Once again, the Republicans have kept the legalization
of Marijuana off the ballot. Legalizing it would give
this broke state enough money to aid the homeless and it would empty our jails. It would provide relief for
cancer victims and seizure patients. This is very personal to me because Bobby was nauseated his last six
weeks and could hardly keep food down. Pot would have
helped him. Colorado has already seen the economic
benefits of legalized weed. The medical benefits are far
reaching.

There is virtually no money allocated for mental health
treatment and preventative services in our state. Our
teachers need a raise. We are about on par with Mississippi when it comes to education but at least we
haven't closed the libraries as has happened there.

There are people serving long jail sentences for having
a few teaspoons of marijuana. We keep expanding private
prisons to have a place to put them. This is utter
nonsense. It is also extremely expensive.