GRAND JUNCTION - The unofficial results are in and voters in Grand Junction made their choice to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. The polls closed at 7:00 p.m. and the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office has tallied the votes. 56.6% of votes counted are for the ordinance to ban dispensaries within city limits. 41.4% are against the ordinance.

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Don Coleman 4/5/2011 GRAND JUNCTION - After almost a year of debate, the fate of dispensaries in Grand Junction will be decided by voters tonight. Back in September, after a few public hearings on the issue, Grand Junction's City Council voted to ban dispensaries inside city limits.

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Don Coleman 3/25/2011 GRAND JUNCTION - Some call it discrimination, but others say it is just a sign of the bad job market. One local medical marijuana patient believes he is being turned down for potential jobs because of his medicine. The husband and father of two, who asked to remain anonymous, has been looking for work for almost a year.

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Honora Swanson 3/19/2011 GRAND JUNCTION - Five people have been arrested on drug charges at a Grand Junction apartment. Police say it is a known grow operation. Colt Davidson, 20, James Sargent, 43, Kristy Spry, 32, Jordan Hice,20, and Luis Villapando, 23, were contacted by authorities at an apartment on Glenwood Avenue for suspicion of drug activity.

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Honora Swanson 2/20/2011 MESA COUNTY - Drug addiction strikes hundreds of people all over Mesa County. In fact, over $2 million worth of drugs were confiscated by the sheriff's department in 2009. But drugs don't just effect those who fall into the addiction. It causes pain for everyone around them.

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Honora Swanson 11/15/2010 MONTROSE COUNTY - Voters across the region refused to allow more pot shops to open up in the most recent election. In Montrose County though, it's what the ballot measure didn't ask that's causing some confusion. The wording of the new law in Montrose County bans future pot shops, but doesn't clearly say anything about current dispensaries.

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Tami Brehse 10/5/2010 FRUITA - The Fruita City Council voted Tuesday night to deny a conditional use permit to Next Gen medical marijuana dispensary. The meeting comes after the City Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the permit. But after testimony from the Fruita Police Department and other members of the community, the Planning Commission reversed its recommendation.

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Don Coleman 10/4/2010 GRAND JUNCTION - Effective January 1st, all medical marijuana commercial activity will be illegal in the city of Grand Junction. That includes dispensaries and other businesses within the industry already operating in city limits. The Grand Junction City Council made their decision to enact an ordinance banning the industry after a room full of people against the ban gave their input.

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Tami Brehse 9/14/2010 GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- They’re the ones responsible for keeping road work zones safe...and now they're under investigation by the Delta County Sheriff's Office. KJCT News 8 has learned of some serious allegations of worker misconduct by traffic flaggers--including drug abuse on the job.

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Tami Brehse 8/26/2010 PALISADE - A Palisade dispensary got the go ahead this week to grow marijuana next door to its shop. The Palisade Town Board approved a conditional use permit to allow Colorado Alternative Healthcare to grow their own product. The business needed the permit because growing pot would be considered an agricultural use and the area is in a town-center zone.

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