Pubdate: Wed, 20 Aug 2014
Source: Colorado Springs Independent (CO)
Copyright: 2014 Colorado Springs Independent
Contact:  http://www.csindy.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1536
Author: Bryce Crawford

HOME FOR KIDS MOVING FOR COLORADO MMJ CLOSES, CANNABIS COUNCIL TO
MEET AND MORE

Healing House Closes

Though Lynn Lansford, a thyroid-cancer survivor, hoped to use a
four-bedroom house she and her husband own in Teller County as a
temporary home for families moving to Colorado for medical marijuana,
the funding never supported it. Last week, she announced the closure
of her Children's Healing House "I had hoped to relocate it to Colorado Springs, but am unable to find
a like minded soul willing to allow Medical Marijuana patients to live
there," she writes on Facebook. "I also had hoped for more donations
to ease the financial aspect and that didn't materialize. With both of
the giant difficulties that I face I have had to make that very
painful decision.

"I thank each and everyone of you for your love and support during
this labor of absolute love and my heart will always be with those
fighting cancer, seizures and a multitude of illnesses that CO can
cure or ease."

Meet a Singer

With the Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council regaining vibrancy
through a rebooted name - now called the Southern Colorado Cannabis
Council - back come the events. Sept. 16 brings a mixer at the
Warehouse Restaurant & Gallery (25 W. Cimarron St., csmcc-net.org),
the first get-together for the group in over a year.

"In the last two legislative sessions we have taken on some tough
issues, sometimes pitting us against the bigger, Denver-based
organizations," reads an email from the group. "In these battles a few
elected officials have been especially [responsive] to the needs of
patients and the marijuana industry. Representative Jonathan Singer
[D, Longmont] is one of those people. We are excited and honored to
welcome him as our keynote speaker. After a brief political round-up
from our Legislative Director, Jason Warf, Rep. Singer will take the
hot seat for a Q&A about his and our work in the last couple of years."

Read with intensity

It's hard to know how seriously to take any negative marijuana
pronouncements from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area. A multi-state offshoot of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy, it puts "'medical' marijuana" in quotes and hosts pages on its
website like "Myths of Drug Legalization." But a recently issued
166-page report on Colorado (tiny.cc/b8bukx) contains a few
interesting tidbits:

Highway seizures of Colorado marijuana destined for 40 other states
increased 397 percent between 2008 and 2013.

Parcels of pot intercepted by the U.S. Postal Service and bound for 33
other states increased 1,280 percent from '10 to '13.

In 2013, there were 18 injuries resulting from at-home extractions of
hash oil exploding, and 27 injuries in the first half of 2014. 
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