Pubdate: Wed, 20 Feb 2013
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2013 The Denver Post Corp
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: John Ingold

POT-REGULATION PANEL OKS SOME CHANGES

Members of a task force proposing regulations for recreational 
marijuana in Colorado approved recommendations Tuesday that would 
allow for marijuana tourism but block out-of-state pot shop owners.

The Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force voted to allow people from 
outside of Colorado to shop in forthcoming retail marijuana stores, 
although the amount they could purchase at any one store would be limited.

The goal is to prevent "smurfing," which would occur when one person 
goes from store-tostore accumulating marijuana to then sell into the 
black market. The thinking is that lowering the amount of marijuana 
an out-of-stater could buy in any one store would make smurfing too 
time-consuming to be worthwhile.

The task force also approved recommendations that recreational 
marijuana stores only be owned by Colorado residents. People would 
have to live in the state for two years to be considered residents.
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