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65 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 649 (2014-2015)
Colorado's Rollout of Legal Marijuana Is Succeeding: A Report on the State's Implementation of Legalization

handle is hein.journals/cwrlrv65 and id is 689 raw text is: CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW - VOLUME 65 - ISSUE 3 - 2015 COLORADO'S ROLLOUT OF LEGAL MARIJUANA IS SUCCEEDING: A REPORT ON THE STATE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGALIZATION John Hudak ABSTRACT In November 2012, Colorado voters approved Amendment Sixty- Four to the state constitution, allowing for cultivation, processing, and sale of recreational marijuana. The move was unprecedented by any state, national, or international standards, and in the months following, the state began the tremendous task of implementing the voters' will. This required statutory, regulatory, and other changes that would construct and govern a market for cannabis products. With no true model to guide Colorado, the state ultimately moved forward. This Article describes the challenges the state faced in this effort, how it overcame those challenges, and what level of success Colorado has had in dealing with legal marijuana. In the process, this Article walks through the broad framework of the regulatory state and explains why and to what effect the state has achieved its goals. Overall, Colorado has been broadly successful in implementing Amendment Sixty-Four and bringing legal marijuana to the Cen- tennial State. However, the process has not been perfect, as state regulators and officials still face challenges in this new area of public policy. t Fellow, Center for Effective Public Management, Managing Editor, FixGov Blog, The Brookings Institution. Prior to joining Brookings, John served as the program director and as a graduate fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. He holds a B.A. in political science and economics from the University of Connecticut and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Vanderbilt University. Portions of this Article were originally published in John Hudak, Colorado's Rollout of Legal Marijuana Is Succeeding: A Report on the State's Implementation of Legislation, BROOKINGS INST. (2014). 649

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