Using Petitions to get Issues repealed?

[valstar]

Can Colorado do what Montana is doing with trying to repeal legislation that guts their MMJ laws. Can we use petitions to get stuff on the ballot to repeal the laws that pretty much gutted caregivers and other stuff that voters voted on?


If we can't why not? Are our laws different by not allowing this?


If we can why haven't any one tried this here. Are people afraid what may come of the vote?


Can legislation out right repeal MMJ in Colorado in the future like they tried in Montana? Would it pass if it they tried? Can legislation repeal some thing that is in the constitution?

I am really worried with where this is going in the future. It just seems lately like we take 2 steps back for every step forward.

Im okay with some sensible regulations but i just got a gut feeling we havent seen the end of it.

[SoCoMMJ]

of course you can, but it requires a significant effort if you are talking about something at the state level. Lots of signatures to get rounded up.

After that you have to get more than 1/2 of the voters to swing your way.

[DenverRelief]

We are a medical marijuana center, and while I disagree with what has happened to caregivers, I appreciate much of the legislation that has brought legitimacy to a burgeoning industry.

If you are asking whether it is possible to repeal the regulatory measures taken in HB-1284 HB-1083 and SB-109, it's not impossible, but isn't very feasible.

That we have a constitutional amendment for medical marijuana has provided Colorado a modicum of safety from federal scrutiny, but that's a political game.

The momentum in Colorado is going to come to a peak in Nov 2012 when we vote on a regulatory measures allowing legal access to all adults over 21, assuming that the ballot initiatives gather the required signatures.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol is already well on their way to the required 80,000 signatures, so it is very likely that we will vote on this in 2012.

It is my fervent belief that a well regulated and responsible medical marijuana industry will help our chances of legalization in 2012.

Having to deal with the regulations every day is certainly frustrating, and a lot of it seems like BS.

Yet, just maybe, if Coloradoans see that the sky didn't fall, and that retail centers are way better than the black market, not to mention the tax revenue, we might just swing a majority.

Repealing what has already been put in place would be a step backward from our perspective.