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Ignoring Voter Intent on Medical Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on April 25, 2010 at 07:33:03 PT
Opinion
Source: Denver Post
Denver, CO  -- State legislators seem poised to legitimize dispensaries. But if they must do so, they need to keep a tight rein on the situation. The medical marijuana constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2000 was never intended to create the widespread marijuana dispensary system we have today. From that standpoint, we take issue with a measure moving through the legislature that legitimizes dispensaries.The ill-conceived bill got a little better, however, when lawmakers recently restored provisions that allow cities and counties to outlaw dispensaries in their communities.
It's the least the legislature could do as it prepares to put a stamp of approval on a massive pot distribution web few could have ever imagined.The narrowly drawn measure approved by voters in 2000 was supposed to allow people who were very sick or in severe chronic pain the respite they might find in marijuana. The amendment talked about possessing six plants and gave every impression that medical marijuana would be a small-time, personal effort to quell debilitating ailments.Instead, we now have a system that is almost certainly being widely abused by those looking for legal cover to use and distribute marijuana. Licensing and regulating dispensaries merely extends the mantle of government legitimacy to this hypocrisy. House Bill 1284 creates a medical marijuana licensing authority that will grant licenses for the cultivation, distribution and sale of medical marijuana, which still is illegal under federal law. However, recent amendments have the potential to lessen the reach of dispensaries by allowing cities and counties to prohibit the retail sale, distribution and cultivation of medical marijuana. Snipped   Complete Article: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_14940309Source: Denver Post (CO)Published: April 25, 2010Copyright: 2010 The Denver Post CorpWebsite: http://www.denverpost.com/Contact: openforum denverpost.comCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on April 26, 2010 at 08:52:21 PT
News Article From The Huffington Post Blog
"Rocky Mountain High" Medical Marijuana in Danger April 26, 2010 URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-corry-jr/rocky-mountain-high-medic_b_551354.html
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Comment #4 posted by Hope on April 25, 2010 at 13:18:46 PT
Calvina Fay
This sounds like she's writing for the editorial board of the Denver Post.
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Comment #3 posted by The GCW on April 25, 2010 at 10:09:31 PT
What DP says voters want is questionable at best.
"The medical marijuana constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2000 was never intended to create the widespread marijuana dispensary system we have today. From that standpoint,..." blah blah blah...The intent of Coloradoans in Denver, Boulder, the mountain communities etc. have made it clear; they voted to LEGALIZE cannabis for recreational use. SO the conversation of what voters want or don't want by the Denver Post pertaining to dispensaries is questionable. The largest group which voted against medical use of cannabis was the flatland farming type counties and they don't have the issue of dispensaries outnumbering Starbucks. Heck, they don't even have Starbucks.BALLOT MEASURES / COLORADO AMENDMENT 44 / COUNTY RESULTS
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006//pages/results/states/CO/I/04/county.000.html
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Comment #2 posted by Sam Adams on April 25, 2010 at 09:28:08 PT
denver post
sore losers!
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Comment #1 posted by Cheebs1 on April 25, 2010 at 08:05:09 PT:
Chicken Little
The sky is falling!!!! The sky is falling! Make sure Foxy Loxy doesn't get into the hen house or Mayor Turkey Lurkey is going to have something to say. "It's the least the legislature could do as it prepares to put a stamp of approval on a massive pot distribution web few could have ever imagined." That is the way I see comments like this. They are complaining and trying to instill fear about " that insidious cannabis". If they think the dispensary system is a massive distribution web maybe they should look at the current black market web. According to this article the black market web must be much smaller and less tangled. The lunacy continues :).
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