September 29, 2011

SandBox Comments: Steamboat Today "Our View: Medical marijuana centers should be banned"

This is the most amazing expose' on medical marijuana centers.


Why hasn't the fact that they are not even legal here in Colorado if you interpret the technical and exact wording of the statute;  been exposed until now?

"Marijuana centers were born out of Amendment 20, the language of which reads: “An Amendment to the Colorado Constitution authorizing the medical use of marijuana for persons suffering from debilitating medical conditions, and, in connection therewith, establishing an affirmative defense to Colorado criminal laws for patients and their primary caregivers relating to the medical use of marijuana.”

The amendment allows registered patients or their designated caregivers to cultivate and possess marijuana in small amounts to meet the patients’ needs. Referendums 1A, 2A, 2C and 2E would not change that — patients who truly need pot still would have access to it. Instead, the referendums would, effective Jan. 1, shut down the five marijuana centers operating in Routt County — three in Steamboat, one in Oak Creek and one in Milner.

Nothing in Amendment 20 provides for medical marijuana centers. Such centers began cropping up along the Front Range in 2008 as some interpreted the caregiver provision of the law to allow commercial operations to grow and sell significant amounts of marijuana on behalf of registered cardholders. In most cases, including in Routt County, the marijuana businesses began operating before municipalities could put rules in place authorizing or regulating them..."
(Steamboat Today Editorial Board)


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SandBox Comments: KJCT News 8 "Grand Junction Police Department To Put More Cops On The Street "

This...is fantastic news!

What a boon to the folks down in Grand Junction!

Congratulations to City of Grand Junction Police Chief John Camper and his officers on the reinstatement of their 'Street Crimes Unit'.

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