulder to Littleton to Denver, from Breckenridge and Silverthorne to Pueblo County to tiny Red Cliff, voters approved marijuana tax measures by large margins.

"The passage of Proposition AA today completes the historic process of regulating and taxing marijuana in the state of Colorado," Brian Vicente, one of the architects of marijuana legalization and a proponent of the tax measure, said in a statement.

the rest from the denver post

i'll hit up a shop just to say i was able to buy it legally, but the cost won't be much different than what we're paying now. plus we're able to now grow our own, so i don't know that i'll frequent those shops.

[zbdent]

1. Wonder if TEABagistan (not my own word for the ceremonial 5 counties) will have marijuana legal,

and if it will tax it?

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2. i have a feeling they'll ban the shops

it will be legal, but likely not legally available outside growing your own. the tax is state-wide, so it will be taxed if they do have retail shops.

[Scuba]

3. I knew I liked you.

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4. seems things are being handled counter-intuitively

between the taxes and the provision in the amendment itself that allows cities to ban pot shops, it doesn't seem like they're doing much to regulate pot like alcohol or encourage people to stop buying it off the street.