By Associated Press
10:47 PM MST, January 11, 2010
DENVER (AP) — Denver’s City Council has passed proposed rules for medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
The rules are set to take effect March 1 but could change depending on what happens in the state Legislature. A voter-approved state law allows marijuana use for medical reasons but doesn’t regulate dispensaries.
The Denver rules would prohibit dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools, day cares and other dispensaries. Felons convicted within the last five years would be barred from running shops. Dispensary owners would have to be licensed, pass a criminal background check, pay a $2,000 application fee, and pay $3,000 a year to renew licenses.
More than 90 people signed up to comment on the proposals at a City Council meeting Monday.
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The John Doe Radio Show Live blogged the event from Twitter and Facebook. We also streamed the audio from Denver Public Television on The JDR Stickam page. We will continue to bring you coverage of the Colorado State Legislature and it’s moves to regulate Medical Marijuana, and also try to eliminate dispensaries. Without standing firm we will lose this freedom and new industry. We could show the rest of the country how to do it correctly, or we still have the chance to watch it all go up in smoke.