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.

The Daily Sentinel, 05 Oct 2010 – A bid to open the first medical marijuana center in Fruita was rejected Tuesday night after Police Chief Mark Angelo accused the would-be owner of not being forthcoming about her operation and its financial backers. The City Council voted 4-2 against issuing a conditional-use permit to Grand Junction resident Heather Sheley, who was seeking to open Next Gen at 1960 U.S. Highway 6&50.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 06 Oct 2010 – Today through Friday, you’ll find a three-part series about medical marijuana in the Steamboat Today. The series, "Growing Pains," is an examination of the explosion of the industry in the state and Routt County, as well as Colorado lawmakers’ attempt to manage it. We tackled this issue not only because of its high reader interest but also because Colorado has become a leader nationwide in medical marijuana. Other states are calling up officials here to talk about steps they can take after voters approve the drug for medicinal purposes.

Delta County Independent, 06 Oct 2010 – Dear Editor: I sincerely relate to Carol Pierce’s testimony (Letter: Medical marijuana is a beneficial option for sufferers, Sept. 29, 2010) concerning access to cannabis (marijuana) for sick citizens. My son endured leukemia cancer in 1997, and to be denied any information about how cannabis might help ease excruciating pain made me very angry and led to becoming a cannabis activist.

Denver Post, 03 Oct 2010 – Medical-marijuana activists are up in arms over a new policy that requires patients who just applied to the state’s medical-marijuana registry to wait 35 days before they can shop at a dispensary. Matt Cook, the Department of Revenue enforcement official who oversees the state’s new medical-marijuana regulations, said the position paper, written Monday, solves the riddle of how to handle sales at a dispensary to patients without a medical-marijuana card.

Denver Post, 03 Oct 2010 – Some issues can affect voter turnout, but there’s debate on whether Proposition 19 is one of them. Asked by a reporter at the state party convention this summer what he thought might save Democrats at the polls, California Democratic Party chairman John Burton had one word: "Pot."

The Aspen Times, 03 Oct 2010 – EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Medical marijuana dispensary owners throughout Eagle County are mobilizing to try and convince Eagle County voters to vote "yes" on ballot issue 1B. Dispensary owners and employees have formed EMMBA, the Eagle Medical Marijuana Business Alliance, in an effort to get everyone from their patients to everyday residents to understand why the alliance believes medical marijuana shops should continue to operate locally.

The Gazette, 03 Oct 2010 – The ski communities of Summit County, San Miguel County and Pitkin County are some of the youngest, fittest and healthiest counties in Colorado. So it would stand to reason that those counties would have the lowest rates of registered medical marijuana users. After all, use of medical marijuana, approved by voters in 2000, is limited to patients with debilitating medical conditions, including cancer, HIV and glaucoma.

Loveland Connection, 01 Oct 2010 – The city of Loveland is not the only Colorado municipality with an issue about medical marijuana centers on its ballot this November. Loveland also is not the only city with a small but vocal group of supporters beginning campaigns to get voters to allow the licensing of the centers on a local level.