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How High Will Mile High Be? Denver Votes On Pot Issue

Telluride Also Puts Marijuana Issue On Ballot

POSTED: 10:12 am MST November 1, 2005

How high does the Mile High City really want to be?

That's the question Denver voters will answer Tuesday, when they decide whether to make it legal for adults older than 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana.

Question 200 in Telluride also asks voters to set possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults as the lowest enforcement priority for the Telluride Marshal's Department.

Supporters in Denver launched a "Make Denver Safer" campaign that contended the change would help curb domestic violence, which angered local officials. One billboard depicted a battered woman and a man standing behind her, presumably her abuser, with the message, "Reduce family and community violence in Denver. Vote Yes on I-100."

I-100's sponsor is a group called Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation, but it uses SAFER in its advertising and some think the acronym was chosen to confuse voters about the real issue of I-100 -- legalized marijuana.

Even if the initiative passes, it won't make much difference. The city attorney's office has said Denver police would simply file marijuana possession charges under state law, which carries up to a $100 fine and a mandatory $100 drug-offender surcharge.


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