The Steamboat Today, 18 Jun 2013 – Steamboat Springs – A state ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana possession for recreational use is getting a lukewarm reaction from the owner of Steamboat Springs’ largest medical marijuana dispensary. Although he supports adult recreational marijuana use, Rocky Mountain Remedies co-owner Kevin Fisher said legalizing pot for all Colorado adults could jeopardize the business model he and other state dispensary owners have worked hard to create. Specifically, Fisher said he’s concerned approval of a system that permits recreational marijuana use would lead to increased federal intervention in Colorado.

Summit Daily News, 17 Oct 2010 – Steamboat Springs Has Three Dispensaries, While Neighboring Hayden Prohibits Them STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Want a feel for the varied response to Colorado’s booming medical marijuana industry? Just take a survey of how some Colorado mountain towns have reacted.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 07 Oct 2010 – Steamboat Springs — Want a feel for the varied response to Colorado’s booming medical marijuana industry? Just take a survey of how some Colorado mountain towns have reacted. Here in Northwest Colorado, the city of Steamboat Springs allowed three medical marijuana centers to operate after creating an ordinance to regulate them. Two dozen miles west, the town of Hayden approved an ordinance prohibiting them.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 07 Oct 2010 – Steamboat Springs — The room erupted in applause after Kush Magazine Publisher Michael Lerner told a packed audience of more than 300 center owners, infused-product makers and growers at the Medical Marijuana Business Alliance’s August networking meeting that "Colorado is so far ahead of the rest of the country in this industry, there is no second." It was a common reaction to the speakers throughout the night at Casselman’s Bar & Venue in downtown Denver. They whistled, whooped and hollered when Matt Cook, a career law enforcement officer charged with overseeing the state’s medical marijuana industry, said, "It truly is a privilege to grow with this industry as we moved forward."

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 06 Oct 2010 – Colorado Scrambles To Manage An Industry Some Say Is Rife With Abuse Steamboat Springs — Kara Rosen is among the more than 100,000 Colorado residents who have become legal users of marijuana since 2009.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 06 Oct 2010 – Steamboat Springs — In the fast-evolving world of medical marijuana, a doctor’s recommendation might protect you from law enforcement, but it won’t protect you at work. Many of Steamboat Springs’ larger employers don’t have policies related specifically to medical marijuana. And many of them said they’ve yet to deal with issues related to employees who have been authorized by the state to use marijuana for medicinal purposes.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 06 Oct 2010 – Colorado Scrambles To Manage An Industry Some Say Is Rife With Abuse Steamboat Springs — Kara Rosen is among the more than 100,000 Colorado residents who have become legal users of marijuana since 2009.