New set of laws to make way for Breckenridge marijuana decriminalization
Nov 29, 2009 Online Issue
BRECKENRIDGE, Colorado — A new set of marijuana laws is nearing approval in Breckenridge, where possession of the drug and Read the rest of this entry »
paraphernalia by people over 21 is to be decriminalized Jan. 1.
The regulations would make public display and consumption of marijuana punishable by a $100 fine and up to 15 days in jail.
Breckenridge police chief Rick Holman said he doesn’t foresee much change in the town that, in 2008, issued only 10 tickets for possession of small amounts of marijuana and four for possession of paraphernalia under the municipal laws.
“We’ve never had a high incidence of public display and use in Breckenridge,” he said. “I don’t expect that to change.”
A moratorium on marijuana dispensaries?
Oct 11, 2009 Online Issue
As medical marijuana dispensaries continue to crop up all over Colorado — from Vail to Longmont to Grand Junction — cities are wrestling with how to 
regulate the legal sales of pot within their limits.
Many municipalities have enacted moratoriums to give them time to carve out some rules, and it appears Telluride will be next to fall into step with that trend. The Telluride Town Council is holding a special meeting on Monday to consider enacting a moratorium on dispensaries in town that would last until April.
The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. on in Rebekah Hall.
Mayor Stu Fraser said the town is considering this action because it doesn’t have anything in its Land Use Code that specifically deals with the sales of medical marijuana right now.
A moratorium, he said, “allows us to get the Land Use Code regulations and municipal code in place for any legal medical marijuana sales that would occur.”
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