THC WEEKLY NEWS by Jessica LeRoux - September 23, 2013

Hey Now,

If you do one thing i recommend this week it would be drop everything and go to the DOR office on Peirce st TODAY for the application workshop:

Retail Marijuana Licensing Information Announcement
September 18, 2013
The Marijuana Enforcement Division will host two retail marijuana licensing information workshops on Monday, September 23rd. The workshops will be held at 1881 Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO 80214 in Conference Room 110 (Entrance . The first workshop will begin at 10:00 AM and the second at 1:30 PM; the Division expects each session to last approximately 90 minutes. The same information will be provided at both sessions. The workshops will consist of a presentation by Marijuana Enforcement Division personnel and Q&A period. Please note, these workshops are only informational sessions for prospective licensees and applications will not be accepted.

I attended the city of Denver meeting last tuesday and here are the highlights and there was a BUNCH of state info released there too so everybody ought to read this

#1 the state will release the state rec application Tuesday the 24th.

#2 the city will release there city rec application monday the 23rd. 

(both should be posted on their websites) 

#3 the state is taking applications by appointment 8 per day (which i personally feel is UNFAIR COMPETITION) with a 45-60 pay intake period anticipated. 

#4 the city will have a PRIVATE special meeting for the 1st 8 applicants to the state to review the application process on this thursday the 26th (i am going to insist this meeting be opened per sunshine laws) 

#5 hearings for the city will start Nov 4th in order state receives applications, 2 per day until they are all done, notice will be given to owners etc 2 weeks out� (hearing officer required to email results w/in 3 days) 

#6 if you still aren't straight with the city you pretty much have till halloween to shit or get off the pot. (3 categories on posted list check your status with ruthie) 

#7 you must keep your medical license for 2 years to go rec. 

you can call me with more detailed questions re the meeting these are the highlights 303 922 3661 (but keep in mind if you are one of those people who call all the time with questions and never order any products we will call you names behind your back over here)! 

BULLSHIT VOTE NO ON AA�tell every patient in your doors to VOTE and VOTE NO ON AA  THink About it, No new taxes means no need for dual licensing, one price one place one license, fuck the state... Marijuana: Pot tax critics represent small minority, says Amendment 64 co-authorblogs.westword.comLast week, opponents of Proposition AA, the measure to establish tax rates for recreational marijuana, staged a rally at Civic...

& Marijuana: Attorney Rob Corry on today's free-joint rally in Boulder blogs.westword.comAs we've reported, a protest against marijuana taxation measure Proposition AA is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. today...

AND� now from a paid lobbyist who doesn't even smoke weed� note the only douche-orama who wants more taxes from you is already up the people in LEO 's ass, why would you trust this fuckwad? Michael Elliott talks about the Colorado marijuana industry and state pot taxes www.denverpost.comIn an interview with The Denver Post, Michael Elliott,vexecutive director of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group, discusses why the Colorado pot industry supports taxing itself.

LOCAL UPDATES:

Telluride Approves Marijuana Retail Shopsunofficialnetworks.comTelluride Town Council has approved an ordinance that will allow retail marijuana shops in operate in downtown Telluride. More on this story from Telluridenews.com.

Larimer County authorizes retail marijuana shopswww.coloradoan.comRetail marijuana businesses will be allowed to operate in unincorporated Larimer 

County beginning early next year. The proprietors of two existing medical marijuana dispensaries are poised to be the first.

Carbondale trustees put pot regs in their pipes, don�t inhale | PostIndependent.comwww.postindependent.comCARBONDALE � As the town edges closer to the Oct. 1 deadline when local recreational marijuana regulations are supposed to be in place, the board of trustees have scheduled

State of marijuana: Gold in the hills - Featured Sneak Peak Articleswww.sneakpeakvail.comWhen Amendment 64 became part of the Colorado constitution last December, all residents � and visitors � over the age of 21 could legally use and posses the Schedule I drug. The Federal government announced in early September it wouldn�t prosecute marijuana users or business owners in Colorado and W...

Town not yet creating recreational pot rules | AspenTimes.comwww.aspentimes.comSnowmass Village isn�t creating local regulations for recreational marijuana businesses because the town isn�t expecting to receive any. Municipalities in Colorado can start accepting applications for recreational marijuana business

Our View: Regulate pot shops like liquor storeswww.steamboattoday.comBased on voter will and the ballot language, it�s clear to us that businesses that sell marijuana in Colorado should not be regulated any differently than liquor stores, and for the most part, the newly adopted marijuana regulations are similar to laws governing the sale of alcohol.

Louisville reverses course, adopts emergency moratorium on retail pot businesseswww.dailycamera.comAt its Tuesday night meeting, the City Council was originally poised to approve a set of specific rules that would allow future retail marijuana businesses in town. Yet a last-minute outcry from residents, who said marijuana sales did not fit with Louisville's family-centered mentality, reversed the...

Boulder adopts moratorium on retail pot shopswww.dailycamera.com

Lake County prohibits recreational marijuana sale, cultivationwww.leadvilleherald.comLake County will prohibit the sale, manufacture and cultivation of recreational marijuana within the unincorporated portions of the county.

Crested Butte approves slow expansion of retail potwww.crestedbuttenews.comFacing an overflow crowd that spilled out of the council chambers and into the hallway, mayor Aaron Huckstep said, �It is great to have a room full of people here. We all want to have a productive discussion.�

Commissioners set public hearing on marijuana opswww.themountainmail.comChaffee County commissioners, during their meeting Tuesday, introduced language and set a public hearing for an ordinance that temporarily bans retail marijuana operations but may allow existing medical marijuana operations to convert to recreational.

Marathon meeting in Carbondale yields tighter pot regs | PostIndependent.comwww.postindependent.comCARBONDALE � In a five-hour work session, the Carbondale Board of Trustees hammered out a consensus Tuesday night about many of the rules and regulations for the anticipated recreational

Parachute says no to pot shops | PostIndependent.comwww.postindependent.comPARACHUTE � The town of Parachute does not have any medical marijuana businesses, and it won�t have any recreational marijuana businesses. Adults will also be limited in terms of how

Huge pot bust in Grand Junction neighborhoodwww.kjct8.comInvestigators say they were "tipped off" to a large marijuana grow operation

Around the nation: 

Wyoming governor concerned about Colorado marijuana traffickingwww.coloradoan.comWyoming Gov. Matt Mead's says he's concerned about increased marijuana trafficking in his state as Colorado prepares to allow the sale of recreational marijuana to the public.

Kansas denies marijuana advocacy group's request to adopt highwaywww.upi.comMarijuana legalization group Fire It Up Kansas' bid to adopt a highway rejected by state.

Multistate campaign to crack down on marijuanawww.jconline.comThe Indiana State Police will be working with five other state police agencies next week to crack down on marijuana.

N.J. health officials 'dragging their feet' on medical marijuana, lawyers argue in courtwww.nj.comThe presiding appeals judge suggested the lawsuit might be a better fit for another type of court.

God Drenches Colorado With Floodwater, Weed Smokers To Blame - Topekas Newstopekasnews.comSadly I must say I told you so. Marijuana is the most dangerous and annoying drug of all time, and yet, the people of Colorado voted to legalize that salacious herb of Satan. The horrid stench of marijuana is worse than a thousand rotting skunk carcasses and that rotten scent of �skunk weed� made it�

YOUR DRUG WAR IN ACTION:

I BEEN TELL Y'ALL THIS FOREVER� 

Bounties for Convictions in DUI Cases: A New and Dangerous Trendwww.criminallawdenver.comA recent report found that incentives, or bounties, are given to agencies if its arrest leads to a conviction in a DUI case.

US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012NORML BlogThe FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized, the total marijuana related arrests in the United States is largely unchanged year over year. In 2012, marijuana arrests as a percentage of

Police Made One Marijuana Arrest Every 42 Seconds in 2012www.usnews.comOne U.S. resident was arrested every two seconds in 2012, according to FBI data.

6-month-old taken from parents who grow, use medical marijuanawww.myfoxphoenix.comChanting "free Bree" a group of about a hundred protesters gathered outside state welfare offices upset over the state's decision to remove a baby from her parents because of medical marijuana.

SALES:

Order any 30 items (mix n match) by no later than 7pm today the 23rd and get three mystery items chosen by our staff for free! 

Bronco Bites: if you have these in stock now they should be sold by this evening, so order some more ASAP!

NIPS Are the flavorful spin off of the bites, 5 flavors all gluten free and amazing! 

Don't forget the new-ish Wafer Madness kitkat bars Gluten Free 125 Mg thc yum! 

Sale on Apple Crisp this week, now that the temps are dropping get a frozen organic guten free apple crisp to take home and pull some bubbly warm love out of your own home oven with zero work! order 4 apple crisps and get a $1 off each! * must be part of a minimum order! 

Thanks for reading, I hope that you all understand I want you to have this information to help all my independent owner operators survive these trying times, I rely on you as my retail partner to stay on top of these issues and stay in business! If you appreciate the news we are sharing with you, please order and promote Twirling Hippy Confections in your MMC! 

Jessica LeRoux

Twirling Hippy Confections 

2145 W Evans 

Denver CO 

303 922 3661 -call us any time!