Public Building Marijuana Policy Debated by Colorado Springs City Council

Published February 5, 2014

Public building marijuana policy debated by Colorado Springs City Council

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Under the new Colorado state law legalizing marijuana, it can be used it in a private setting, but it is not okay to openly use it in public. These new city ordinances add to … "I really think it should be treated like alcohol and just like …
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Son of Colorado senator arrested on drug charge

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29, 2014 on drug and trespassing charges in Colorado. Jedediah is the son of … Cmdr. Heidi Prentup said. Deputies found him about noon when responding to a call of a man breaking into cars in the semirural community of Eldorado Springs, where Sen.
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Carry-on pot a problem

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But in Colorado, where the legal pot law gives property owners more authority to restrict the drug, some airports have banned marijuana possession and enacted penalties, including fines as high as $ 2,500 and a jail stint at the airport in Colorado Springs.
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Is the Army silencing those who intervene in questionable discharges?

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FORT CARSON, Colo. — John Bettencourt, an infantry soldier who served two tours in Afghanistan, tested positive for marijuana at the military base here in 2012. Drug use is against Army rules, and though the soldier went to drug treatment programs and …
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