Daily Camera, 09 Dec 2012 – Boulder prides itself on being a leader in environmental stewardship, open government and care for a wide and diverse circle of its citizens. Yet our City Council shrinks from a leadership role in implementing Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana for citizens 21 and over. (Thank you Lisa Morzel for pointing out the folly in this.) The 2:1 vote was more than decisive. Boulder’s citizens have spoken. And given our experience in managing medical marijuana we’re in the best position of any city in the state to implement this important new law.

Denver Post, 05 Dec 2012 – Now that attention has focused on the legalization of marijuana, can we have a grown-up conversation about industrial hemp? We have let a great renewable resource, with little or no THC, languish out of fear of reefer madness.

Pueblo Chieftain, 29 Nov 2012 – ALAMOSA DA BACKS OFF POT PROSECUTIONS Legalization by State Voters Means Prospects of Conviction Dim ALAMOSA – District Attorney David Mahonee said Wednesday he had informed law enforcement in his six-county jurisdiction that his office will not prosecute new arrests for possession of marijuana under an ounce.

New York Times, 30 Nov 2012 – DENVER – Anthony Orozco, 19, a community college student and soccer player in southeastern Colorado, is facing criminal charges for something that will soon be legal across this state: the possession of a few nuggets of marijuana and a pipe he used to smoke it. Colorado and Washington State legalized certain recreational use of the drug.

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Colorado Springs Independent, 28 Nov 2012 – The people of Colorado and Washington state are way ahead of the politicians in Washington, D.C. ("What’s the world coming to?" City Sage, Nov. 21). If the goal of marijuana prohibition is to subsidize Mexican drug cartels, prohibition is a success. The drug war distorts supply-and-demand dynamics so that big money grows on little trees.

Glenwood Springs Post Independent, 26 Nov 2012 – Trustees concerned about the effects of Amendment 64 CARBONDALE, Colorado — Town officials here, worried about the effects of Amendment 64, are thinking about imposing a moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries.

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 Steamboat Today, 26 Nov 2012 – Carbondale town trustees will consider Tuesday whether to impose a moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries while they sort out of the implications of a provision in voter-approved Amendment 64 that would allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries to convert their business models to the sale of recreational marijuana. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported Monday that a new Carbondale town ordinance creating the moratorium will be on the Carbondale Town Council’s agenda Tuesday.

The Daily Sentinel, 25 Nov 2012 – In his commentary against marijuana, Dr. Sherman D. Straw argued "from the 117 medical texts and respected journal articles in (his) file." Note that he did not quote from peer-reviewed papers or from studies that withstood the test of scientific process. Those studies should be undertaken. European studies have shown marijuana to be less addictive, destructive and harmful than nicotine or alcohol.