William Breathes 1/20/2012 A handful of medical marijuana centers in unincorporated Pitkin County are sitting in legal limbo, waiting on county authorities to move forward with regulations that the state says are necessary for the shops to stay in business.

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Janet Urquhart 1/18/2012 ASPEN - Pitkin County will delve into the licensing of medical marijuana businesses within unincorporated areas of the county, commissioners informally decided Tuesday after a discussion with two representatives of the state's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division.

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Andrew Travers 1/18/2012 Pitkin County officials are changing course and beginning work on local licensing for medical marijuana facilities. The county commissioners had previously declined to take any official action regarding medical marijuana business, fearing federal prosecution.

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Janet Urquhart 1/16/2012 ASPEN - Pitkin County is one of 22 Colorado counties that allow medical marijuana businesses to operate in unincorporated areas, but the county's refusal to issue licenses to the operations puts their future in question.

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Harold Morgan 12/20/2012 Legalize marijuana. There! I said it! In public! Conservative me! My rationale is simple, though imprecise.

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Robert Allen 1/3/2011 His agency busted multiple illicit growing operations in the past year, including one in the jurisdiction of Fort Collins Police Services. An effort to legalize recreational marijuana is on the ballot in 2012. Smith said, "We'll pick that up depending on where it's at."

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Janet Urquhart 12/30/2011 Pitkin County will take up its approach, or lack thereof, to the medical marijuana industry next month in response to a state request for licensing by local jurisdictions. A Jan. 17 work session has been scheduled for county commissioners to review what has been a hands-off policy when it comes to medical marijuana businesses.

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12/24/2011 Medical marijuana was both boon and bane to Ute Pass residents in 2011. While Colorado voters approved the use of medical marijuana in 2000, marijuana is still against federal law.

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Heather Scofield 12/13/2011 With a unanimous vote Tuesday, La Plata County commissioners created a new set of licensing regulations and fees for the county’s flourishing medical marijuana industry.

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Carlos Illescas 12/6/2011 Former Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan was released from jail this afternoon after posting $50,000 bond. Sullivan came out of the jail in street clothing and left in the backseat of a green sports utility vehicle driven by an unidentified female. He said nothing to the assembled media.

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