January 7, 2012

SandBox Comments: Coloradoan "Pot bust leaves grower in quandary"

Wonder what would happen if Colorado voters elected state lawmakers into office that campaign promised to sit down and tackle the job of roto-rooter mucking out the quagmire of Colorado's laws?

Then watched over them to make sure they were keeping their promise once they were sworn in.

Lawmakers who would take the time to go statewide and talk with all of our cops, district attorneys, judges.

Eliminate the myriad of gray areas and clean up laws that are causing so much angst and burden on our cities and towns.

Wonder what would happen?

"Stephen Minardi says he's done nothing wrong.

He says the 50 marijuana plants in his west Fort Collins home are there to treat legal patients who can't afford to buy from store-front medical marijuana centers.

Minardi, who, along with his wife, is facing felony charges of cultivation and distribution, said the criminal case makes them "look like massive Al Pacino drug dealers."

Fort Collins police have reason to doubt the Minardis' story. The day before Thanksgiving, they served a search warrant and confiscated processed marijuana and $3,400 cash at Minardi's home, where pictures of his wife and three children line the walls of the living room.

As dispensaries close, police worry about the rise of larger home-grow operations. They’re allowed under state law, but lawyers and law enforcement officials continue to deal with gray areas regarding how much a person can grow, and even what constitutes a plant.


The laws leave people like Stephen Minardi in a precarious position.
“I’m proud of what I do,” he said. “I take care of people....
(Robert Allen)

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