{"id":7268,"date":"2017-03-09T03:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T03:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=2564433"},"modified":"2017-03-09T03:10:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T03:10:15","slug":"colorado-governor-suggests-he-may-veto-pot-clubs-bill-without-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/colorado-governor-suggests-he-may-veto-pot-clubs-bill-without-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado governor suggests he may veto pot clubs bill without changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/colorado-governor-suggests-he-may-veto-pot-clubs-bill-without-changes\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday expressed reservations about two major pieces of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/02\/27\/list-eye-2017-colorado-legislation-marijuana-hemp-bills\/73558\/#homedelivery\">marijuana legislation<\/a>\u00a0in Colorado \u2014 in one case citing concerns about the Donald Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2017\/02\/24\/spicers-anti-marijuana-words-create-angst\/\">potential crackdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat pledged to veto a measure that won preliminary approval in the state Senate earlier in the day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2017\/03\/07\/colorado-pot-clubs\/\">to allow pot clubs<\/a> with local approval. To win his support, Hickenlooper said the measure needs to bans smoking marijuana indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, local governments would set the regulations on pot clubs in their jurisdiction. But the governor wants it banned, citing a ban on cigarette smoking in public places.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went to an amazing amount of trouble to say that we are not going to have smoking in workplaces in Colorado,\u201d he said, suggesting allowing pot smoke inside is a \u201ccrack in the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmoking is bad for you \u2014 very bad for you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hickenlooper also expressed alarm at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/02\/17\/colorado-could-have-home-delivered-marijuana-if-new-bill-succeeds\/73850\/\">measure<\/a> to allow medical marijuana delivery that received a Senate committee\u2019s approval earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\" \/>\n<p>\u201cGiven the uncertainty in Washington, this is not the time to be \u00a0\u2026 trying to carve off new turf and expand markets and make dramatic statements about marijuana,\u201d he said. \u201cThe federal government can yield a pretty heavy hand on this and I think we should be doing everything we can to demonstrate \u2026 we are being responsible in how we implement the will of our voters.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, Senate Bill 192, would allow medical marijuana dispensaries to deliver marijuana products to the homes of qualifying medical marijuana patients. The Senate business committee approved the measure, despite opposition from law enforcement organizations, but eliminated a provision regarding recreational pot deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, sponsored by Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton; Rep. Jovan Melton, D-Aurora; and Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, \u00a0is modeled after a system that recently was implemented in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAddressing this crucial gap in access to patient-centered health care is just one of many ways Senate Republicans are working to improve quality health care for all Coloradans,\u201d Neville said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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