Telluride Watch, 08 Oct 2010 – Fates of Two Others Still Undetermined SAN MIGUEL COUNTY — The San Miguel County Commissioners last week directed staff to process development applications for two commercial medical marijuana grow operations in unincorporated areas of the county, while the fate of two more remains unclear.

Vail Daily, 09 Oct 2010 – Town Tries To Keep Caregivers Out Of Residential Neighborhoods EAGLE, Colorado — Eagle has waded into Colorado’s medical marijuana debate in a couple of contentious rules. In separate split votes, the town has decided to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in specific areas and nixed a plan from one such operation to expand to include a growing operation. Now the town is looking at regulations for medical marijuana caregivers in residential areas.

Windsor Beacon, 09 Oct 2010 – The Town of Windsor is currently facing a citizen-initiated ban of medical marijuana centers and their various aspects. This proposed ban would eliminate dispensaries, cultivation facilities, and infused products from being able to exist within the town.

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."

Boulder Weekly, 07 Oct 2010 – In California, a surprising new union movement is growing like a weed, having taken root in a burgeoning economic sector that has enormous potential: marijuana. The Golden State was one of the first to legalize the use of medical marijuana, and a network of licensed growers, dispensaries and other related businesses has since flourished. It turns out that pot is a labor-intensive product, and the producers, distributors and retailers of weed have become something of a hotbed for local job growth. These workers, as in any other industry, need a unified voice to achieve a living wage, decent benefits, training, job security, upward mobility and other elements of a shared prosperity that create a middle class. In a word, unions.

Telluride Daily Planet, 07 Oct 2010 – County finds interim solution for cannabis grow operations As the state of Colorado tries to figure out exactly how to regulate its booming medical marijuana industry, San Miguel County is struggling with how to regulate grow operations in unincorporated parts of the county.

Denver Daily News, 06 Oct 2010 – At Least Two Groups Planning For Legalization Initiative In Year 2012 The eyes of Colorado’s growing medical marijuana community are set on California’s upcoming ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana for adults.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 07 Oct 2010 – Steamboat Springs — The Town of Yampa will take the issue of medical marijuana to voters, possibly as soon as January. Yampa Town Board members made the decision during their meeting Wednesday night. It follows a Sept. 1 moratorium passed by the board that prevents any medical marijuana-related businesses from opening until July 1, 2011.

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.