Uso e regulação da maconha

Amendment 64

Use and Regulation of Marijuana

Ballot Title: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning marijuana,

and, in connection therewith, providing for the regulation of marijuana; permitting a person

twenty-one years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana; providing

for the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail

stores; permitting local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities; requiring the general

assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that

the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital

construction assistance fund; and requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing

the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp?

Text of Measure:

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:

Article XVIII of the constitution of the state of Colorado is amended BY

THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:

Section 16. Personal use and regulation of marijuana

(1) Purpose and findings.

(a) IN THE INTEREST OF THE EFFICIENT USE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

RESOURCES, ENHANCING REVENUE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, AND INDIVIDUAL

FREEDOM, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO FIND AND DECLARE THAT

THE USE OF MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGAL FOR PERSONS TWENTY-ONE YEARS

OF AGE OR OLDER AND TAXED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO ALCOHOL.

(b) IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR

CITIZENRY, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO FURTHER FIND AND

DECLARE THAT MARIJUANA SHOULD BE REGULATED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO

ALCOHOL SO THAT:

(I) INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF AGE BEFORE PURCHASING

MARIJUANA;

(II) SELLING, DISTRIBUTING, OR TRANSFERRING MARIJUANA TO MINORS

AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE SHALL REMAIN

ILLEGAL;

(III) DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA SHALL REMAIN

ILLEGAL;

(IV) LEGITIMATE, TAXPAYING BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND NOT CRIMINAL

ACTORS, WILL CONDUCT SALES OF MARIJUANA; AND

(V) MARIJUANA SOLD IN THIS STATE WILL BE LABELED AND SUBJECT TO

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED AND

PROTECTED.

(c) IN THE INTEREST OF ENACTING RATIONAL POLICIES FOR THE

TREATMENT OF ALL VARIATIONS OF THE CANNABIS PLANT, THE PEOPLE OF

COLORADO FURTHER FIND AND DECLARE THAT INDUSTRIAL HEMP SHOULD BE

REGULATED SEPARATELY FROM STRAINS OF CANNABIS WITH HIGHER DELTA-9

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) CONCENTRATIONS.

(d) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO FURTHER FIND AND

DECLARE THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND FAIRNESS IN

THE APPLICATION OF THIS SECTION THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THAT,

THEREFORE, THE MATTERS ADDRESSED BY THIS SECTION ARE, EXCEPT AS

SPECIFIED HEREIN, MATTERS OF STATEWIDE CONCERN.

(2) Definitions. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE

REQUIRES,