{"id":9481,"date":"2022-05-08T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2022\/05\/08\/four-towns-just-said-no-to-marijuana-sales-but-how-strong-is-rural-colorados-distaste-for-weed\/135712\/"},"modified":"2022-05-08T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T19:22:00","slug":"four-towns-just-said-no-to-marijuana-sales-but-how-strong-is-rural-colorados-distaste-for-weed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/four-towns-just-said-no-to-marijuana-sales-but-how-strong-is-rural-colorados-distaste-for-weed\/","title":{"rendered":"Four towns just said no to marijuana sales, but how strong is rural Colorado&#8217;s distaste for weed?"},"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 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Two dozen of his fellow residents joined him last month in successfully turning down \u2014 25 to 18 \u2014 a measure that would have allowed recreational and medical cannabis sales in this town of fewer than 100 just west of Great Sand Dunes National Park &amp; Preserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of conservative-minded people who really don\u2019t want that in their town,\u201d said Williams, who preaches at the non-denominational Church of the Living God in Hooper. \u201cSome of us in Hooper wanted to draw a line and keep that out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2022\/05\/04\/marijuana-rural-urban-hooper-election-legal-sales\/\">Read the rest of this story on DenverPost.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related Articles HOOPER \u2014 Charlie Williams doesn\u2019t believe there should be stores selling pot in his tiny town deep in the San Luis Valley. The 67-year-old pastor isn\u2019t alone. 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