Pubdate: Tue, 14 Feb 2012
Source: Fort Collins Coloradoan (CO)
Copyright: 2012 The Fort Collins Coloradoan
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Author: Kevin Duggan

MMDS CLOSING UP SHOP TODAY

The end has come for medical marijuana businesses in Fort Collins.

Teams of police officers will be inspecting store-front marijuana 
dispensaries and growing operations today to ensure they are in 
compliance with a voter-approved ban on the businesses.

Several inspections are scheduled between 6 and 10 p.m., said Sgt. 
Jim Byrne of Fort Collins police.

"Many of them are waiting until the last minute," Byrne said.

Any marijuana that is found in the facilities will be seized and 
destroyed. So far, the inspections have "gone off without a hitch," Byrne said.

The north Fort Collins growing facility for the marijuana business, A 
Kind Place, 123 W. Drake Road, was inspected Monday as co-owners 
Donald Cruinkshank and Kirk Scramstad took down light fixtures and insulation.

A Kind Place closed Saturday after it ran through its inventory, 
Cruinkshank said. No plants remained in the grow operation.

"Everything has been cycled through and is gone," he said.

Cruinkshank said it was a sad day for him and his customers, many of 
whom he has worked with for about four years. A Kind Place was one of 
the first dispensaries to open in Fort Collins.

"I tell them I'm sorry," he said. "Unless they change the laws, I 
can't help them anymore. The city only allows 12 plants and that's 
not feasible. Maybe that will change some day."
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