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Medical Marijuana Brings Green Rush to Colo.
Posted by CN Staff on October 19, 2012 at 14:11:22 PT
By CBS News
Source: CBS News
CBS -- Colorado's thriving medical marijuana business isn't just named for the color of today's green, potent pot. It's the color of the money being made in the medical marijuana industry. Steve Kroft goes to the Rocky Mountain state to report on a business that's legal there and 16 other states, but in the eyes of the federal government is still as illegal as dealers selling heroin or LSD. "Rocky Mountain High" will be broadcast on 60 Minutes Sunday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7:00 p.m. PT.
Kroft goes to Denver to visit a few of the city's 204 medical marijuana dispensaries -- shops so numerous, they outnumber Starbucks and McDonald's combined by nearly threefold. The state of Colorado, with five million people, boasts a total of 537 medical pot dispensaries and more than 100,000 authorized medical marijuana patients.Highly regulated shops sell medicine patients can smoke with names like Jack Frost and Biodiesel; edible versions of cannabis are also available, from the newfangled, like ice-cream, sparkling sodas and chocolate, to old standbys like cookies and brownies. A webcast to go live on Sunday evening on 60MinutesOvertime.com will feature a whole segment on the various kinds of marijuana-infused edible products Kroft found.The rush, like those for silver or gold so long ago, is attracting investors, or as some call them, "ganjapreneurs." Kristi Kelly came to Colorado to make money on marijuana. "There's not a lot of opportunities in any one lifetime where you can be part of something from such an early stage," she tells Kroft.The federal government has done little in the state to interfere in the booming trade. And even if it chose to, the sheer number of dispensaries would present a daunting challenge. The Justice Department, however, has warned that financial institutions could be prosecuted for handling money from such businesses. This is a situation ganjapreneurs cannot tolerate much longer as their businesses grow larger.This past week, a federal appeals court in Washington held a hearing on whether to change marijuana's status under the Controlled Substances Act. Medical marijuana advocates are suing to remove cannabis from the Schedule One list and reclassify it as a drug that could be prescribed by physicians.Meanwhile, Colorado could become the first state to legalize pot. A referendum is on next month's ballot that if passed, would legalize recreational use of marijuana with regulations. Source: CBS News (US Web)Published: October 19, 2012Copyright: 2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc.Website: http://www.cbsnews.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/DAweNW8hCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on October 25, 2012 at 08:09:45 PT
John Denevr
The only music I listened to this past and difficult week was John Denver's Greatest Hits. I put Neil's new music away for the time being.
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Comment #4 posted by Hope on October 25, 2012 at 07:53:03 PT
Well every time in anyone's life is important...
But John Denver was singing background... and foreground, a memorable bit of mine.
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Comment #3 posted by Hope on October 25, 2012 at 07:30:33 PT
John Tyler
Hey, ol' buddy... good to see you.Thanks for the John Denver. He sang me through a lot of pretty important times in my life seems like.
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on October 24, 2012 at 05:34:31 PT
John Tyler
It sounds good to me too. It's really great to see you.
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Comment #1 posted by John Tyler on October 23, 2012 at 21:42:03 PT
Rocky Mountain High
John Denver Rocky Mountain Highhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODrHGZPxO3YSounds good to me
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