Voters Will Decide If Dispensaries Can Be Prohibited in the City BERTHOUD -- Peter Bridgman divides his life over the past four years, after his diagnosis with colon cancer, into two categories: before medical marijuana and after medical marijuana. "The difference before and after was night and day," he said. Bridgman shared his experiences Sunday afternoon with about 30 people who gathered in the Berthoud Community Center for a Better Berthoud-sponsored meeting on medical marijuana business prohibition, which will appear on the ballot in November. [continues 488 words]