A measure to impose hefty taxes on recreational marijuana passed easily Tuesday, as voters across the state overwhelmingly chose to make pot one of the most heavily taxed consumer products in Colorado.

At 10 p.m., Proposition AA was leading 65 percent to 35 percent.

The measure led a clean sweep of marijuana tax proposals on ballots across Colorado. From Boulder to Littleton to Denver, from Breckenridge and Silverthorne to Pueblo County to tiny Red Cliff, voters approved marijuana tax measures by large margins.

"The passage of Proposition AA today completes the historic process of regulating and taxing marijuana in the state of Colorado," Brian Vicente, one of the architects of marijuana legalization and a proponent of the tax measure, said in a statement.