Colorado Becomes FIRST STATE To Finalize RECREATIONAL POT Rules

[Segami]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado has become the first state in the country to finalize rules for recreational marijuana businesses, which are expected to open at the beginning of next year. The Denver Post reports that the rules released late Monday by the Colorado Department of Revenue cover everything from pot shop licensing to inventory tracking to marijuana packaging and advertising. They changed little from their draft form but could add certainty for marijuana entrepreneurs.



The rules, outlined in 136 small-type pages, require businesses to use a state-run online inventory tracking program to document their marijuana’s journey from seed to sale. Marijuana also must be placed in opaque, child-resistant containers before being taken out of a store, and recreational pot stores won’t be allowed to advertise to people under 21. Ron Kammerzell, the revenue department’s deputy senior director of enforcement, said the rules will provide clear guidelines for both pot shops and police. “Good regulation not only needs to be easy to understand, it must also provide authorities the ability to enforce the regulation in a fair and transparent manner,” he said.



Washington and Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana last fall, and the U.S. Department of Justice said last week it would not interfere as long as the states create tight rules to keep the drug away from children, criminal gangs and neighboring states. Washington’s Liquor Control Board recently tweaked its proposed rules to clarify how many pot stores will be allowed in the state, and in each county. It will hold public hearings over the next several weeks and is on track to approve the rules and begin issuing licenses for pot growers, processors and sellers around the end of the year.




http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/colorado-becomes-first-state-to-finalize-recreational-pot-rules.php

[niyad]

1. this state is seriously messed up. 136 small print pages to regulate pot???? and yet, this same

state is in the process of recalling a state senator because he DARED to legislate a tiny bit of control on guns.

tell me again how many people have died from pot?

[jmowreader]

3. How many small print pages do they have to regulate beer?

Taxes and regulations on marihuana should be the same as those for beer; otherwise, people will continue to use the black market.

[mwrguy]

4. The recall was also supported by pot smokers

The Marijuana Policy Project, a grassroots organization supportive of marijuana legalization, has named Colorado Senate President John Morse as the worst state legislator with a stance on marijuana issues in the country.

Morse was included on the list primarily due to his role in attempting to repeal Amendment 64 in the last few days of the 2013 legislative session.

Amendment 64 was authorized via a statewide people’s ballot last year with a majority vote in all CO counties, and in May the Colorado legislature moved forward with a regulatory framework to support recreational sales.

Morse has received considerable push-back from voters due to his stance on marijuana and other issues since the 2013 legislative session.



http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2013/09/03/nations-worst-pot-politican-john-morse-facing-recall/

[NoOneMan]

2. Can you grow your own?

A single pot plant in the corner of the garden for personal use?

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Up to six in fact. Per person.

nt

[kentuck]

8. But you can only have three budding at one time.

I don't know why that is?

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

[Jesus Malverde]

7. Hoping the media one day will stop calling it pot, weed, and marijuana

All slang for cannabis.

[kentuck]

9. Some just call it "medical".

And you know it's good.