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Demand for medical pot in Colorado outstripping supply

Source: The Denver Post
Denver : CO : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • File photo of medical marijuana being displayed in Los Angeles
    File photo of medical marijuana being displayed in Los Angeles
    Source: Reuters
File photo of medical marijuana being displayed in Los Angeles
And as dispensaries proliferate throughout the state, police and lawyers say they are worried about the peripheral crime rising around the shops intended to function as pharmacies, selling medical marijuana prescribed to people who suffer one of eight conditions, ranging from chronic pain to glaucoma....
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  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
    It might be the best job in journalism but deadlines could prove a problem. An alternative Denver newspaper, Westword, is advertising for a reviewer to survey Colorado's marijuana dispensaries and their products amid a boom in the sale of dope as a...
  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
    An alternative newspaper in Denver, Colorado, Westword , is seeking a marijuana critic. More than 120 people have applied for the job to review the drugs legally available in the state's medical dispensaries. One condition: the critic must have a...
  • News Source: The Denver Post | about 1 month ago
    And as dispensaries proliferate throughout the state, police and lawyers say they are worried about the peripheral crime rising around the shops intended to function as pharmacies, selling medical marijuana prescribed to people who suffer one of...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 month ago
    It certainly isn't your average help wanted ad. "Do you have a medical condition that necessitates marijuana?...If so, Westword wants you to join the ranks as our freelance marijuana-dispensary reviewer." The local "burgeoning medical marijuana...
  • News Source: Truthdig | about 1 month ago
    The lousy economy has driven some Californians into the marijuana industry, which is doing a lot better than, say, construction. According to this Miller-McCune profile, California will grow an estimated $15 billion worth of weed in 2009, a good...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago
    But a reviewer of the business warns the decor looks a little cliche, what with the Grateful Dead posters on the wall and the Mexican-blanket tablecloths. The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for...
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  • Blog Source: www.lawweekonline.com
    Colorado's medical marijuana industry exhaled in relief Monday after President Barack Obama's administration announced that federal attorneys shouldn't prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries or legal users in states like Colorado ...
  • Blog Source: www.rhythmism.com
    There are as many as 800 storefront pot shops in Los Angeles just as some dispensary owners are starting decades-long sentences in federal prison. Some cities are trying to clamp down on medical marijuana, while others offer permits and collect ...
  • Blog Source: www.theeagle.com
    There are as many as 800 storefront pot shops in Los Angeles just as some dispensary owners are starting decades-long sentences in federal prison. Some cities are trying to clamp down on medical marijuana, while others offer permits and collect
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    California also stands alone for the widespread presence of storefront dispensaries, but places to legally obtain pot are starting to sprout in other states. Colorado also has dispensaries, and Rhode Island and New Mexico are in the ...
  • Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
    The memo, officials said, is designed to give a sense of prosecutorial priorities to U.S. Attorneys in the states that allow medical marijuana. It notes that pot sales in the United States are the largest source of money for violent ...
  • Blog Source: shavedlongcock.blogspot.com
    Steve Cooley said last week that he will continue to prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries for over-the-counter sales, targeting a practice that has become commonplace under an initiative approved by California voters more than a decade ago. ...
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