DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana legalization activists in Colorado are turning in signatures to put the question on ballots this fall.
The Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it will turn in some 160,000 signatures in favor of the ballot initiative on Wednesday. That's well above the number of signatures needed to put a question before voters, about 86,000.
The marijuana measure asks voters to make pot possession legal in small amounts for adults over 21, without a doctor's recommendation. The measure would also direct lawmakers to put a steep excise tax on marijuana.
Last month, marijuana activists in Washington state turned in signatures for a ballot measure in that state. Washington authorities are still reviewing those signatures before it's cleared for the ballot.
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