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Breckenridge to vote on legalizing marijuana for all adults
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Breckenridge, Colorado
In a few days, the voters of Breckenridge will decide whether marijuana should be legal for all adults in the mountain town.
Well, sort of. Even if the measure passes (which it seems likely to do), possession of marijuana is still illegal in Colorado (unless you are authorized to use medicinal marijuana) and under federal law. The administration's recent policy shift tolerating marijuana users who comply with state law will not have any protection for the Breckenridge law, which will indeed conflict with both state and federal laws.
Other cities around the country (including Denver) have passed laws lowering the priority of marijuana crimes, but since state and federal laws trump local codes, the actions are merely symbolic.
Still, supporters of marijuana legalization are encouraged by Breckenridge's pending law and note that this may be the first city to legalize pot paraphernalia as well. Most encouraging to many legalization proponents, and perhaps most alarming to those who do not support legalization, is the implication that perhaps the nation's mood on marijuana is slowly changing.
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