Associated Press: Marijuana activists in Colorado to turn in legalization petition

Marijuana legalization activists in Colorado are turning in signatures Wednesday to put the question on ballots this fall.

The Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it will turn in some 160,000 signatures in favor of the ballot initiative, well above the roughly 86,000 signatures needed to put the question before voters.

The marijuana measure asks voters to make pot possession legal in small amounts for adults over 21, without a doctor's recommendation. The measure would also direct lawmakers to put a steep excise tax on marijuana.

The state has 30 days to certify signatures and decide whether the pot measure will be on ballots. If approved, the marijuana question would be the first cleared for Colorado's 2012 election...

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