Re: Mile high city gets Higher
well all, being that i live in englewood, a suburb of denver, this is what's going down. first, it only involves the city and county of denver, not surrounding areas, i.e.-lakewood, englewood, sheridan, arvada, northglenn, westminster, etc. all suburbs are uniformly subject to their perspective county's laws. those counties being jefferson, arapahoe, adams, and douglas county. the weird thing is that the county of denver IS the city of denver. they are one and the same. boulder county has a law somewhat like this, but it is an indoor policy, basically stating that as long as you are indoors, police can not walk up to your door and bust you for pot, as long as there isn't any being smoked outside, whether it's on your property or not. boulder is where the university of colorado is located. back to denver. it is not illegal to carry under an ounce. it is, however, illegal to buy, sell, or grow, so, the question really is; how do you get it? it is almost the same as the farse back in the '20's i believe was the time. that was what illegalized it in the first place. the law was: you could carry up to one ounce as long as you paid the tax on it, but, to get the tax stamp you had to go to some federal taxing house in washington d.c.(specifically) and purchase the stamp there, but, you also had to have the weed with you to obtain it, however, it was illegal to carry it without the stamp, which you didn't have until entering the taxing building, where, low and behold, there were officers waiting to take you into custody, BEFORE you could purchase said stamp. hasn't changed really. state law trumps county, federal law trumps state(unless the state secedes). no matter how you dice it up, somebody will be deep enough in dire straights to get a prosecution that somebody's going to jail. until the laws change at the state AND federal levels, you can still be hit! think about this though, how often do you see a state trooper or a federal marshall patrol your neighborhood? yup, that's about how often i see them, really never! plus, when's the last time you saw a stoner go on a killing spree, or a raping party? i know when i'm chiefin' it, i'd rather sit in front of my cpu and get on the forums
