Tens of thousands celebrate marijuana holiday 4/20 across US

[Source: Fox News]

DENVER –  Tens of thousands of revelers raised joints, pipes and vaporizer devices to the sky Sunday at a central Denver park in a defiant toast to the April 20 pot holiday, a once-underground celebration that stepped into the mainstream in the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana.

The 4:20 p.m. smoke-out in the shadow of the Colorado capitol was the capstone of an Easter weekend dedicated to cannabis in states across the country. Although it is still against the law to publicly smoke marijuana in Colorado, police only reported 63 citations or arrests on Sunday, 47 for marijuana consumption.

"It feels good not to be persecuted anymore," said Joe Garramone, exultantly smoking a joint while his 3-year-old daughter played on a vast lawn crowded with fellow smokers.

The Garramone family came from Hawaii, among the tens of thousands who crowded into various cannabis-themed extravaganzas, from a marijuana industry expo called the Cannabis Cup at a trade center north of downtown to 4/20-themed concerts at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater. Acts included Slightly Stoopid and Snoop Dogg.

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Boulder County commissioners impose temporary moratorium on retail marijuana license applications

 

[Source: Times-Call] 

Boulder County commissioners this Tuesday imposed a temporary 22-day moratorium on accepting applications from anyone seeking to engage in retail sales of recreational marijuana, or the growing of that marijuana, in unincorporated parts of the county. 

The moratorium formalizes a position the commissioners took last week. It leads up to an Oct. 22 public hearing at which the commissioners are to consider not-yet-written temporary regulations that would allow current medical-marijuana establishments already operating in the unincorporated areas of the county to begin seeking Boulder County licenses to use their current locations for the growth, wholesale or retail markets for recreational marijuana.

That Oct. 22 hearing and meeting also is expected to include consideration of what the appropriate length of time might be for any additional moratorium on retail marijuana establishments to give county officials a chance to study what regulations, fees and ballot measures might be needed to oversee retail marijuana establishments.

Unless the commissioners extend the moratorium beyond Oct. 22, applicants that now are operating as medical marijuana centers in the county could begin seeking county retail marijuana licenses on Oct. 23 and might be able to begin selling marijuana for recreational use as early as next January.



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Colorado Mountain Towns readying for Recreational Tokers

 

[Source: The Denver Post]

They won't have to "hide it up in Telluride" anymore.

Glenn Frey sang that famous line in his 1984 "Smuggler's Blues" ode to drug dealing. But at the first of the year, those looking to add reefer to their ski-town recreation experience will be able to stroll into Colorado Avenue stores and legally buy some Bubba Kush or Maui Waui.

Colorado's live-and-let-live mountain resort towns, including Telluride, Aspen, Crested Butte, Breckenridge and Steamboat Springs, are jumping on the opportunities opened up by Amendment 64 and are ready to add recreational marijuana outlets to the ski-town attractions of moguls and double-blacks.

With local ordinances already approved or in the final stages of tweaking, recreational pot shops will be operating in these towns at the first of the year, just in time for the influx of fun-seeking skiers

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Historic retail marijuana rules and regulations passed by Denver Council

[Source: The Denver Post]

Denver City Council Monday night passed a historic bill that sets the rules and regulations for the retail marijuana industry in the state's largest city.

Most other big municipalities around Colorado have taken a time-out from setting their own regulations with many opting out to see how Denver's system will work. Denver also was the first to take on medical marijuana regulations.

"The whole world is watching, not just the country," said Councilman Charlie Brown, who led the council committee on the issue. "There will be some changes. It is a work in progress. We did what we could, but this is a huge unknown."


Two changes were put into the new law:
• Any medical marijuana facility that has not applied for a city license by Oct. 1 will be shut down.
• Distances now will be measured as the crow flies, not in terms of distance a pedestrian can walk after an amendment by Councilman Paul Lopez that was approved. Going forward, no new dispensary or retail shop can be within 1,000 feet of a school, child care center, drug and alcohol treatment center or another marijuana facility as the crow flies.

Here are some key elements to the new law:
• Through Jan. 2016, only licensed medical marijuana businesses in good standing will be licensed to sell retail marijuana.
• Retail marijuana stores can share the same location with a medical marijuana centers.
• Public hearings will be required before licenses are granted to retail facilities. But the hearings will be less restrictive than liquor licences.
• Similar buffering to the medical marijuana laws will be in effect with no dispensaries allowed within 1,000 feet of a school, child care center, another marijuana facility and drug and alcohol treatment facilities.


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Colorado Department Of Revenue Announced Members Of Marijuana Rulemaking Working Groups

The working groups for Colorado’s Amendment 64 implementation have been announced. Below is the info, which can also be found by clicking here:

Amendment 64 of the Colorado State Constitution and HB13-1317 directs the State Licensing Authority (SLA) to adopt rules for retail marijuana. The first step in the process was the adoption of the July 1, 2013 emergency rules, which established a robust regulatory structure for retail marijuana designed to protect public safety and prevent diversion of retail marijuana to minors. With those goals in mind, the SLA filed a Notice of Rulemaking with the Secretary of State on July 15, 2013 in order to adopt permanent rules for retail marijuana and revised set of rules governing medical marijuana.

The SLA encourages interested parties to submit written comments on the proposed rules, including alternate proposals, by August 15, 2013, so that the SLA can review comments prior to the rulemaking hearing. Written comments will also be accepted after that date, until the rulemaking record is closed following the hearing.

The SLA will accept all written comments but strongly encourages written comments to be submitted on Form DR 2477. The form is available on the Department of Revenue’s (DOR) Amendment 64 page, which can be found at: www.colorado.gov/revenue/amendment64.

Please print, complete and save Form DR 2477 as a separate document and then submit the Form via e-mail. Written comments and completed Forms DR 2477 may be emailed to: dor_ruleform@state.co.us.

In addition, you may submit completed Forms DR 2477 to:
Colorado Department of Revenue
Executive Director’s Office
RE: Rules
1375 Sherman Street, Room 409
Denver, CO 80261

Written comments will also be accepted at the rulemaking hearing and at all stakeholder working group meetings.

Stakeholder Working Groups & Members: The SLA is organizing five stakeholder working groups to engage in depth discussions about the permanent rules for retail marijuana and the revised rules for medical marijuana. Each group will focus on a different aspect of those rules and include an almost entirely different set of stakeholders. The following is list of the stakeholder working groups and the members for each group.

The Licensing, Licensed Premises, Transportation and Storage Working Group
o Chair: Lewis Koski (Marijuana Enforcement Division)
o Adrienne Russman (Governor’s Office)
o Judy Steele (City and County of Denver, Excises and Licenses)
o Melanie Snyder (Attorney General’s Office)
o Chris Olson (County Sheriff of Colorado)
o Brenda Davis (Colorado Division of Gaming)
o Jeff Gard (Attorney)
o Brooke Gerhing (Medical Marijuana Industry Business Owner)
o Meg Collins (Cannabis Business Alliance)
o Collon Kennedy (Colorado Communiqué, LLC)

The Licensed Entities and Inventory Tracking Working Group
o Chair: Ron Kammerzell (Department of Revenue)
o Cally King (Governor’s Office)
o John Vicchiarelli (Department of Revenue)
o Matt Huron (Medical Marijuana Industry Large Business Owner)
o Jessica LeRoux (Medical Marijuana Industry Small Business Owner)
o Ronn Nixon (Consumer Advocate)
o Eric Bergman (Colorado Counties, Inc.)
o Ann Marie Jensen (Jensen Public Affairs representing the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police)
o Tom Raynes (Colorado District Attorney’s Council)
o Gennifer Murray (Medical Marijuana Laboratory Owner)
o Amy Poinsett (MJ Freeway)
o Mike Elliot / Norton Arbelaez (Medical Marijuana Industry Group / Compliance Officer)

The Record Keeping, Enforcement, and Discipline Working Group
o Chair: Hank Hassler (Marijuana Enforcement Division)
o Cally King (Governor’s Office)
o Kevin Bommer / Rachel Allen (Colorado Municipal League)
o Kevin Fischer (Medical Marijuana Industry Owner)
o Mitch Murray (Colorado Springs District Attorney)
o Beverly Bookout (Boulder Police Officer)
o Melanie Snyder (Attorney General’s Office)
o Mark Slaugh (Medical Marijuana Industry Compliance)
o Joel Russman (Attorney)
o Stewart Zion (Department of Revenue)

The Labeling, Packaging, Product Safety, and Marketing Working Group
o Chair: Jordan Wellington (Marijuana Enforcement Division)
o Cally King (Governor’s Office)
o Dan Anglin (Anglin Public Affairs representing EdiPure and Green Cross Colorado)
o Brian Swanton (Medical Marijuana Industry Owner)
o Andy LaFrate (Medical Marijuana Industry Owner)
o Sandra Solin (Capitol Solutions representing Smart Colorado)
o Jeff Groff (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment)
o Christian Sederberg (Attorney)
o Ernie Martinez (Denver Police Department)
o Professor Charles Patti (Interim Dean and Professor of Marketing at the University of Denver)
o Laura Borgelt (Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine Department)
o Heather Despres (Laboratory Director for CannLabs)
o Dr. Uwe Christian (Medical Director at the Bio Analytics Laboratories at University of Colorado School of Medicine)
o Dr. Paula Riggs (Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Substance Dependence, University of Colorado of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus)

The Medical Differentiation Work Group
o Chair: Lewis Koski (Marijuana Enforcement Division)
o Adrienne Russman (Governor’s Office)
o Teri Robinette (Patient Advocate)
o Chief John Jackson (Greenwood Village Police Department)
o Cheri Hacket (Medical Marijuana Industry Business Owner)
o Tim McDowell (Medical Marijuana Industry Business Owner)
o Eric Spiedell (Medical Marijuana Industry Business Owner)
o Melanie Snyder (Attorney General’s Office)
o Sean McAllister (Attorney)
o Kimberly Ryan (Attorney)

The do's and don'ts of Colorado's new recreational marijuana rules

[Source: 9news.com]

DENVER - A sampling of rules for retail sales of recreational marijuana in Colorado. The rules were released Monday, but retail sales don't start until January.

• No single package of an edible marijuana product can contain more than 100 milligrams of active THC, no matter how many servings it contains.

• Colorado residents can buy up to an ounce of marijuana at a time. Out-of-state residents can buy up to a quarter-ounce.

• Labels on marijuana-laced snacks have to list their ingredients and carry warnings including "The intoxicating effects of this product may be delayed by two or more hours."

• Licensed growers can't sell to consumers. Marijuana can't be consumed at a cultivation site.

• Waste marijuana has to be "unusable and unrecognizable" when discarded. One method: It can ground up with an equal amount of paper, cardboard, plastic, food waste or grease.

• Testing facilities have to destroy the marijuana after they test it.

• Sheriffs, deputies, police officers and some other state officials can't get a marijuana retail license.

• Licensed retailers have to have video surveillance systems and commercial-grade locks.

• Retailers and their employees must wear identification badges issued by the Colorado Department of Revenue.

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Colorado announces rules for recreational pot sales

[Source: Denver Post]

Detailed rules for how recreational pot in Colorado should be grown and sold starting next year were released Monday.

The state department that will regulate marijuana released more than 60 pages of rules for how marijuana sales will be licensed and regulated. The Colorado Legislature set broad parameters earlier this year, but many nitty-gritty rules were left to the Department of Revenue.

Pot has been legal since last year in Colorado, but retail sales don't begin until January. The voter-approved marijuana legalization measure adopted last year required the department to release rules by July 1. The rules released Monday don't apply to medical pot shops.

The rules require labels to include potency, expiration dates and a disclaimer that pot isn't legal outside Colorado and hasn't been safety-tested.

Recreational pot will also come with the disclaimer that "there may be health risks associated with the consumption of this product." 

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Boulder approves pot use for adults on private property

 

 [Source:By Erica Meltzer Camera Staff Writer/Dailycamera.com]

Adults will be able to smoke marijuana on private property in Boulder, even if their neighbors are able to see them, and people younger than 21 caught with pot will be treated like underage drinkers.

The Boulder City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt new marijuana ordinances in light of Amendment 64, which legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana and directed the state Legislature to come up with a regulatory framework for retail sales.

Boulder is waiting to develop rules for marijuana stores until the state decides what its regulations and licensing procedures will be.

For now, the city is adopting new ordinances saying marijuana cannot be smoked in public or by people under 21.

In response to earlier concerns about the definitions of public and private, the ordinance was clarified to say that marijuana can be consumed on private property, like in a backyard, even if neighbors might see or smell it.

Amendment 64 applies to people 21 and older. The ordinances adopted Tuesday will treat underage use of marijuana similar to underage drinking.

People between ages 18 and 21 will still have the right to use marijuana if they have a medical card. If someone is accused of underage pot use and intends to present a medical defense, he or she will be asked to present that before trial to avoid unnecessary legal costs for the city.

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