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Monday, November 30, 2009

Pot patients sue Centennial over closed dispensary - The Denver Post

Pot patients sue Centennial over closed dispensary - The Denver Post
CENTENNIAL, Colo.—A medical marijuana lawsuit in suburban Denver could test the limits of how far Colorado cities can go to stop pot shops.

A dispensary and three patients sued the city of Centennial Monday after the town shut down a marijuana dispensary last month.

Centennial originally gave CannaMart a business license but then forced the dispensary to close after about a month, saying town officials didn't know the business was selling pot.

Kirsten Lamb, 41, one of the patients suing, said she has multiple sclerosis and can't find an alternative dispensary she likes as well.

"They have always been there to take care of me, but now they're not there," she said.

The lawsuit could answer a question many Colorado cities are struggling to answer as pot shops proliferate: Do cities have to allow dispensaries just because state voters in 2000 allowed some patients to possess marijuana?

Lawyers for CannaMart say yes.

The Centennial lawsuit is the first of its kind in Colorado, and the message should be sent that towns can't ban dispensaries, the attorneys said.

1 comment:

letrunghieu said...

The Centennial lawsuit is the first of its kind in Colorado, and the message should be sent that towns can't ban dispensaries, the attorneys sai

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