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Article: Colorado distributors, law enforcement seek medical marijuana regulation
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- Colorado Springs Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 24, 2009
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The 20th Amendment to the Colorado Constitution authorizes the
medical use of marijuana for people suffering from debilitating
medical conditions and establishes an affirmative defense to state
criminal laws for patients and their primary caregivers.
While some distributors of medical marijuana and law enforcement
agencies say the amendment is too vague and that some form of
oversight is needed, attempts by the Department of Public Health and
Environment to implement restrictions have failed.
The latest effort, which would have limited the number of people
to whom caregivers could provide the drug, was rejected after a 12-
hour public hearing earlier this week. Thus, there remains no ...