US CO: Aspen City Attorney To Seek Council Direction On Pot Rules

The Aspen Times, 06 Jun 2013 – Aspen City Attorney Jim True said Wednesday that he soon will suggest that the City Council hold a work session this month or in July on whether and how to regulate recreational pot stores in Aspen. True said there is no hurry because under state law, businesses cannot apply to become retail pot shops until Oct. 1. The state Department of Revenue is still writing rules based on legislation recently passed the Colorado General Assembly. Legislators took up a host of marijuana-related issues during their January-to-May session after voters across the state in November passed Amendment 64, which seeks to have marijuana regulated in the same manner as alcohol.