"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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Showing posts with label David Edgar. Show all posts
December 16, 2011
October 8, 2011
SandBox Comments: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel/Dennis Webb "Carbondale medical pot shop closed; owner held"
What a shame this had to happen now, just when locals are finally making some headway with local governments to take a second look at the viability of medical marijuana in our communities.
Now, the likelihood of 'spin-doctor' elected officials and journalists attempting to discredit the validity of those locals, will be able to point toward David Edgar and just chalk up the problems to a 'bad apple'.
Reality, is that medical marijuana is illegal on federal levels. The Feds can, will and are showing strong signs that they've warned enough already; shut down any marijuana use or enterprise.
On state and federal levels there is no banking ability, no ability to own or purchase a firearm if you are on file as a user of the drug.
There is no ability to conduct business in the community with leases, credit card processing or obtaining insurances and loans.
There is no ability, when the technical interpretation of Colorado law is upheld, to even operate a dispensary.
Put all these things together with the 'bad apples' that sell without a buyer having an MMJ card. Or worse, go to the lengths David Edgar has. And we haven't even touched the moral differences of opinion, the politics or community impacts.
What a shame this bust happening now is. SandBox hopes that local activists in Glenwood Springs and RE-1 don't get discouraged or allow certain elected officials who advocate MMJ to sway you off your path.
Maybe the entire situation will get 'lucky' and the Feds will finally shut down, rather than bust, a few local shops and grow operations that are simply trying to operate within state law.
We would agree with the Feds that enough warning has taken place.
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
Now, the likelihood of 'spin-doctor' elected officials and journalists attempting to discredit the validity of those locals, will be able to point toward David Edgar and just chalk up the problems to a 'bad apple'.
Reality, is that medical marijuana is illegal on federal levels. The Feds can, will and are showing strong signs that they've warned enough already; shut down any marijuana use or enterprise.
On state and federal levels there is no banking ability, no ability to own or purchase a firearm if you are on file as a user of the drug.
There is no ability to conduct business in the community with leases, credit card processing or obtaining insurances and loans.
There is no ability, when the technical interpretation of Colorado law is upheld, to even operate a dispensary.
Put all these things together with the 'bad apples' that sell without a buyer having an MMJ card. Or worse, go to the lengths David Edgar has. And we haven't even touched the moral differences of opinion, the politics or community impacts.
What a shame this bust happening now is. SandBox hopes that local activists in Glenwood Springs and RE-1 don't get discouraged or allow certain elected officials who advocate MMJ to sway you off your path.
Maybe the entire situation will get 'lucky' and the Feds will finally shut down, rather than bust, a few local shops and grow operations that are simply trying to operate within state law.
We would agree with the Feds that enough warning has taken place.
(Learn more? Click title and comment to start discussion)
"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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