Rant & Rave: "Sniff-Test" Ordinance and Jon Koenigsberg  By Luc
Hatlestad      October 25, 2013 1:45 PM  Rant: This Is Why
People Become Libertarians  In a severely misguided effort to
dampen Colorado's new legalized marijuana laws, Denver's city
council has recently been debating an ordinance that would ban
public possession or consumption of the drug in parks and along
the 16th Street Mall. That part makes sense; the rest of it, not
so much.  The law, which was drafted by District 7 Councilman
Chris Nevitt (who, ironically, has long been one of the
council's more open-minded members regarding Amendment
64-related issues), goes way beyond establishing guidelines
similar to existing open container regulations on alcohol.
The proposal would also repeal the 2007 initiative (which was
approved by voters) that lowered the police department's
priority level around enforcing marijuana violations; it defines
"open" to include the sight or smell of the drug; and it defines
"public" so broadly as to include cars or ev