Pot Bars in Denver?: Inside "Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative"

Our coverage of 4/20 weekend raids at two Denver marijuana clubs highlights a continuing area of concern for cannabis activists: While locals and visitors can legally consume pot recreationally in Denver, they aren't allowed to do so in social settings outside private homes.

Now, Mason Tvert and attorney Brian Vicente, the two most prominent proponents of Amendment 64, the 2012 measure that made limited legal recreational marijuana sales legal in Colorado, are prepping a new Denver ordinance expected to be called "The Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative."

The proposal isn't finalized, Tvert stresses. Yesterday, backers of the initiative took part in a review-and-comment hearing with city officials — a routine part of the process. Their goal is to have final language in shape by week's end, after which the document will be submitted to the City Clerk's office. A petition will then need to be approved and just over 4,700 signatures collected...

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