DENVER — Colorado lawmakers have an unlikely ally in their first attempt to curb the state’s booming medical marijuana industry: owners of the some of the shops that sell pot. Many dispensary owners say they’re on board with regulations if they give them uniform guidelines and avert a more severe crackdown like one approved this week in Los Angeles. Hundreds of Los Angeles pot shops face closure after the City Council voted Tuesday to cap the number of dispensaries in the city at 70. The Colorado proposal – which a legislative committee approved 6-1 Wednesday – would make it more difficult for recreational pot users to become legal medical marijuana patients. It would bar doctors from working out of dispensaries, make it illegal for them to offer discounts to patients who agree to use a designated dispensary, and require follow-up doctor visits. Most of the 150 people at the hearing opposed the bill. Many of them worry it will cost them hundreds of dollars on top of the $90 annual fee they pay to register as a medical marijuana user. William Chengelis said he can’t get his regular Veterans Administration doctors to sign off on medical […]
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Colo. Pot Dispensaries Welcome State Regulation
Author: COLLEEN SLEVIN
Source: Washington Post/Associated Press
Publication Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010; 4:22 PM
Link: Colo. Pot Dispensaries Welcome State Regulation
Source: Washington Post/Associated Press
Publication Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010; 4:22 PM
Link: Colo. Pot Dispensaries Welcome State Regulation
Stephan: I see this as the natural development of an emerging industry, which will end the violence of the black economy that has wrought so much havoc on this country.