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Colorado Springs finally approved recreational marijuana. Could the new market be snuffed out before it starts?

COLORADO SPRINGS — Voters here chose to legalize recreational marijuana sales for the first time in the city’s history last fall, casting 22,372 more votes in favor than against Question 300 on the Nov. 5 ballot. But for some members of the Colorado Springs City Council, the more-than-9-percentage-point electoral margin backing the establishment of a retail cannabis industry in Colorado’s second-largest city wasn’t definitive enough. Elected leaders in the politically conservative community are gearing up to place a new measure … Continue reading “Colorado Springs finally approved recreational marijuana. Could the new market be snuffed out before it starts?”