The most public political position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is to work against the legalisation of gay marriage.
"The medicinal marijuana industry in Colorado was a model for how legalisation can work – it works pretty darn well," said Betty Aldworth, of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.
It is far from certain that decriminalisation, regulation or legalisation would work.
He elaborated that criminals are criminals, and that he seriously doubted that the narcothugs would simply go to work at Microsoft if legalisation undercut their business model.
Different drugs may need different types of regulation and legalisation may work best if it operated somewhat differently in different countries.
As the task-force wrapped up its work Mr Hickenlooper, a legalisation sceptic, told members that although he feared the unforeseen consequences of Amendment 64, he acknowledged the need for pragmatism.
The most comprehensive framework of how cannabis legalisation could work in Britain also suggests that small-scale licensed "cannabis social clubs" should be set up and that homegrown cultivation of up to four plants for personal use should be allowed.
There are feminist arguments both for and against the legalisation of sex work, and misogynists on both sides, too.
There are those who argue that misogyny is hardwired into both the principles and the policy objectives of the hard-left, and the evidence is there in issues such as the legalisation of sex work, a debate where the ascription of misogyny can become the live element of the debate, leapfrogging the issue itself.
Fiona is also open about her former career as a sex worker, and she remains the most vocal advocate for the legalisation of sex work in Australian politics.
