Colorado

Denver dad: “Nobody thought about the kids”



Katie Kerwin McCrimmon 2/5/2012 The call came last fall while the young single dad was at his construction job. A man advertises medical marijuana Feb. 2 on Leetsdale Drive, a few blocks from George Washington High School in southeast Denver.

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Special report: Marijuana and K-12 schools



Nancy Mitchell 2/5/2012 A fever chart of drug violations reported by Colorado public schools would show a gradual decline beginning in 2001-01, a line dropping year by year.

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Cities, voters respond to medical marijuana sales



Pamela Dickman 2/4/2012 Berthoud, population 5,200, could be described as the quintessential small town with manicured parks, very little crime, residents who all seem to know one another and a quiet, neighborly attitude.

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Marijuana signatures come up short, supporters have 15 days to get more



Scot Kersgaard 2/3/2012 Today, the Colorado Secretary of State’s office announced that the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol did not collect enough valid signatures to be placed on the ballot in November. Only another 2409 signatures are needed, however, and organizers have 15 days in which to collect the remaining signatures.

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MMJ ban opponents to get day in court



Kevin Duggan 2/4/2012 Opponents of a ban on medical marijuana businesses in Fort Collins will have their day in court. A Larimer District Court judge Thursday will decide whether to allow the dispensaries to stay open until there’s a hearing on a lawsuit filed last week by six local marijuana businesses challenging the ban.

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Colorado deals setback to recreational pot effort



KRISTEN WYATT 2/3/2012 DENVER - Colorado marijuana activists have about two weeks to collect an additional 2,500 signatures to get a proposal legalizing possession of the drug for recreational use on the ballot after the secretary of state said Friday that tens of thousands of signatures turned in were invalid.

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Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act falls 2,400 signatures shy of ballot



Michael Roberts 2/3/2012 Earlier this week, Brian Vicente, one of the primary proponents of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, told us that news about whether the measure qualified for the November ballot could come as early as Friday.

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Colorado pot-legalization initiative needs more signatures



John Ingold 2/3/2012 A proposed initiative to legalize limited possession of marijuana in Colorado needs more signatures to qualify for the ballot. The Colorado Secretary of State's office announced today that the campaign collected only 83,696 valid signatures. It needs 86,105 to qualify.

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