Westword, 08 Nov 2012 – Re: "Garden of Weedin’," William Breathes, November 1 I am a retired teacher who remembers subbing back in the late ’70s in Lakewood. There were a lot of stoned students then, there are lots of stoned students now, and when [marijuana is] legalized, there will be a lot of stoned students in the future of Colorado.

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Glenwood Springs Post Independent, 05 Nov 2012 – Two Centers Denied Permits and Have Threatened to Sue CARBONDALE, Colorado — Two medical marijuana centers have warned the town government they have hired attorneys and may file suit over recent rejections of their applications to do business here.

The Durango Herald, 04 Nov 2012 – Minorities Are More Likely to Face Charges Than Whites The Colorado Bureau of Investigation reports that 10,259 people were arrested in the state for possession of marijuana last year, despite the fact that 100,000 people now have the legal right to use medical marijuana.

Denver Post, 02 Nov 2012 – This Nov. 6, you have a responsibility to vote for the future of Colorado. Amendment 64 will legalize marijuana for the general public. As pediatricians, we are concerned that increased marijuana access will lead to increased use by children and teens. Medical marijuana from a dispensary in Colorado is pictured in this February 2012 file photo. Amendment 64 would legalize marijuana for the general public if passed. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)

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The Gazette, 02 Nov 2012 – Authorities held on to a Colorado Springs leukemia patient’s stash of medical marijuana Friday, even after a court ordered its return. Bob Crouse, who was acquitted on felony drug charges in late June, and his attorney Clifton Black went to the Police Operation Center on Friday and were greeted by news of a possible appeal by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Aurora Sentinel, 02 Nov 2012 – "I think it would depend on what we hear from people," Markert said. "If there’s unanimous consensus of some sort, and the tea leaves align, there’s probably no sense in wasting time and money on an election." AURORA – Aurora lawmakers could still choose to ban the commercial sale of marijuana within city limits if a proposal to legalize marijuana statewide passes, attorneys say.

Westword, 01 Nov 2012 – This month I’ll mark my third anniversary of reviewing medical marijuana dispensaries for Westword as the country’s first MMJ critic. In that time, I’ve written about more than 150 dispensaries, smoked at least 546 grams of cannabis and tested out nearly two ounces of assorted hash, kief and oil. Not bad for a job that I originally thought was going to be a short-lived stunt. That’s not to say I didn’t take the job seriously – I did – but back in the fall of 2009, the mainstream media wasn’t taking the MMJ industry seriously, much less giving it the attention that 60 Minutes just did in its October 21 report. And while that was shortsighted, it was also easy to understand. Growers were opening up ragtag shops and selling anything they could move to patients pumped just to be able to buy legal marijuana. So many dispensaries popped up on South Broadway that the stretch became known as "Broadsterdam."

Boulder Weekly, 01 Nov 2012 – We have to wonder why nine years elapsed between voter approval and the decision to protect the consumer and the public from graft and the lugubrious practices of more than 180 dispensaries in Denver. There will be a public hearing on medical marijuana dispensaries, Jan. 11, before Denver City Council at 5:30 p.m. at the City and County Building. Did the City Council feel that this was an innocent franchise business connected to hospitals and clinics? Did they pretend to ignore the outcome, thinking that no one would take these enterprises seriously? Did we believe that the medical doctors would all have the highest scruples and protect the patients from abusing the service? Did law enforcement think that because they are already overburdened that the incidental indiscretions of medical marijuana dispensaries would in some way be an unnecessary waste of their precious energy?