OK. Got it. Small amounts of marijuana possessed and used at home would be legal. In public, still illegal.
"during the 2005-06 state budget year, state courts convicted 3,700 adults for possession of such amounts of marijuana."
AHA! The implication being that if Amendment 44 is passed, the state would not have to bother with these 3,700 court cases, thereby saving the state time and money on these Mickey Mouse possession cases.
But wait.
Did all these 3,700 cases involve possession AT HOME? I find that very hard to believe. This figure of 3,700 involves ALL possession cases under one ounce, at home or in public.
Question. How many of these 3,700 cases do you honestly believe involved an arrest and conviction for possession of a small amount at home? I'll wager good money it was less than 10. Probably less than 5.
Well whoop dee friggin' do. They're solving a "problem" that isn't a "problem". Not that we should expect honesty from a group like SAFER. Not the group that put up billboards in Denver saying that if the voters passed I-100, domestic violence would be reduced (never telling the voters that I-100 legalized marijuana, marijuana was less likely to induce violence than alcohol, wife beating alcoholics would switch from alcohol to marijuana, and voila!, domestic violence would therefore be reduced).
Probably couldn't fit all that on the billboard.