Vote Cast in Breckenridge Colo.

Marijuana Moves Into the Open in a Ski Town 

- courtesy of The New York Times

Last week, a town vote was cast in Breckenridge Colorado decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The town has been known in the past for its partying so the locals don't appear very surprised by this turn of events.   

“It’s been here forever,” said Ms. Vogt, who works for a property maintenance company when not on the mountain. “Now people can just be more comfortable walking down the street having some marijuana in their pocket — definitely including me.”

Not everyone is for the ordinance, obviously, businesses especially don't seem to ken on the idea and are enforcing precautions to protect their clients.

"A spokeswoman for Breckenridge Resort, Kelly Ladyga, said that resort employees were already trained to be “hypervigilant” in watching people for dangerous behavior from drugs or alcohol and that the company reserved the right to test any employee for drugs if “reasonable suspicions” are raised or an accident occurs." 

“I don’t think that’s the type of person we want flocking into Breckenridge,” said Ms. Musso who owns a Christmas store in Breckenridge. I'm assuming what she means when saying the type of person she is referring to what she views as the "Pot-smoking crowd".   

Damn, those heathen pot smokers.