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The Gazette, 01 Jun 2013 – Despite Mayor Steve Bach’s opposition to retail marijuana stores, the Colorado Springs City Council may be leaning toward approval, provided the "freshmen six" stick to their campaign promises. The six new council members, along with three returning council members, will decide over the summer whether to allow retail pot stores in Colorado Springs.

Pagosa Springs Sun, 30 May 2013 – Ordinance 788, an ordinance prohibiting all marijuana establishments from operating within the town boundaries of Pagosa Springs, failed to pass the second reading at last week’s town council meeting. Earlier, on April 18, town council approved the first reading of the ordinance, which was titled, "An ordinance of the Town of Pagosa Springs amending chapter 6 of the Pagosa Springs Municipal Code by the addition thereto of a new Article 5 prohibiting the sale and cultivation of medical marijuana, including medical marijuana centers, optional premises cultivation operations and medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing, and a new Article 6 prohibiting the operation of marijuana clubs, marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities and retail marijuana stores."

The Gazette, 02 Jun 2013 – As Pentagon officials mull a decision that could help or harm Colorado Springs, the choice by Colorado voters to legalize pot could prove costly. Public officials must, like never before, work to keep soldiers off drugs. Looming budget cuts will force the Pentagon to cut Army personnel by 80,000. If all goes well for the Springs, the cuts will cause a realignment of operations that would relocate roughly 3,000 soldiers to Fort Carson. That means our community would benefit from 3,000 additional taxpaying consumers, along with their families, who will boost the local economy.

Westword, 30 May 2013 – Dear Stoner: I enjoy smoking herb at concerts, but I’m a germophobe and hate sharing bowls with strangers nearby who ask for a hit. Is it totally un-stoner to puff and not pass? Rolling Stoned Dear RS: While classic stoner etiquette would tell you otherwise, I think it’s totally fine to bogart your stash at a concert within reason – and not getting sick from some shirtless Wookiee at Red Rocks is certainly reasonable. When they ask for a hit, you can try the "Oh, the bowl just kicked" method. It usually works. The downside to that approach is when they say, "That’s okay, man, I’ll pack it up. I just need a piece." Then you have to deal with their germs and them likely packing pocket bowls complete with lint balls.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 28 May 2013 – Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made with the drug, a Colorado study suggests. Medical marijuana items include yummy-looking gummy candies, cookies and other treats that may entice young children. Fourteen children were treated at Colorado Children’s Hospital in the two years after a 2009 federal policy change led to a surge in medical marijuana use, the study found. That’s when federal authorities said they would not prosecute legal users.

Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2013 – Colorado Sees Opportunities, Consequences; in Illinois, Quinn Considers a More Restrictive Law DENVER – At Leela European Cafe, a quirky, 24-hour coffee shop and bar in the heart of downtown, a bartender was quick with her thoughts on Colorado’s experience with the legal sale of medical marijuana.

Seattle Times, 29 May 2013 – ‘New Entity’ Governor Expects Feds to Respond Over Violation of Drug Law DENVER – A set of laws to govern how recreational marijuana should be grown, sold and taxed was signed into law Tuesday in Colorado, where Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper called the measures the state’s best attempt to navigate the uncharted territory of legalized recreational pot.

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