Push on to Allow More Places to Use Cannabis in Denver

June 18, 2015
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The same activists who in 2012 successfully legalized the cultivation, sale and use of recreational marijuana in Colorado have started their next big initiative: the push to allow pot consumption in places now off-limits.

Activists want a measure on Denver’s November ballot that asks voters to OK allowing marijuana consumption in commercial establishments — including bars and clubs — that meet certain guidelines.

They hope to get the question approved by the clerk and recorder’s office and gather more than 4,700 signatures before summer’s end.

In order to get the proposal on the November 2015 ballot, Assistant City Attorney David Broadwell said the petition would have to be “signed, sealed and delivered” by Sept. 3. [Read more at The Cannabist in The Denver Post]

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