This happened last week, but I sort of forgot about it until some friends brought it up last night. Hats off to Denver for making inroads towards a sane drug policy.

Voters here approved making Denver the first major city to legalize small amounts of marijuana, but the mayor warned that state law still makes possession of the drug illegal.
“OK of pot issue gives new meaning to Mile High City,” said Wednesday’s headline in the Rocky Mountain News. The measure, which passed Tuesday with 54% of the vote, says adults 21 and older may possess up to an ounce of marijuana without penalty in the city.

USA Today.