Valley Courier, 11 Oct 2012 – ALAMOSA — Alamosa County has received two applications for medical marijuana facilities under the ordinance commissioners passed this summer. One of the applications is in substantial compliance, according to Alamosa County Land Use Manager Juan Altamirano, with all of its paperwork submitted. The other does not yet have a completed application.

Grand Junction Free Press, 11 Oct 2012 – Travis Kelly Grand Junction Free Press Opinion Columnist Email Print Up for our vote in November here in Colorado, Amendment 64 would do two immensely sane and beneficial things: 1. Re-legalize marijuana and regulate it just like alcohol. 2. Make the growing of industrial hemp crops legal again.

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Glenwood Springs Post Independent, 11 Oct 2012 – Applicant threatens to sue, calls decision ‘a setup’ CARBONDALE, Colorado – Following a heated debate, the town trustees on Tuesday voted 4-3 to deny an application by CMED owner Michael Weisser to operate his medical marijuana center here.

The Gazette, 10 Oct 2012 – We have a clear message for men, women and children: Don’t use recreational drugs. We have an equally clear message for the Colorado Springs City Council: Don’t waste political capital on nonbinding resolutions.

The Gazette, 10 Oct 2012 – The Colorado Springs City Council and the El Paso County Commissioners on Tuesday gave a thumbs down to Amendment 64, the statewide measure that would regulate marijuana like alcohol. But for council, it wasn’t without controversy.

The Steamboat Today, 06 Oct 2012 – We long have held that a high threshold should be surpassed in order to amend the Colorado Constitution. Most ballot amendments in recent years haven’t come close to measuring up. Such is the case with Amendment 64, which would allow for the possession, sale and taxing of marijuana in Colorado. While we can sympathize with some of the arguments proponents make, the state’s Constitution isn’t the place to address marijuana legalization, especially when such legalization will be in direct conflict with federal law. Residents should vote "no" on Amendment 64.

The Gazette, 09 Oct 2012 – A statewide ballot measure asking voters to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Colorado will be center stage Tuesday in Colorado Springs. The City Council plans to consider a resolution opposing Amendment 64 on the November ballot. "We need to hear from you and know where our city leadership stands on this issue," Jo McGuire, drug and alcohol compliance manager for a Springs-based drug-testing company, told council members last week in an email requesting the resolution.

Denver Post, 09 Oct 2012 – Opponents of marijuana legalization are citing a few tragic car accidents as reason for prohibition. I am puzzled as towhy they don’t also support alcohol and cellphone prohibition. I am a big boy and I can make intelligent choices about how I use alcohol. The same will be true for marijuana. Joseph Vanderzwart,

Denver Post, 07 Oct 2012 – KEEPING MARIJUANA ILLEGAL Letter-writer Andy Rasmussen apparently supports legalization of marijuana, as he states, "I think if Kenneth R. Buck were to look at it, he would find that many more kids have been killed by drivers who were wearing neckties," and goes on to say that neckties, then, should be outlawed. That was probably meant to be clever and make a statement. I would like to point out, however, that even one death of a child due to a reckless driver high on marijuana is one too many. That is one reason that I oppose Amendment 64.