"The U.S. Postal Service is defending a mail carrier who stepped around a Denver man who collapsed and died near his front door."

Even the the prisons aren't safe.

I'm sorry, there is no smoking in the theater:

"Colorado becomes second state to legalize marijuana; Low-key approach contrasts with Washington hoopla" by Kristen Wyatt  |  Associated Press, December 12, 2012

DENVER — Colorado gave a lonely reception to marijuana when it became the second state to legalize the drug. Just as state leaders planned.

On Monday, Governor John Hickenlooper quietly removed the final barrier to legalization by declaring that an amendment passed by voters in November was officially part of the state constitution. He announced the move on Twitter and e-mail after the fact. In response, a handful of marijuana activists celebrated by toking up on the Capitol steps, but there were no crowds and little fanfare.

 That's odd because I was led to believe there would be chaos in the streets and high people everywhere if the state legalized pot. 

It was a different scene in Washington state, which last week became the first state to legalize marijuana. There, activists counted down to legalization outside Seattle landmarks such as the Space Needle. Colorado officials wanted no such revelry.

Hickenlooper, a Democrat who opposed the marijuana measure, said he purposely sought a low-key enactment.

 They are supposed to be the better party, etc.!

Colorado law gave him until Jan. 5 to declare marijuana legal. He told reporters he saw no reason to wait and didn’t see any point in letting marijuana become legal without his proclamation.

‘‘I could have made a bigger deal out of it, you know, tried to make a hoopla out of it,’’ Hickenlooper told reporters after the marijuana declaration.

‘‘But if we are concerned about young people thinking that this . . . is really in some way a tacit endorsement, that’s it’s OK to smoke pot — we’re trying to mitigate that as much as possible,’’ he said.

 I'm always amazed that it is such an issue when we send the kids away to wars based on lies. 

About two dozen marijuana activists gathered outside Hickenlooper’s office on the Capitol steps to pass around joints and bongs after the announcement.

 I might have even taken a hit and I don't even smoke! 

Public consumption in both states remains illegal, but no police officers were in sight of the small celebration in Denver.

 I would like to think they have better things to do, like solve rapes, robberies, and murders. 

‘‘It smells like freedom,’’ said a smiling, puffing Timothy Tipton, a longtime marijuana activist.

 I was wondering what that smelled like!

When Colorado’s marijuana measure passed last month with 55 percent of the vote, Hickenlooper cautioned pot smokers not to get too excited because the drug remains illegal under federal law. Colorado and Washington officials both reached out to federal authorities to see if they planned to sue to block the state pot measures. There’s been no signal, with federal authorities simply repeating that the Controlled Substances Act remains intact.

Hickenlooper said there are still many questions to be answered about how federal authorities plan to respond to state marijuana legalization. Colorado’s measure specifically directs lawmakers to regulate commercial sales of marijuana, something federal authorities have repeatedly said they won’t allow.

 See: Obama Administration Goes to Pot

The governor said he’s not frustrated by the slow federal response.

‘‘They’re going as fast as they can,’’ Hickenlooper said. ‘‘There’s no black and white, right and wrong answer here.’’

Colorado’s constitution now allows adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana and six plants. Hickenlooper has set up a task force of lawmakers, law enforcement, marijuana activists and agriculture officials to suggest how the drug should be regulated. The group has a February deadline for suggesting pot rules, which must be approved by the Legislature.

--more--"

 So where can we go smoke some weed ? 

"Recreational smoking clubs open doors in Colorado" by Kristen Wyatt  |  Associated Press, January 02, 2013

DENVER — With reggae music pumping in the background and flashing disco-style lights, members of the recreational marijuana club lit up in celebration of the new year — and a new place to smoke legally among friends.

Club 64, in an industrial area just north of downtown Denver, opened at 4:20 p.m. on Monday....

The private marijuana dens popped up less than a month after Colorado’s governor signed into law a constitutional amendment allowing recreational marijuana use. Club 64 gets its name from the number of the amendment.

Two Colorado clubs were believed to be the nation’s first legal marijuana dens. The Denver Post reported that a similar club opened Monday in the town of Del Norte.

Colorado’s marijuana amendment prohibits public consumption, and smoke-free laws also appear to ban indoor smokeouts. But Club 64 attorney Robert Corry said private dens are permissible because marijuana is not sold, nor is food or drink.

Chloe Villano, the club owner, said the pot club would meet monthly at different locations, with the $29.99 membership fee good for only one event. On Monday, the pot club was meeting in a hemp-based clothing store near downtown. Hooded sweatshirts and backpacks were shoved to a corner. In the main area, a few small tables sat next to a screen showing ‘‘The Big Lebowski.’’

 They last longer than cotton. 

A bar decorated with blue Christmas lights handed out sodas and Club 64’s official snacks: Goldfish and Cheetos. The snacks were inspired by Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado, who warned marijuana users the night of the marijuana vote, ‘‘Don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.’’

Corry said the pot clubs are intended for people who cannot use marijuana at home because of local ordinances or because their landlords threaten eviction.

‘‘It’s just a place for adults to exercise their constitutional rights together,’’ Corry said. ‘‘We’re not selling pot here.’’

--more--"

 You know, it occurs to me that if the kids smoked pot instead of swallowing the pharmaceutical cocktails that are prescribed down their throats there would be a lot less violence. Only thing potheads attack is refrigerators.