Nederland, CO Legalizes Marijuana

By Jeralyn, Section Colorado News
Posted on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 03:37:07 PM EST
Tags: marijuana reform (all tags)

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Voters in Nederland, Colorado (15 miles west of Boulder) yesterday approved an initiative removing criminal penalties for adult marijuana offenses. The ordinance reads:

Shall the electors of the town of Nederland adopt an amendment to the Nederland town code, effective June 1, 2010, removing all criminal penalties under town law to buy, sell, possess, consume, transport, cultivate, manufacture and dispense marijuana and its concentrate and related paraphernalia by persons twenty one years of age and older?”

482 votes were tallied. On the marijuana initiative, the vote was 259 to 218.

In November, Breckenridge legalized possession of up to one ounce. Question: Is Nederland the first municipality to legalize selling of marijuana for recreational (vs. medical)use?

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Maybe Nederland will be famous for something (5.00 / 1) (#1)
by ruffian on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 03:38:10 PM EST

other than the frozen dead guy now!

Perhaps it will become famous (none / 0) (#2)
by Inspector Gadget on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 03:42:12 PM EST

for increasing its population faster than the state of California did during the great gold rush.


my thoughts (none / 0) (#9)
by Capt Howdy on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 04:05:47 PM EST

exactly. I was just locating it on a map and considering.


: My favorite spa resort (none / 0) (#16)
by ruffian on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 10:12:55 PM EST

is right up the road - Gold Lake Lodge. I can't don't think they are technically in Nederland though. Good place to stay for a visit though.

Nederland (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by CST on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 03:50:25 PM EST

anyone else find it ironic that one of the first places to legalize it here is called Nederland?

: Yep, my first thought. (none / 0) (#15)
by jeffinalabama on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 09:26:46 PM EST

I spent a lot of time there (5.00 / 1) (#13)
by Repack Rider on Wed Apr 07, 2010 at 07:41:26 PM EST

In the summer of 1970 there was a sign in the grocery store, "Only one hippie in the store at a time."

Seven years later I worked at a recording session at Caribou Ranch just up the road, and the hippie musician money had changed