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Breckenridge is still a bit hazy on the repercussions of their new pot measure.
It was immediately considered largely symbolic since pot possession remains a state crime for people without medical clearance, but supporters said they wanted to send a message to local law enforcement to stop arresting small-time pot smokers.
Legal analyst Royal Oakes told a Chicago-based website that the vote was part of a slippery slope strategy that marijuana advocates are using in an effort to legalize the recreational drug across the United States.
Breckenridge police chief Rick Holman warns that the measure will not give residents a free pass to light up in the middle of the street. “I actually think the violations will increase,” he says, “because people will think they can walk up and down Main Street smoking marijuana. And that’s not what [measure] 2F did.”
Nevertheless, other Colorado counties are considering similar measures to the one in Breckenridge.
Durango may be the next Colorado ski town to legalize up to an ounce of pot and the paraphernalia used to smoke it, and a group called Sensible Durango is preparing to put a ballot question in front of Durango voters in November 2010.
Others are having an opposite reaction to the new Breckenridge law. Some skiing families have expressed dismay online at what they fear may become a bad skiing environment for their children.
“It’s tough enough today to be a parent without having deal with these added benefits,” read a comment on a ski industry website. ” No only does Breck[enridge] close it’s doors to all of the families trying to do the right thing, it should be fun seeing how the ski company handles it’s next [workers' compensation] claim or accident where someone was “under the influence”…..Where’s this world going.”
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“No only does Breck[enridge] close it’s doors to all of the families trying to do the right thing, it should be fun seeing how the ski company handles it’s next [workers' compensation] claim or accident where someone was “under the influence”…..Where’s this world going.”
Again, some puritan with horse blinders on cannot see beyond his nose. By any data set, alcohol is ad-infinitum worse for this society than marijuana EVER will be. Yet, where is this shrill voice in the woods crying out “OMG, Breckenridge is honoring the legal status of alcohol for adults who are over 21! Goodness gracious, me oh my; Breckenridge is closing it’s doors to all of the families trying to do the right thing!!”
Or how about the goofy comment about workman’s comp.? I am no expert on the subject, but why wouldn’t the same rules that apply to being loaded on alcohol apply to being stoned on the job…vis-a-vis a workman’s comp claim? Goodness gracious! This isn’t rocket science. For that matter it isn’t even a sixth grade science book about dinosaur bones. This is just plain old common sense! You would think that capable enough to build up enough of a bank account to own a home in Breckenridge would also be able to use common sense.
Maybe it is a syndrome of wealth though, like when Bush senior didn’t know who to use a scanner at the grocery store.