Endorsements & Supporters

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• Former U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo

• San Miguel County Board of County Commissioners

• State Sen. Shawn Mitchell

• State Rep. Jonathan Singer

• Chris Nevitt, Council Member, Denver City Council

• Andrea Mérida, Board Member, Denver Public Schools Board of Education

• Karen Kellen, President, Lakewood City Council

• Bob Vermeulen, Council Member, Golden City Council

• Christine Berg, Council Member, Lafayette City Council

• Leo McKinney, Council Member and Mayor Pro-Tem, Glenwood Springs City Council

• Tanya Ishikawa, Council Member, Federal Heights City Council

• Thom Carnevale, Council Member, Telluride Town Council

• Karin Teague, Council Member, Basalt Town Council

• Dennis Wied, Council Member, Cañon City

• Gary Brovetto, Council Member, Woodland Park City Council

• Art Goodtimes, County Commissioner, San Miguel County Commission

• Frosty Merriott, Trustee, Carbondale Board of Trustees

• John M. Bauer, Berthoud Town Trustee

• Doug K. Wilson, Colorado State Public Defender

• Paul Weissmann, Former Colorado Senator and State House Majority Leader

• Bob Hagedorn, Former Colorado State Senator

• Gary Lindstrom, Former Colorado State Representative, Summit County Commissioner, and police officer

• Bob Crane, Former Colorado State Representative

• Crystal Gray, Former Deputy Mayor, City of Boulder

• Paul Danish, Former Boulder City Councilman and Boulder County Commissioner

• Ed Bruder, Former Trustee, Lyons Board of Trustees

• Kim Cordova, President, United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 7

• Cindy Lowery-Graber, Chair, Democratic Party of Denver

• Rosemary Harris Lytle, President, NAACP Colorado Montana Wyoming State Conference

• Dan Schoen, Executive Director, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar

• Miriam Peña, Co-Executive Director, Colorado Progressive Coalition

• Jason McKain, Co-Executive Director, Colorado Progressive Coalition

• Steve Fenberg, Executive Director, New Era Colorado

• Hon. Leonard J. Frieling, Former Municipal Judge, City of Lafayette

• Sean McAllister, Former Colorado Assistant Attorney General

• Lauren Davis, Former Denver Senior Deputy District Attorney

• Ann Toney, Former Deputy District Attorney in Colorado’s Seventh, Ninth and Eighteenth Judicial Districts

• Titus Peterson, Former Deputy District Attorney, Colorado's Fifth Judicial District

• Robert Knepel, Former Deputy District Attorney, Colorado's Nineteenth Judicial District

• Tony Ryan, Former Police Lieutenant, Denver Police Dept.

• Jason Thomas, Former Deputy Town Marshal, Town of Holly; former Detention Officer, Prowers County Jail

• Lynda Carter, Former Police Officer, Polk County Sheriff’s Department and Eagle Lake Police Department (FL), Pagosa Springs

• Griffin Lott, Former Senior Patrol Deputy and Field Training Officer, Travis County Sheriff's Office (TX), Denver

• Tim Allport, Former Colorado Correctional Officer and Drug Treatment Specialist, Federal Bureau of Prisons

• Dr. Erika Joye, PhD, Nationally Certified School Psychologist

• Ved Nanda, Board Member, Colorado Interfaith Alliance; Honorary President, World Jurist Association; Former Honorary Vice President, American Society of International Law; Advisory Council Member, United States Institute of Human Rights; Former United States Delegate and Executive Council Vice-Chair, World Federation of the United Nations Associations-Geneva; Former Board Member, United Nations Association-USA; Elected Member, American Law Institute; Council member, American Bar Association Section of International Law

Media

• Aurora Sentinel

• Boulder Weekly

• The Aspen Times

• Pagosa Springs Sun

• OutFront Colorado

• Dave Perry, Editor, Aurora Sentinel

• Jeralyn Merritt, Attorney and Founder of TalkLeft.com

• Greg Campbell, Former Editor, Fort Collins Weekly

Organizations

• Colorado Democratic Party (2012 platform expresses official support for Amendment 64)

• Boulder County Democratic Party (2012 platform expresses official support for Amendment 64)

• Delta County Democratic Party

• Denver County Democratic Party (2012 platform expresses official support for "the decriminalization of marijuana and allowing its sale, regulation, and taxation similar to alcohol, subject to local control")

• Douglas County Democratic Party

• Eagle County Democratic Party

• El Paso County Democratic Party

• Elbert County Democratic Party

• Jefferson County Democratic Party

• La Plata County Democratic Party

• Larimer County Democratic Party

• Pitkin County Democratic Party

• Pueblo County Democratic Party

• Routt County Democratic Party

• Weld County Democratic Party

• Republican Liberty Caucus

• Libertarian Party of Colorado

• Green Party of Denver

• Colorado Latino Forum

• United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 7

• Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association (OPCMIA) Local 577

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Colorado Montana Wyoming State Conference

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado

• Colorado Criminal Defense Bar

• National Lawyers Guild, Colorado Chapter

• Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition

• Colorado-CURE

• Colorado Progressive Coalition

• ProgressNow Colorado

• New Era Colorado

• Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center

• Progressive Outreach Colorado

• Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER)

• Sensible Colorado

• Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America

National

Individuals

• David L. Nathan, MD, Director of Continuing Medical Education, Princeton HealthCare System; Clinical Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

• Gary Johnson, Former Two-term Republican governor of New Mexico

• Hon. James P. Gray, Former Superior Court Judge of Orange County; Former member of: the Advisory Board of the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs; the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Juvenile Law; and the Alcohol Advisory Board to the Orange County Board of Supervisors

• Pat Robertson, Evangelist and Founder of the Christian Coalition (Publicly expressed support for ballot initiatives seeking to treat marijuana like alcohol)

• Rick Steves, Travel Guru, Author, and Television Personality

• Javier Sicilia, Mexican Poet, Journalist, and Peace Activist

• Richard Lee, Founder of Oaksterdam University

Organizations

• Marijuana Policy Project

• Drug Policy Alliance

• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

• Students for Sensible Drug Policy

• Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

• Women’s Marijuana Movement

• Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies

• City of Oakland Cannabis Regulatory Commission