Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) said Tuesday his state's recreational marijuana law is not "reckless," as he called it a day earlier, but "risky."
“Context is everything," Hickenlooper said in a statement, first reported by International Business Times. "I was asked if I thought it was [emphasis Hickenlooper's office] reckless to legalize marijuana in Colorado -— perhaps risky is a better word. While I believe it was risky for Colorado to be the first state to step away from a failed federal policy given all of the unanswered legal questions and implications, the adoption of Amendment 64 by Colorado voters sent a clear message to the federal government that marijuana should be legal and regulated."
