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Boulder's Medical Marijuana Shops Struggle with 'grueling' Paperwork

Following legislation passed earlier this year, medical marijuana businesses in Colorado must apply for operating licenses through both the state and the municipalities in which they operate. As of today, none of the estimated 100 dispensaries and greenhouses doing business in Boulder has turned in a completed application, which some business owners say is lengthy, complicated and expensive to put together.

Marijuana Business Bans Hurt More Than Just Business Owners

To the detriment of their seriously ill citizens, several cities across Montana have banned or are considering banning medical marijuana businesses. That's forcing some patients to turn to the dangerous black market to get their medicine, exactly what medical marijuana laws are intended to guard against.

ACTION ALERT: Denver to BAN Caregivers (in most areas)

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Sensible Colorado - working for an effective drug policy

 

Poor patients need caregivers; Don't let Denver destroy them!

 

ACT NOW: 

Stop Denver from limiting safe access!

 

On Monday August 9th, the Denver City Council will hear a first reading of an ordinance to BAN caregivers from growing medical marijuana for any patient in any residential zone district. The ordinance will make it a zoning violation for anyone to grow more than 12 plants in any residential zone district. In addition, the 12 plants can only be grown for patients who live at that address. This ordinance will effectively ban the caregiver model of safe access in Denver!

It gets worse.....

Ordinance C10-0607 is being introduced by Councilmember Jeanne Robb, who admits that she did notconsult a single patient during the drafting process!

The ordinance will be heard for a first reading on Monday night at 5:30p. If it passes first reading, a public hearing will be scheduled for sometime in September, along with a final vote.

Please call you city council representative TODAY and tell them to vote NO on Ordinance C10-0607. The city council should send the ordinance back to the drawing board and draft an ordinance that regulates - not bans - small time caregivers in Denver.

Important Targets:

Councilwoman Jeanne Robb:  303 377 1807

Councilman Chris Nevitt:  720 865 8900

Councilwoman Carla Madison:  303 298 7641

Message:  Please vote NO on C10-0607.  This change will hurt medical marijuana patients who rely on small caregivers to provide them with low cost medicine.  Please don't act to limit patient access to medicine in Denver! 

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Sensible Colorado | PO Box 18768 | Denver CO 80218

Florida smoke shops sue state over new law restricting pipe sales

Smoke shops throughout Florida are hoping a new law that regulates what they can sell will be repealed. The law makes it a misdemeanor for a smoke shop to generate more than 25 percent of its sales from pipes or smoking devices. Thirty businesses have sued to block enforcement of the rules, which took effect in July.

D.C. Rules for Medical Marijuana Program

Citizens of Washington, DC have waited more than 12 years to see the implementation of I-59, the medical marijuana law passed by more than 69% of voters. District officials released regulations today that will govern the city's implementation of its medical marijuana program.
Massachusetts State House
Massachusetts State House

Massachusetts Approves Some Drug Sentencing Reforms

The Massachusetts legislature passed, and the governor signed, legislation to reform some mandatory minimum sentences. But the final version omitted some important provisions originally endorsed by the Senate.

ACLU ready to challenge local marijuana ordinances

Officials in the Michigan cities of Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills prohibited the dispensing of medical marijuana by creating laws that state it is "unlawful for any person or business to engage in any activity, conduct, use or venture in the city that is contrary to federal, state, or local laws or ordinances." Medical marijuana is still considered a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law, thus it would now be illegal to use in those cities even though 63 percent of voters statewide voted the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) into law. The ACLU sent letters to both cities challenging the ordinances, which the ACLU claims violate the rights of medical marijuana users.
US Capitol
US Capitol

Medical Marijuana Now Legal in DC

More than a decade after District voters approved it, medical marijuana is now legal in the nation's capital. But operating dispensaries are still months away.
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