People attending an Amendment 64 watch party in a bar in Denver on Nov. 6, 2012, celebrate after a local television station announced the marijuana amendment's passage. The amendment would make it legal in Colorado for individuals to possess and for businesses to sell marijuana for recreational use. (Associated Press)
Jake Dimmock, co-owner of the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, works on Nov. 7, 2012, with flowering plants in a grow room in Seattle. (Associated Press)
**FILE** A medical marijuana plant is shown at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle on Nov. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)
Jake Dimmock, co-owner of the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle, works on balancing the pH level of the soil used to grow new medical marijuana plants on Nov. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)
**FILE** An unidentified man lights up his pipe during a marijuana users rally at Civic Center Park across from the Capitol in Denver on April 20, 2010. Thousands of marijuana users gathered for the High Holiday, when pot users traditionally celebrate the drug, to urge Colorado to consider legalizing the drug for recreational use. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** Medical marijuana is packaged for sale in 1-gram packages at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle on Nov. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)
People attending an Amendment 64 watch party in a bar in Denver ... more >The legalization laws allow those 21 and older in Washington state to purchase an ounce of marijuana from a licensed retailer and in Colorado to possess an ounce of the drug and grow as many as six plants in private. The Colorado law is scheduled to go into effect in June. The Washington law starts in December 2013.
As a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is deemed to have a high potential for abuse and has no accepted medical use. Other Schedule 1 drugs include heroin, LSD and Ecstasy.
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Jerry Seper is the investigative editor for The Washington Times.
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