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Denver's growing marijuana presence keeps PD on their toes

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 08:00

DENVER -- When 8 News NOW tagged along with Nevada lawmakers on a fact-finding trip to explore Colorado's regulated marijuana industry, the blossoming economy for both recreational and medicinal weed wasn't the only thing that stood out.

So, too, were the problems emerging in Denver, the Mile High City that is home to 200 marijuana dispensaries. Those outlets create quite the opportunity for criminals.

"The Denver police will tell you that really, any high cash business is often times a target for crime,” said Ashley Kilroy, Denver's executive director for marijuana policy.

Marijuana businesses largely deal in cash. They generally cannot get bank accounts because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level. The feds therefore frown on dispensary revenue as they do any other drug enterprise they consider illegitimate.

While crime has decreased in Denver in recent years police there are seeing mixed trends when it comes to marijuana....

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