On Jan. 4, 160,000 signatures were submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State that will allow Coloradans to vote on whether we want to regulate marijuana in essentially the same way that we regulate alcohol.

Coloradans will have an opportunity to show America how to introduce sanity into our drug policies.

Conventional wisdom has it that conservatives will oppose legalization, but I think that's dead wrong.

Real Republicans will, without a doubt, support legalization. And, lest you think this simply the fantasy of a libertarian-leaning Boulder Republican, let me point out that Republicans have already shown Coloradans what they think.

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