Pot retailers have high hopes for a recreational sales campaign in Colorado Springs, which has raised over $1 million ahead of the election.
Colorado Springs voters approved recreational marijuana legalization in Colorado by just over 2 percent in 2012 when Amendment 64 passed in the state, while
"The majority of our members are in favor, especially the legislative changes and the effects we're seeing with that," Warf says."Generally speaking, [recreational sales] would be great for the Springs. I think the Springs could use the revenue. We're seeing the medical side decline, sadly, and we're seeing stores folding. It's just not a good environment anymore.
While adding recreational sales might help current medical marijuana businesses stay alive in Colorado Springs, industry stakeholders acknowledge that rec sales might also bring changes similar to what Denver has experienced over the last several years, including dispensary takeovers and a larger corporate presence that prefers recreational sales.
Warf agrees."What we don't want to see is an industry on either side controlled by a handful of people, and we're trending more and more that way in Colorado. We worry about pediatric patients losing access if this trends the way it has in Denver and in other large markets," he says."Many in the paid lobby want to see the medical side gone, because that's not what their business model is.
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