Colorado Springs bans recreational marijuana shops

[OZ Stoners]

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Officials in Colorado's second-largest city voted on Tuesday to ban recreational marijuana shops, becoming the largest community in the state to utilize an opt-out provision of a law that legalized the non-medical use of pot. After two hours of public comments, the Colorado Springs City Council voted 5-4 to bar retail pot stores from opening within the city ...

 

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[Oz]

meanwhile bottle shops and pubs can operate as normal...

[Badseed77]

Yeah the double standard is so illogical its not even funny .

The power of the mighty $ 

[DoctorWho]

If they lost their federal funding pot shops would open overnight...

[The Stoned Jester]

I though id be smart and make a crack about the line

 

"Colorado Springs has a population of about 420,000 " 

 

420 ... heheh  lot of stoners

 

but then i checked wikipedia

 

from wikipedia - With a population of 416,427 as of the 2010 Census,^[5] it is the second most populous city in the state of Colorado, behind Denver, and the 41st most populous city in the United States

 

i think i just burned my self

Edited July 24, 2013 by The Stoned Jester