December 16, 2011

SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent "Edgar preliminary hearing set for Feb. 14"

"GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Ninth Judicial District Judge James Boyd set a preliminary hearing for Feb. 14 in the felony drug case against medical marijuana dispensary owner David M. Edgar of Basalt.

Edgar is accused of selling medical marijuana and cocaine illegally from his dispensary in Carbondale to undercover agents of the Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Task Force (TRIDENT). He faces eight felony charges...."

(Post Independent)

There have been an increasing number of troubling news stories over the past month or so on the medical marijuana industry here in Colorado.

An increasing number of busts for violations, a growing panic amongst dispensary and grower businesses who cannot gain access to the most fundamental needs of a small business such as banking ability, and a growing trend in government to either hold up in delays or flag applications.

Read the next three posts today on SandBox. 

It  looks like that Fed crackdown is on its way.

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