Colorado Governor may have lost re-election with his comments about "reckless" legalization...

....of marijuana?

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Hickenlooper faces a tight race for re-election in November. It's not clear why he would bash a marijuana law approved by a strong majority of voters. The rollout of the law appears to be "succeeding" and most voters continue to support it, even though state regulation of marijuana sales isn't perfect.

"Politically, it’s a pretty reckless statement," Mason Tvert, a key backer of legalization, told The Huffington Post. "Gov. Hickenlooper was elected by 51 percent of the state’s voters, whereas 55 percent approved the marijuana initiative in 2012. Some of them might now be thinking they made a pretty reckless decision when they voted him into office."

Tvert added that he finds it odd that Hickenlooper, who was a beer brewer before becoming governor and made his fortune selling alcoholic beverages, would oppose legalization of a substance historically controlled by criminals and cartels.

Marijuana legalization passed 55 percent to 45 percent in Colorado in 2012, and made headlines for being more popular than President Barack Obama with voters.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/john-hickenlooper-marijuana-reckless_n_5942586.html