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Jeffco to allow marijuana testing labs, but ban remains on sales, grows

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 16:39

 

GOLDEN — Jefferson County staff will begin to draft ordinances to allow marijuana testing facilities, but ban all other aspects of the retail marijuana industry, including sales, manufacturing and cultivation facilities.

The ordinances will pertain only to the unincorporated areas of the county, which have not yet allowed any retail marijuana businesses to operate thanks to a moratorium that was put in place in 2013 and extended last year. The moratorium expires Jan. 1, 2016.

Jefferson County Commissioners Don Rosier, Casey Tighe and Libby Szabo gave county staff directions during staff briefings Tuesday morning and had met several times previously to discuss the issue.

At those meetings, the commissioners quickly decided that they would not seriously pursue allowing retail pot sales in the unincorporated areas. The commissioners discussed cultivation and manufacturing, but ultimately decided to...

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