Marijuana: MMJ dispensaries seeing flood of people looking for legal ganja

Amendment 64's passage was huge and even though marijuana is now legal it seems like not much as changed. A devner dui/marijuana lawyer posted on his website a great article on what amendment 64 means. He said "Colorado’s medical marijuana laws remain unchanged. This means that you must have a red card in order to purchase marijuana at a dispensary. You cannot walk in off the street and purchase marijuana for recreational use."

www.adamslawcolorado.com

he also says that "the laws for the retail sale of marijuana will not take effect until January 2014. The delay is intended to give state lawmakers time to put in place proper regulations to govern the retail sale of marijuana". Of course, we are still waiting to see what the feds say about retain sale..

can i get a mmj card if i am from Maryland, to use in Colorodo ???

Yeah, it would have been helpful if the Denver Post and Westword (and the other dailies) had explained the chain of events in their stories after the election, that would have clarified a few things for those that didn't bother reading the language.

The only legalization that will occur, (IMHO) is when it gets removed from the Class 1  on THE LIST, altogether. Some of you lack the brains or intelligence (NOT the same thing) to notice you are treating people who use cannabis, like sober people treat drunks/alcoholics. Did you even THINK about that??? WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

Because people are stupid and believe everything they hear... From the worlds rumor mill

Two idiots with dumb comments cant even get their/there/they'res right.... Wow.

Please contact your rep and request MMCs be allowed to sell to recreational users before 2014 if not ASAP as to avoid bolstering the black market and creating a target for the Feds.

like mostmedia outlets you only get one side of the story.....ehum

It's a complicated process to end prohibition of MJ. Those who want to smoke it will find a way whether it's legal or not. It wouldn't be a business I would get in as long as it is illegal under federal law.

Because people relied on the proponents to accurately explain exactly convey what would occur and that did not happen. So no one read the language and only voted for the word marijuana. Nor does any one understand that if we don't for the issue now it will not be regulated like alcohol which every one voted for but over regulated like MMJ.

Cuz their potheads!?

Because people are oblivious and don't know how to use google.

Because their high!

first off  anyone who walks into a collective trying to buy pot needed to read the law and understand that the mmj colectives have to obey MMJ law, not amendment 64 law. second.. the feds arnt going to come in and start raiding people ... they have us and washington to deal with and deal with the influx of new dispensaries and laws in 18 other mmj states.. just not enough man power.  The dea led raids in cali were ALWAYS sponsored by local governments " san diego"  for instance and the feds were asked to help. they were never there on their own accord unless pot was being sold out the back door in mass quantities. The feds have never raided a shop in colorado unless the shop had and was breaking STATE law. At thyis point it does loook like the feds have backed of colorado and not asked the state a attorney to press the issues either. why might you ask? 

colorado had set up a government run system , watched by mmj division and were ok with a state agency with guns and badges regulating shit. thats why you will see this work out for colorado just fine and nada will happen.. just a lot of banter from douches like monkey and others trying to push theyre views and ideals on the rest of us.

Also, the majority of people that have called thinking they could just come in and buy marijuana are mostly Californians. Go figure lol

Our dispensary has only had people asking what 64 means for them and for retail. I always tell them,"Sorry, we have to wait another 14 months at least to figure out how the businesses will be run but more importantly were waiting to see what the Feds have to say."

sadly. these same people vote

Please for the love of humanity! Do a story about INDUSTRIAL HEMP. These stupid burn out images are not doing any one any favors.

Those fools mustve been from outta state..

It ain't legalized. I'm not on coke. lol. I get wound up over liars.

Just telling it like it is, Robbie Ratay. I've been twisting joints since '74 and I've seen it all. There are those who can handle recreational use of marijuana and those that can't for just like alcohol, it's a drug. So...which dispensary did you try to buy it from? Just sayin'.

Stephen needs to pull the stick outta the ass

Paul sounds like he needs to smoke a joint n relax.. lay off the coke bud

There are always going to be stupid and ignorant people in the world in any genre, topic, situation, etc. Just because this one comes with the stereotypical stoner connotation attached to this, doesn't mean everyone is sitting around eating pot brownies now.

There are two types of people who use marijuana recreationally; the ones able to limit its effect on their life and the "stoner". If you've walked into a dispensary hoping to score a big bag of weed, you're a "stoner" and smoking more probably isn't in your best interest.

Ignore this above statement as meaningless and pretend it's not true. Yet, it's 100% true... given that, would you like to recant your stories about legalization?

Gee, all this confusion about legalization. Um, I wonder why people might think that it's legalized. Hmmmm.... is it because ALL OF YOU media outlets have gone on and on about something called LEGALIZATION when there was not real legalization? Hmmm???? Good ratings to say legalization. Though...LIES THEY ARE. ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S LEGAL AND IT IS NOT REALLY IN ANY DANGER BECAUSE OF THIS MISCONCEPTION? Again, what exactly has caused this misconception that people can walk into a dispensary and buy weed? Is it because media has gone on about weed being legalized when it hasn't been really? What a rouse.

Here are some interesting statements from a marijuana defense attorney in Denver - "The partial decriminalization of marijuana has led to much confusion in Colorado. ... Unfortunately, residents may fail to properly understand the law or may fail to take a marijuana charge seriously enough. ... It’s true that marijuana laws have been relaxed somewhat in recent years. It’s equally true that defendants who take charges with a grain of salt do so at their own peril. Authorities are likely to come down hard on those who violate the law despite attempts to accommodate those who wish to be left alone with a small amount of the drug for personal or medical use."

http://www.rosenthal-law.net/medical-marijuana-in-colorado/denver-marijuana-defense-attorneys/

A64 is more partial decriminalization and is obviously leading to even more confusion with strictly enforced marijuana laws in Colorado.  Because A64 was marketed as a legalization campaign and used catch phrases saying marijuana would be regulated like alcohol, inaccurate information was relayed to voters in Colorado as well as people all over the world confusing people even more.    A64 is bad law and was the wrong approach to expanding rights and access to marijuana.

I'll be the first to admit, I once lied to my doctor so I can legally get high.  The greatest thing to happen to marijuana in Colorado with A-64 is taking the 'medical' out of marijuana.  It's time to bring cannabis to the masses and leave all the 'patients' to drown in their bullshit.