Pubdate: Wed, 04 May 2016
Source: Elko Daily Free Press (NV)
Copyright: 2016 Elko Daily Free Press
Contact:  http://www.elkodaily.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2326
Author: Jim Hartman

'BIG MARIJUANA' CAMPAIGN ON THE HORIZON

Editor:

Nevada voters should brace against millions of dollars from 
out-of-state "Big Marijuana" interests supporting legalization of 
recreational pot on the November ballot.

These corporate pot promoters will try to repeat what worked for them 
in legalizing marijuana in Colorado in 2012. There, they financially 
overwhelmed opponents by 5 to 1, spending $3.4 million (90 percent 
from outside Colorado) in passing legalization.

The enormous financial advantage for pro-pot advertising in Colorado 
overcame opposition to legalization from most all public officials -- 
across the political spectrum from liberal Democrats, like Denver 
Mayor Hancock and Colorado Governor Hickenlooper, to Republicans, 
like Attorney General Suthers and Tea Party favorite Congressman Buck.

The two leading newspapers in Colorado, the "liberal" Denver Post and 
the "conservative" Colorado Springs Gazette, both opposed legalization.

"Big Marijuana" will repeat their Colorado advertising falsehoods in 
Nevada - that "regulation" of marijuana means the end of "black 
markets" and that marijuana taxes will be used for education. The 
Colorado Attorney General and the Governor's "Weed Czar" refute both 
claims as myths.

Jim Hartman

Genoa
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