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Colorado City Official: It Will Take Time to Change 'Opinions That Pot is Bad'

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 08:47

Anti-marijuana groups criticize the impact of pot legalization in the state

 

As Colorado deals with the fallout of an expanding — but controversial — marijuana industry, those who supported the drug’s legalization are acknowledging it will take time to overcome early challenges.

“It will take time to change some people’s opinions that pot is bad,” said Pueblo County commissioner Sal Pace in a recent interview withFortune. The city of Pueblo is the top cultivation spot for marijuana in the state — something Pace notes with pride — but some opponents have started to argue the industry is taking a negative toll on the area.

Paula McPheeters, who leads Citizens for a Healthy Pueblo, is one of many residents now complaining about the negative impacts of legalizing marijuana, Fortune reported. The group is responsible for a measure on the November ballot that would revoke all recreational marijuana licenses in...

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