The Cortez Journal, 01 Jan 2013 – New Marijuana Law Poses Questions For Law Enforcement Law enforcement has concerns over the new amendment 64, which allows people in Colorado to use and possess marijuana One of the main concerns is no current law enables officers to arrest or cite someone for using the drug in a public setting.

The Cortez Journal, 23 Nov 2012 – Residents being arrested or cited for marijuana possession may never be prosecuted after voters earlier this month approved legalizing the drug. While Gov. John Hickenlooper has yet to sign the proclamation that will make this a state law, once he does it will make possessing less than one ounce of marijuana legal in the state.

The Cortez Journal, 27 Oct 2012 – As voters statewide prepare to cast their ballots to legalize or to not legalize marijuana proponents and opponents are looking at the federal law as well as what the proposed regulation would mean. Amendment 64, if approved by voters, would allow the sale and purchase of small amounts of marijuana, though the state law would not apply to the federal law, which would still consider the acts to be against the law.

The Cortez Journal, 30 Aug 2012 – The Cortez City Council in late July adopted an ordinance that removes the cap limit for the number of medical marijuana facilities. While the council did not set the number of medical marijuana facilities to be allowed in the city, in a way it did.