Marijuana Blog

Although voters approved Amendment 64 earlier this month, the retail sales aspect of the measure can't go into effect prior to late 2013 or early 2014 -- and that's only if (and it's a big "if") the federal government doesn't take action to intervene. Yet Douglas County Commissioner Jack Hilbert has already introduced an ordinance to ban such sales there; see it and more documents below. A surprise? Absolutely not.

 

The DougCo commissioners have long been anti-marijuana when it comes to retail outlets. Back in June 2010, we spoke to Hilbert about the decision to put a medical marijuana dispensary ban on that November's ballot. "The voters are the ones who approved this in the first place -- and I constantly hear from people who say, 'This is not what I voted for,'" he told us at the time, adding, "I think people who voted for it went with their heart and their compassion, but now they're looking at this and saying, 'I didn't vote for this.'"

 

Then, this past September, the commissioners joined Douglas County Sheriff David Weaver in opposing Amendment 64, dishing out some of the strongest language of any elected officials in the state -- and that's saying something given the vitriol directed at the proposal from many quarters.

 

Read more: http://blogs.westword.com

Are people getting dumber by the day? What kind of moron advertises their illegal drug selling business...

 

In most cases, a college student would be considered entrepreneurial for creating a business card advertising his or her business.

 

However, business cards led police to arrest a Fairfield University student who is accused of passing around business cards advertising his alleged marijuana sales business, “Bean Marijuana Inc.”

 

James Torpey, 18, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, possession within 1,500 feet of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia, the Connecticut Post reports.

 

The Fairfield Sun reports that Torpey had business cards made up that had his cell phone number on them. Officers called the number and made  several purchases from Torpey at his dorm, the Web site reports.

 

Source: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com