Denver, Colorado votes in initiative, can make the country's first effective legalization of marijuana, there is a unlikely a lot of people are very nervous: national medical marijuana pharmacy owner.
Although expected surge in demand, some people worry that through the enthusiasm, the revision 64 the legalization of procurement and sales of an ounce of pan as a customer over 21 years old, can spur the federal government crackdown on pharmacy and end their industry of miniboom three years.
If the amendment passed, "the best situation is where you get one million new customers," Denver center in a medical use marijuana shop boss told yahoo news. "It will be good." But he asked not to be named the prospect of terror will focus on increasing federal action under the condition of his shop.
President barack Obama who and republican presidential candidate mitt romney, facing in the last Wednesday night at the university of Denver national initiative potential across the nationwide despised the federal drug law countries have voiced their opposition to their first debate legal measures. Because according to federal law practice is still illegal, medical use marijuana industry survival, if turned a blind eye to the federal government.
If the amendment passed, Colorado 17 states, plus the district of Columbia, medical marijuana legalization, will have the most free pot in the country's policy, one can bring billions of dollars in annual income for state and local governments. (Washington and Oregon have similar revised motion, November of the vote, but the us state of Colorado seems the most steam, more Colorado polls show, isn't it against the amendment).
Hot pot has been good to Colorado. Since 2009, hundreds of medical marijuana pharmacy state, in California after the kingdom of the second largest medical use marijuana industry entrepreneurs be allowed to medical pot in the sales profit, and the only country also appeared.
In the center of the Denver Wazee busy street walk industry that the success of proof. Three pharmacy, staff friendly "budtenders," can be found only a few blocks of space. They and others, about 100000 Colorado state control hemp prescription of doctors, informally called the "red card".
Every pharmacy for certain a piece of red card customers. Lotus medical, located in a stereotyped prospective enterprise square and smell very light pot, could be mistaken for a peculiar spa. Nearby, a "cash" sign greet people in a public hemp as the theme, the new age pharmacy rocky mountain high, it also sells antique clothes. Have a friendly black lab under guard a nail art salon, leisure pharmacy iodine.
But, booming business cover some of the big problem. In January, the federal government suddenly began to enforce federal law, banned the sale of controlled substances, though Denver and other local governments allow pharmacy location close to 1000 feet of a learning campus, which shut down dozens of pharmacy. Instead of buying another expensive medical marijuana license and removal, some pharmacies got complete business.
Repression send out a wave of panic industry, is a good reminder, the federal government to heroin cannabis, hallucinogens and ecstasy classification of schedule 1 of controlled substances. Any exception for medical use, but in 2009, the United States justice department released a memo said the government should be in general not to initiate a prosecution ", their action is in a clear and unequivocal manner comply with existing national laws provide medical use marijuana."
However, the justice department, also said: "mass" hemp planter, even if these laws according to the national laws, will still face prosecution.
This has left the Colorado medical marijuana in the land of the dead between legal activities and black market traders. They are unable to use bank service, because many Banks worry federal money laundering charges will not touch them money, at least one local the judge refused to arbitration Colorado pot between clothing litigation, ruled that business is not legitimate, according to the federal law, so can't with each other's legal contract.
In addition, the owners were scared hundreds of seal federal prosecutors in the summer of this year in California medical pot enterprise owners, threatened to use controlled substance method ", seize any real estate to participate in drug trafficking.
"I think they catch a little colony" revision, Kevin said Derek fisher, who owns medical marijuana shop that rocky mountain therapy in steamboat springs, Colorado 1000 patients to provide services and the existing staff of more than 60 people. "I don't want to stay in business, and is likely to go to prison to make such a decision between."
Derek fisher, he in principle support completely legalization of marijuana, he said he was worried about the revised 64, if approved, will be less of a reputable medical marijuana shop is not willing to take the as a leisure license apply for a federal prosecution risk, leaving shadier clothing more close relationship of black market, to fill the gap. At the same time, Derek fisher think, if he can keep hemp medical facilities shall be amended through, he may be driven out of business by recreation pharmacy, it does not need to red card.
Two medical marijuana trade organization of medical marijuana industry group and the Denver nuggets of marijuana business league maintained a neutral amendment.
Betty aode walter thoughts are 64 movement propaganda director said, many medical marijuana business support amendment, she still hope if amendment passed, the federal government will docking local affairs. "We want the federal government to admit that we as a nation to adjust the hemp," she said.
Chris mikloth, a MBA carrying former general manager in Denver center of marijuana store, told yahoo news, it may be necessary in Colorado hemp industry keep living revised 64. After all, hundreds of stores are competing for the limited number of patients, each person may only buy a ounces a month or so. In addition, the number of red card has been declined this year, some applicants don't want to update them card of trouble and expense.
"Most people are in economic trouble, because the market is not exist, mikloth said he recently left industry, his shop almost did not happen in a row or even years.




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