The Unexpected Side Effects of Legalizing Weed
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After the resounding passage in November 2012 of Amendment 64, the law that made recreational pot legal in Colorado, many counties and cities in the state quickly placed moratoriums on the commercial growing and retail marketing of cannabis. Mesa County’s Board of Commissioners passed such a moratorium shortly after the election in 2012, but in 2014 officials in De Beque took up the matter and opted to allow commercial pot interests to operate in their town.
A town built on oil and gas, mining and agriculture, De Beque has suffered a series of economic blows, first because of the recession...
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