[Source: By John Ingold, The Denver Post]
Marijuana advocates late Monday fought
back an effort that could have halted Colorado's plans for legal
marijuana shops, ending a debate that swept through the state Capitol
like a dust devil for a little more than three hours.
The proposal,
Senate Concurrent Resolution 3,
would have put two separate constitutional measures before the voters
in November. The first would have asked voters to approve special sales
and excise taxes on recreational marijuana. If that measure failed, a
second measure would have asked voters whether they wanted to suspend
recreational marijuana sales.
The resolution was introduced at
about 6 p.m. on the third-to-last day of the legislative session — the
absolute last moment it could have been formally proposed. It was
sponsored by two dozen senators, including Senate President John Morse.
And it cleared a Senate committee less than
an hour after it was
introduced.
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