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This should be interesting.Plus, hemp production.I foresee some interesting butting heads with the Feds, and lots of role reversals over how federalism is supposed to work.Reshared post from +The Denver PostUPDATE: An amendment that would make it legal in Colorado for individuals to possess and for businesses to sell\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30758,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/22\/colorado-ballot-propositions-2012-amendment-24.html","url_meta":{"origin":31407,"position":3},"title":"Colorado Ballot Propositions 2012: Amendment 64","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 22-Oct-12 10:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the one making all the national news: Legalized Marijuana. (UPDATE: Thanks, Stan, noting that it's Amendment 64,\u00a0not 24. Corrected.) 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