GREELEY, Colo. -
The Greeley City Council voted Tuesday night to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within city limits. It's a move that will likely result in pot providers moving to municipalities just outside the city.
Amendment 20, passed by Colorado voters in 2000, allows for the use of medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. On Monday, the Obama administration told federal authorities not to arrest or prosecute medical marijuana users and suppliers.
City Council members, instead, sided with federal law which still prohibits the use of marijuana.
Greeley joins Broomfield, Superior, Erie, Lafayette, Thornton and Sterling in banning pot dispensaries. Many other Colorado cities allow them, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, Boulder and Northglenn.
The Greeley ban does not prohibit licensed medical marijuana patients from growing up to six plants for personal use.
Amendment 20, passed by Colorado voters in 2000, allows for the use of medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. On Monday, the Obama administration told federal authorities not to arrest or prosecute medical marijuana users and suppliers.
City Council members, instead, sided with federal law which still prohibits the use of marijuana.
Greeley joins Broomfield, Superior, Erie, Lafayette, Thornton and Sterling in banning pot dispensaries. Many other Colorado cities allow them, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, Boulder and Northglenn.
The Greeley ban does not prohibit licensed medical marijuana patients from growing up to six plants for personal use.
