Colorado Proposition 122 Election Results: Decriminalize and Regulate Certain Psychedelics
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51% Yes - 49% No

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As soon as it kicks in, I'm growing pounds of psilocybin to give away. At least five colonies in a constant rotation. :vot

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I considered moving there to grow but it's so much more expensive than other cities nearby. As far as I've heard, no problems have resulted from that decriminalisation.

      edit: I also voted against the alcohol-related measures. Fuck the supermarket chains and fuck small business tyrants, especially the ones who only exist to poison the community. If both lose the rest of society wins. I vote against anything which would increase their profits or lower taxation.

        • happybadger [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          1. Allowing wine and liquor sales in supermarkets that sell beer. The supermarkets are a Kroger monopoly for the most part.

          2. Allowing liquor stores to deliver. I'm on the fence about this because it discourages drunk driving to a liquor store, but where it's locally allowed I've seen it become a big part of the stores' business.

          3. Increasing the number of liquor licenses one person can hold. If someone is wealthy enough to own multiple businesses, they belong in a gulag. I don't want to increase their profit margins across the board or encourage multi-restaurant portfolios.

          • BerserkPoster [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Very interesting that they don't allow wine to be sold with beer, I personally would have voted for that but not 2 or 3

            • happybadger [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              They sell cooking wine with a high sodium content and there are usually liquor stores in the same stripmalls. I'm not sure what the original rationale for separating the two was. It'd be more personally convenient but not enough so to justify enriching Kroger and Whole Foods more. I also voted against lowering the income tax rate along the same lines- it's a few hundred bucks saved for me but tens of thousands if not millions for the wealthiest in the state.

              • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                I’m not sure what the original rationale for separating the two was

                separating them reduces use.

                • happybadger [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  I think there's also some Colorado-specific law for small businesses or something. I saw a reddit comment remarking that all of the liquor stores in the state are family-owned.

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      They were all anti worker and anti small business measures so it got people to unite against them