{"id":134,"date":"2015-09-01T01:25:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T01:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2016-04-11T16:22:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T23:22:20","slug":"colorado-testing-nations-waters-and-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/colorado-testing-nations-waters-and-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Testing Nation\u2019s Waters and Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to “the greatest social experiment in our history,” as coined by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. \u00a0 The state-level legalization<\/a> of marijuana for medical and personal or recreational use in the\u00a0Centennial state remains as guinea\u00a0pig as it is groundbreaking.<\/p>\n

Colorado Testing Nation’s Waters<\/h2>\n

Though initially opposed to the experiment in his home state, Hickenlooper also now concedes, per this\u00a0interview with Maria Barteromos<\/a>, \u201cvoters spoke and we’re trying to make it work, and I think we are,” reiterating his stance that\u00a0“it’s not as vexing as we thought it was going to be.” \u00a0If Hickenlooper has softened, progress can’t be denied. \u00a0Many take this to mean that marijuana legalization seems to be working out and, perhaps, without the “vexing” headache lawmakers have feared. \u00a0Colorado’s legislative stance may be paving the way for other states to follow suit but working out the kinks – for many legalization supporters – is not without some frustration.<\/p>\n

Case in point: while legal for individuals to use marijuana in the privacy of their own home, private employers, Colorado\u2019s Supreme Court has recently upheld, have the right to fire employees for marijuana use if they so choose. \u00a0That’s right – while perfectly legal, an employee can be fired for off-duty weed consumption if it’s against company policy.<\/p>\n

Marijuana taxes have been incredibly frustrating too for the state. \u00a0The Colorado\u00a0state constitution limits the amount of tax income it can take before residents are due refunds. \u00a0Taxes raised by legal weed, it’s been assumed,\u00a0would greatly benefit the state’s public education system. \u00a0And they will. \u00a0Just how and how much, however, remains cause for more headache. \u00a0“Republicans and Democrats say there’s no good reason to put pot taxes back into people’s pockets,” Huffington Post reported earlier this year<\/a>, “and state officials are scrambling to figure out how to avoid doling out the money (generated by taxes and in excess of constitutional limits).”<\/p>\n

For now, for Colorado, the experiment continues. \u00a0And for the nation, growing impatient with (or otherwise disinterested in) Colorado’s plight to make weed main stream, there’s less and less concern in\u00a0seeing how things play out. \u00a0At least 5 more states are looking to vote on legalizing pot this next year, joining Colorado, Washington and those like Alaska, Oregon and Washington DC who are enjoying their own weed, and logistical headaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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