Boulder Rejects Many Medical Marijuana Dispensary, Caregiver Applications

After less than one year of requiring marijuana shops to get local licenses, the City of Boulder has rejected a third of all applicants looking to run medical marijuana dispensaries or growing operations in the city, 7News reports.

According to The Daily Camera, a total of 41 of 119 applications have been rejected for reasons that include zoning problems or incomplete paperwork. However, in approximately half the cases the rejection stems from the criminal records of owners, operators and investors. These rejections are stirring up a lot of controversy due to the fact that these 41 applications were from existing businesses that had opened prior to the adoption of the new local licensing rules.

To date, 38 businesses have been given local licenses and many of the 41 rejected businesses are remaining open while they appeal the city’s decision, but others have closed shop or moved to other cities with less strict regulatory rules, 9News reports.

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[ray christl]

11:46 PM on 08/09/2011

I wish we could "reject" this ruse "social contract"...War on Cannabis is in the last phase so be careful. Leviathan is at its most dangerous. CIA-Mafia secret bank accounts at stake !!!

[leftLibertarian]

07:25 PM on 08/08/2011

Let's face facts. 'Our' Government is run by cowards, thieves, crooks, and liars. Have I left out anything? Oh yea, m0..r0ns

[tenaxproposit]

11:43 AM on 08/09/2011

love the micro bio. start my day like that when ever work is not too busy. Oh, and every weekend day.

[leftLibertarian]

07:38 PM on 08/09/2011

Nice! When I toke up tonight, I'll think of you and pass the doob!

[Christian Vative]

11:42 AM on 08/08/2011

The current proposal before Congress, bill HR 2306, will allow states to decide how they will regulate marijuana. Email your Congressperson and Senators at http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml and ask them to sign on as a CO-SPONSOR of HR 2306.
And a big THANK YOU to the courageous, freedom loving legislators, governors, and countless others who are working so hard to bring this through! You’re doing a great patriotic service for all of America!

[Christian Vative]

11:42 AM on 08/08/2011

Jesus said to do unto others as we would have them to do unto us. None of us would want our child thrown in jail with the sexual predators over marijuana. None of us would want to see an older family member’s home confiscated and sold by the police for growing a couple of marijuana plants for their aches and pains. It’s time to stop putting our own family members in jail over marijuana.
If ordinary Americans could grow a little marijuana in their own back yards, it would put the criminals out of business and get them out of our neighborhoods. Let's let ordinary Americans grow a little marijuana in their own back yards.
Here's one way that IT IS REALLY WORKING: Arresting criminals and collecting a fee from registered growers (and bringing in thousands of dollars to support the county); what a great plan! This is the way to build a better America! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/2011/07/the-pot-republic-one-sheriffs-quietly-radical-experiment.html

[kingjohn1956]

04:05 PM on 08/08/2011

AMEN BROTHER

[fumes]

10:40 AM on 08/08/2011

in these hard and desperate economic times..

let's make things as difficult as possible..

for the one industry that is trying to grow!