THC Weekly News by Jessica LeRoux - September 10, 2013

Hey NOW!!! 

Today's newsletter will begin as a forward of an email I got this morning from Jordan Wellington of the DOR, and while I haven't had a chance to read these documents in depth you can be certain that next week I will be providing you a full analysis.

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Wellington - DOR, Jordan" <jordan.wellington@state.co.us>

Subject: Thank You

Date: September 10, 2013 9:13:07 AM MDT

To: lady <lady@twirlinghippy.com>

Dear Jessica,

Thank you very much for volunteering your time to participate in the Marijuana Enforcement Division’s Licensed Entities and Inventory Tracking Working Group.  Your insights provided significant value to this process and assisted us in developing the rules for retail marijuana and revising the rules for medical marijuana.The State Licensing Authority has finalized and adopted both sets of rules, which are available online at:  http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Revenue-Main/XRM/1251633708470 (retail) and http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Rev-MMJ/CBON/1251638236638 (medical).  Again, thank you for your participation in this

process.

Best wishes,

Jordan Wellington

Senior Regulatory Analyst

Marijuana Enforcement Division 

jordan.wellington@state.co.us

many of you have asked me who you might be able to contact with concerns, and I've included jordan's email in case you need a person to reach out to at DOR. 

here's the press release: 

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251883847112&ssbinary=true

and some concerning emergency overlay stuff:

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251883935270&ssbinary=true

BUT WAIT DONT GET SIDE TRACKED BY THE NEW PAGES: 

the federal government is having a hearing on state's rights concerning cannabis today at noon our time… here is a link to listen in live. 

“UPDATED WITNESS LIST AND TIME CHANGE: Conflicts between State and Federal Marijuana Laws”
Senate Judiciary Committee
DATE: September 10, 2013
TIME: 02:30 PM
ROOM: Hart 216
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=094c28995d1f5bc4fe11d832f90218f9

OK that is the stuff you needed to know immediately, the rest of this news is also important and has pix of new products too, but you can look it over later once you've followed the hearing and read the rules… 

In Light of the recent tragic loss of fellow activist Jenny Kush Ive been looking at these stats its is obvious that each year since 2009 and the ogdon memo the numbers of DUIs in the state drops by a noticable number, including this year, I think we need a real statictitian to look at this shit and tell us what it really means in relevance to enforcement budgets etc...http://apps.coloradodot.info/TrafficSafety/HEAT/dspFolder/ArrestsForAllEnfPeriod.cfm

1,300+ arrested for DUI in Colorado during extended Labor Day crackdownwww.thedenverchannel.comMore than 1,300 people across the state of Colorado were arrested for driving under the influence during a 19-day period that included Labor Day weekend.

There is a new link for those of you who have yet to contribute a donation for jenny's children. The driver who killed Jenny had no insurance so this money is being set into a trust for the future educational and medical needs of Jenny's 4 children. https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/dapAc

Denver rally to oppose Proposition AA had quite the turnout. www.youtube.comvia YouTube Capture

apparently this stunt directly lead to city councilman Charlie Brown asking Denver Cops to crack down on public use in last night's city council meeting! 

Free joints handed out in Denver | 9news.com on9news.tvThe tax would be broken down into 15 percent for sales and 15 percent excise. The organizers of the event say this tax would force people to buy marijuana in the black market.

the folks at "smart CO" just wanna "spice" up their media pandering with a lil innuendo 

Interesting day for Denversmartcolorado.orgMany of those citizens immediately lit their joints while Denver police officers stood by watching, despite the fact that smoking marijuana in public is still illegal under amendment 64.

why not when the mainstream can't tell the difference between buds and chinese made spice?

 http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-area-emergency-room-doctors-report-outbreak-of-illness-from-spice-black-mamba

Good thing that 

More Colorado pot is flowing to neighboring stateswww.denverpost.comMarijuana is flowing into the black market and out of Colorado in greater quantities than ever before, law enforcement officials say.

DOJ policy changes are the big federal news of the week A Saner Approach on Drug Lawswww.nytimes.comThe Justice Department says that states are free to legalize pot, but that the government will be watching. but news is slow to trickle over the 280E hump

New DOJ Marijuana Policy Won't Fly With IRSwww.forbes.comUnfortunately, there has been no IRS announcement on the heels of the DOJ and we should not expect much. The IRS is unlikely to lay off the tax attack it has mounted against marijuana income.

Ahem.... Corey, sweetie, your district voted FOR a-64, you know that right? Colorado Republican Rips Holder on Marijuana - Goppersblogs.rollcall.comOn Tuesday, Rep. Cory Gardner of Colorado penned a pointed letter to Holder torching the DOJ’s decision, given that federal law makes possession of the drug a criminal offense.

I been telling y'all nullification education is the next big thing! 

Marijuana Nullification Squeezing Police State; Cop Leaders Throw Hissy-Fitblog.tenthamendmentcenter.comFile this in the category of more evidence nullification works. Last week, Eric Holder’s Department of Justice essentially backed down in the face of marijuana legalization by popular vote in both…

it makes the $ men nervous! 

Follow the Money: How Former Anti-Drug Officials Ridiculously Still Say Pot Is Dangerous in Order to Make a Lot of Cash

hand in hand with: 

6 Ways the U.S. Drug War Intrudes On Your Life, Whether Or Not You Use Illegal Substances

because we are paying pennys on the dollar to rob hard working artisans of their livelihoods in Colorado with prison labor… 

Colorado Prison Profits In Niche Marketskunc.org

Hmmmm, An opinion from Bob Dupont. Lets all recall just how many years the Dupont family has fought to keep cannabis illegal and how vastly many petrochemical and plastic products the Dupont family has developed profitted by and raped the plant with since 1937 when they were a vocal supporter of prohibition at the very time the US army as switching to nylon rope from HEMP etc etc etc… Marijuana legalization wrong way to end war on drugswww.utsandiego.comThanks to a well-funded and impressively executed, decades-long campaign to stigmatize marijuana use, much of the public believes that marijuana use is dangerous.

and a rebuttal: An Open Letter To The Law Enforcement Fascists Bitching About AG Holder's Marijuana Policy Shiftwww.politicalgarbagechute.comAn open letter to the law enforcement groups who got their undergarments in a twist over Holder and Obama's new marijuana policy.

and another one: Don’t let weed impair judgement | VailDaily.comwww.vaildaily.comRetail marijuana is an emotional issue but town board members aren’t elected to express their feelings. They are elected to use good judgment and make sound decisions.

even better than a rebuttal Althouse: "Jury Nullification vs. The Drug War: NJ Weedman on His Unlikely Marijuana Acquittal."althouse.blogspot.com

even conservatives are seeing the light

If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient Christian anointing oil, as history indicates, and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be considered anti-Christ.

BBC NEWS | Health | Cannabis linked to Biblical healingnews.bbc.co.ukJesus Christ and his apostles may have used a cannabis-based anointing oil to help cure people with crippling diseases, it has been claimed.

Of course this pair of prohibitionists who are both named after the big white guy in the sky might not like that perspectiveOur time with pot will tell - Dr. Christian Thurstonedrthurstone.comIn Colorado, we're already verifying about marijuana what U.S. Justice Department officials failed to acknowledge today -- and appear to know little about.

and some employers are hip too

Marijuana in the workplace - Colorado Business Magazine www.cobizmag.com Other companies say recreational marijuana has not arisen in conversations because the company culture is one of employee freedom.

its a mother's choice! 

Doctor Threatens To Notify Child Protective Services Over Marijuana Cancer Treatmentwww.mintpressnews.comAfter finding more success treating her son with cannabis oil than chemotherapy, a Colorado mother faces threats from her doctor., cancer, cannabis oil, chemotherapy, Child Protective Services, Colorado, medical marijuana,

it might even be YOUR mother's choice!

Drug Use Drops for US Youth, Rises in Over 50 Crowdabcnews.go.comDrug use among America's youth is dropping, but it's booming among people over 50, a U.S. government survey released Wednesday shows.

LOCAL REGS UPDATES:

Boulder No bueno 

Boulder pot regulations move forwardwww.dailycamera.comExisting medical marijuana businesses could have to wait until June 2014 to apply to convert to recreational pot businesses, and they would be limited to 1,000 plants under regulations that received initial approval from the Boulder City Council on Tuesday night.

Manitou Springs temporarily bans recreational marijuanawww.krdo.comManitou Springs is banning recreational marijuana, at least temporarily. The whole community had the chance to tell the city what they think about that, but Tuesday night (9/3/13), only one person did.

Summit County government joins retail marijuana tax conversation | SummitDaily.comwww.summitdaily.comThe Summit County Commission may soon join the state and local municipalities in proposing a tax on retail marijuana sales to voters as a November ballot question. The commission discussed

Littleton council leaning toward approval of retail marijuana sales | ColumbineCourier.comwww.columbinecourier.comLittleton may soon join Denver and a few other Colorado cities in having retail outlets for recreational marijuana.

City puts pot sales on holdwww.durangoherald.comBecause Amendment 64 got majority support in Durango, councilors did not want the public to think they were out to ban recreational marijuana but wanted to give staff time to coordinate local regulations with new state laws.

Pro-marijuana tax campaign launchedwww.durangoherald.comThe last publicly available poll on the topic was in April, when Public Policy Polling found 77 percent support for the taxes.

Fort Morgan bans commercial recreational pot establishmentswww.fortmorgantimes.comThe Fort Morgan City Council on Tuesday night gave final approval to an ordinance banning commercial recreational marijuana establishments in the city.

Pueblo City Council not any closer to lifting marijuana moratoriumwww.krdo.comIt's been more than three months since Pueblo City Council set a moratorium on recreational marijuana shops, but council members aren't any closer to deciding whether to allow it or ban it.

Grand Junction bans sales of retail pot | GJSentinel.comwww.gjsentinel.comGrand Junction city councilors voted Wednesday night to ban retail sales of recreational marijuana, putting the city among the ranks of municipalities around Colorado that have prohibited commerce in small amounts of the drug.

WORST NEWS IN A LONG TIMELack of staples sinks marijuana petition in La Juntawww.krdo.comA marijuana petition won't make the November ballot because papers weren't attached properly.

Momentum in other states!

State finalizes committee that will draft rules for medical marijuana shopswww.oregonlive.comThe committee's membership was picked by Tom Burns, who oversees the state's pharmaceutical drug programs.

The Flood Gates Are Open: These 10 States Are Most Likely To Legalize Pot Nextwww.huffingtonpost.comAttorney General Eric Holder gave a green light on Thursday to two states whose efforts to legalize marijuana had been locked in by legal uncertainty for more than nine months. With that announcement, Colorado and Washington -- both of which passed pro-pot initiatives at the polls last November -- c...

Alaskans May Get Chance To ‘Just Say Yes’ On Marijuana Ballot Measuremjnewsnetwork.comALASKA: For more than 30 years, Alaska's libertarian streak made it the only state in which it was legal, under some circumstances, to smoke marijuana just for the fun of it. Then along came voters in Colorado and Washington state. Last year, both states passed initiatives legalizing pot and setting...

Kansas City For Cannabis

Kentucky agriculture commissioner: State to grow hemp and we’ll see what Justice Department does...shar.esKentucky’s Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer said Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement last week of changes in the Justice Department’s marijuana policy could mean that the state can move ahead with industrial hemp farming. Louisville’s WDRB reported that Comer intends to forge ahead wi...

Police department hosts marijuana seminar - Wyoming Tribune Eagle Onlinewww.wyomingnews.comCHEYENNE -- Whether they wanted to know about growing hemp, drug impairment in children or to spread the word about a not-for-profit group, everyone that attended a Tuesday seminar was focused on marijuana.

PIGS:

Why is this headline about steroids? Roid-raged drugwar robots illegal abuse of prescription pain killers that Kill should be the headline here.

Veteran Jeffco Deputy Busted For Steroids - CBS Denverdenver.cbslocal.comA veteran Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy is due in court later this week following his arrest earlier this year for possession of anabolic steroids and oxycodone.

Good Shot Kid! 

Child Accidentally Shoots SWAT Officer at California Book Fairreason.comWith the cop's own gun

Man Illegaly Growing Marijuana Is Killed By His Own Security Devicethe420times.com50-year-old Daniel Rickett from upstate New York accidently took his own life on Saturday after drunkenly driving his four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle into a piano wire trap he had placed around an illegal grow-op of four large plants which was obviously intended for trespassers or would be thieves....

Studies that show we re OK! 

Marijuana use, legalization and cognitive effects: Research perspectivesjournalistsresource.org2013 review of studies that look at the effects of marijuana use on cognitive functioning, as the federal policy debate over legalization continues to grow.

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2145 W Evans denver CO 

303 922 3661