Pubdate: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 Source: Tribune, The (Greeley, CO) Copyright: 2010sThe Greeley Publishing Co. Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/2T4s2YlD Website: http://www.greeleytribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3165 Note: Note: typically publishes LTEs from circulation area only Author: Colin Lindenmayer EVANS COUNCIL EXTENDS MEDICAL MARIJUANA MORATORIUM EVANS -- The Evans City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the city's medical marijuana moratorium for an additional six months, keeping the Greeley-Evans area mostly free of medical marijuana dispensaries. Tiny neighbor Garden City continues to operate dispensaries, as does Windsor to the northwest. The issue was approved as part of the consent agenda -- a meeting management tool that allows several measures to be passed at once -- after no discussion from the council, though council members have discussed the measure at previous meetings. Though the podium was opened for public comment, nobody offered to speak. Had it not passed, the current moratorium would have expired July 19. The moratorium shuts down any opportunity for a business to operate, sell, distribute or cultivate marijuana. The original moratorium was approved Jan. 19. State lawmakers passed two bills in June to attempt to rein in the growing number of dispensaries and growers in Colorado. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt