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Colorado Politics, Denver Gazette, Colorado Springs Gazette to host forums on alcohol, ‘magic mushroom’ ballot measures

Colorado Politics, The Denver Gazette and The Colorado Springs Gazette will host a series of virtual forums next week on alcohol-related ballot measures, as well as on the proposal to legalize “magic mushrooms.”  

The forum on three alcohol-related measures is scheduled for Oct. 27 from 8-9 a.m. also via Zoom.  

If approved by voters, Proposition 124 will allow retail liquor stores to apply for and, if approved, increase the number of locations over time, with no limit on the number of locations after 2037. Proposition 125, meanwhile, will licensed grocery and convenience stores that currently sell beer to also sell wine. Finally, Proposition 126 will let third-party companies to deliver alcohol from grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants and other liquor-licensed businesses. If approved, it would make takeout and delivery of alcohol from bars and restaurants permanently available.

Chris Fine and Carolyn Joy, both from Keeping Colorado Local, will represent the “no” campaign to all three measures. John Jaramillo and Michelle Lyng, both from Wine in Grocery Stores, will represent the “yes” campaign. 

Meanwhile, Jim Shpall of Coloradans for Liquor Fairness and House Speaker Alec Garnett will represent the “yes” side on Proposition 124. 

The forum on Proposition 122, which seeks to regulate access to psychedelic mushrooms and decriminalize their use and possession for adults, is scheduled for Nov. 1 from 8-9 a.m. via Zoom. 

To attend, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CQQ3gb4MR8ySMgH6b40LLw.

Luke Niforatos of Protecting Colorado Kids will represent the “no” campaign. The “yes” campaign declined the invitation to debate.   

Details on the ballot measures are available here.  

A voter drops off his ballot at the dropbox outside the Denver Elections Division on Bannock Street on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette)
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