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As the number of people registered to use medical marijuana continues to grow at a rapid pace (there are now nearly 9,000 users), communities throughout Colorado are regulating dispensaries. In the middle of next month, Frisco is expected to lift a moratorium on dispensaries but will place limits on where they set up shop, according to CBS4 [2]. And that will ultimately limit how many dispensaries are able to do business in the town, says Suzanne Kelley, a spokeswoman for Frisco, which views dispensaries similarly to bars---places to be monitored for crime. Meanwhile, count Broomfield out of the dispensary equation. The city council there wants applications for distributors denied, reports the Broomfield Enterprise [3], and the city attorney is at the ready. Councilwoman Lori Cox says the idea of dispensaries distributing large quantities of marijuana "sounds too much like a free-for-all." Westword [4] explores the little-known world of the "ganjapreneurs" cashing in on the booming medical pot business and provides a handy directory of dispensaries [5], as well.
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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/michael-de-yoanna
[2] http://cbs4denver.com/local/marijuana.dispensaries.frisco.2.1186386.html
[3] http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/ci_13347113?source=most_emailed
[4] http://www.westword.com/2009-09-10/news/medical-marijuana-is-a-pot-of-gold-for-dispensaries
[5] http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/09/medical_marijuana_in_colorado.php