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Medical marijuana has made it onto the Windsor Beacon's annual top ten stories of the year countdown for the third consecutive year.
This time, the news was the closure of the town's two dispensaries on May 15 following a 2010 vote to ban medical marijuana in the town limits.
Medical marijuana first became an issue in December 2009 when the town board learned that in addition to In Harmony Wellness Center, which had opened in June 2009, and A New Dawn Wellness Clinic, which opened earlier that December, there were six other dispensaries in the process of opening in Windsor.
The town board put a moratorium into place to prevent the opening of other dispensaries while it began work on an ordinance.
Work was halted after a couple of work sessions until after three new board members, Mike Carrigan, Kristie Melendez and Don Thompson, were seated in April 2010.
The town board unanimously passed on July 27 an ordinance that would regulate and restrict the number of medical marijuana dispensaries that are allowed to locate in the town.
Less than a month later, a citizen-initiated petition put a question on the November 2010 ballot asking whether all dispensaries in town should be banned.
Former town board members Michael Kelly and Nancy Weber helped to circulate the petition.
In November of that year, Windsor residents voted overwhelmingly (66 percent) to ban all dispensaries in town.
The vote required the town board to create an ordinance to ban any and all dispensaries, which it did in January.
One of the former dispensaries, In Harmony Wellness, returned in September as a patient resource organization offering physician services, classes and education, select retail products, community events and cannabis advocacy initiatives.
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This time, the news was the closure of the town's two dispensaries on May 15 following a 2010 vote to ban medical marijuana in the town limits.
Medical marijuana first became an issue in December 2009 when the town board learned that in addition to In Harmony Wellness Center, which had opened in June 2009, and A New Dawn Wellness Clinic, which opened earlier that December, there were six other dispensaries in the process of opening in Windsor.
The town board put a moratorium into place to prevent the opening of other dispensaries while it began work on an ordinance.
Work was halted after a couple of work sessions until after three new board members, Mike Carrigan, Kristie Melendez and Don Thompson, were seated in April 2010.
The town board unanimously passed on July 27 an ordinance that would regulate and restrict the number of medical marijuana dispensaries that are allowed to locate in the town.
Less than a month later, a citizen-initiated petition put a question on the November 2010 ballot asking whether all dispensaries in town should be banned.
Former town board members Michael Kelly and Nancy Weber helped to circulate the petition.
In November of that year, Windsor residents voted overwhelmingly (66 percent) to ban all dispensaries in town.
The vote required the town board to create an ordinance to ban any and all dispensaries, which it did in January.
One of the former dispensaries, In Harmony Wellness, returned in September as a patient resource organization offering physician services, classes and education, select retail products, community events and cannabis advocacy initiatives.
News Hawk - 420 Warrior 420 MAGAZINE
Source: www.coloradoan.com
Author: Beacon staff
Contact: www.coloradoan.com customerservice
Copyright: Copyright © 2011 www. coloradoan.com.
Website: www.coloradoan.com
