Colorado Medical Marijuana News
May 17, 2012
Summit Daily News, 16 May 2012 - Re. "Pot should remain illegal" by Xander Vinogradov, letters, May 12 At the risk of sounding condescending, I'm proud of you, Mr. Vinogradov for standing ground in your support for keeping marijuana illegal, despite the influence of your "rasta-wearing blunt smoking" peers! I'm a local middle school mom (probably old enough to be your mother) who shares your concerns about the impact of hastily drafted and difficult-to-enforce regulations regarding marijuana cultivation and use. Three years ago, as a Michigan resident, I was among the minority who voted against legalizing medical marijuana. At the time, Colorado and California were leading the charge, and the people of Michigan followed. Having lived here for two years now, my warnings to out-of-state friends about the unintended consequences of their decisions at the ballot box are data based.
May 15, 2012
Daily Camera, 14 May 2012 - Selling and possessing marijuana is still a federal crime. Selling marijuana near a school is an elevated crime. Does the federal government prohibit the sale of alcohol and tobacco within a thousand feet of a school? Marijuana itself is not a threat to public safety. Selling marijuana does not pose a dangerous threat to the health of the user, no greater than alcohol or tobacco.
May 15, 2012
Summit Daily News, 14 May 2012 - Authorities: Pure form of the drug may be coming from Mexico A recent upswing in the number of heroin overdoses in Summit County may be the result of a purer batch of the drug circulating here, authorities say.
May 15, 2012
Summit Daily News, 13 May 2012 - Mexico's organized crime groups often leave multiple bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals, and authorities said at least a few of the latest victims had tattoos of the Santa Muerte cult popular among drug traffickers. The bodies of 43 men and six women were found in the town of San Juan on the non-toll highway to the border city of Reynosa about 4 a.m., forcing police and troops to close the highway.
May 12, 2012
Summit Daily News, 12 May 2012 - I am what some would call a typical Summit County guy. I am a young male, enjoy the outdoors, drive a Subaru and even own a dog. I am, however, separated from my demographic by one major difference of opinion: I am against legalization of marijuana. Other young Coloradans coat themselves with rasta colors, stick a blunt in their mouth and hurry to their nearest street corner in stoned pursuit to legalize marijuana without ever stopping to realize what a good thing keeping marijuana illegal is. I think marijuana should remain illegal for three reasons. First, money. A person purchases marijuana from a friend every two weeks or so. In addition to a person receiving a high-quality product, the friend earns extra income in exchange for extra work. As marijuana climbs higher up the legal ladder, the government makes more money on taxing the product. With taxes come less income for the Summit County grower and higher prices for the buyer. Why introduce the hand of the government into an already seamless business transaction?
May 6, 2012
Summit Daily News, 04 May 2012 - County considering regs to allow grow operations north of Silverthorne New county regulations currently on the table could allow medical marijuana businesses to establish large grow operations in the traditionally agricultural northern parts of the county.
May 6, 2012
The Daily Sentinel, 04 May 2012 - The "Driving-while-high" headline May 2, was misleading and misrepresents Sen. Steve King's attempts to further a bill, so out of line that no other member of Congress would add their name for sponsorship. King's word choice shows his overzealous attempts to stop medical marijuana. He misappropriates influence for impairment and implies they mean the same when that's not true at all. Not true when his basis is a study he says states 1 nanogram constitutes under the "influence". and making it equally false is no information of seriously ill patients, like myself.
May 3, 2012
The Daily Sentinel, 02 May 2012 - Recently, in a rare moment of short-sightedness, George Will endorsed the legalization of drugs as a solution to drug cartel violence. His rationale was that this would undercut profits and put them out of business. If only it were that simple. You have to be very naive to believe that if we tax and regulate drugs that these dealers are going to give up, go home and start car washes and taco shops. Drugs will always be cheaper on the street and the black market will continue.
May 3, 2012
Summit Daily News, 03 May 2012 - Colorado Senate Gives First OK on Bill Although it is illegal, arrests for driving while impaired by marijuana are rare in Summit County. "Our numbers are staggeringly low," undersheriff Derek Woodman said.
May 3, 2012
Summit Daily News, 03 May 2012 - Colorado Senate Gives First OK on Bill Although it is illegal, arrests for driving while impaired by marijuana are rare in Summit County. "Our numbers are staggeringly low," undersheriff Derek Woodman said.
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