Cannabis clubs get serious, questionable polling, limits on home-grown, and more

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On Aug. 25 county commissioners passed a resolution temporarily limiting households to 12 marijuana plants to prevent larger grow operations in unincorporated El Paso County. It's a bigger problem than folks just possessing too much weed.

"[Illegal growers] are coming and destroying [rental] houses," says Commissioner Peggy Littleton. "[They're] putting in ventilation, lighting, stripping things, adding extra outlets everywhere — basically destroying a rental home to set it up as an illegal grow operation. ... I think it's an abuse of what the law was supposed to be."

Growing more than 12 plants in the unincorporated county is now a violation of the zoning code. County attorneys are working on more permanent options to give commissioners at a future meeting.

Cannabis clubs get serious

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