Pubdate: Wed, 22 Apr 2015
Source: Colorado Springs Independent (CO)
Contact:  2015 Colorado Springs Independent
Website: http://www.csindy.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1536
Author: Bryce Crawford
Column: CannaBiz

NEW MARIJUANA SOCIAL-MEDIA APP DEBUTS, AND MORE

Mobile marijuana musings

A new social-media iTunes app wants all your pot posts to live on its 
network. Meet Duby, a Denver-based company there for your sharing needs.

"Cannabis is one of the top themes on social media, yet most social 
media outlets restrict marijuana-related posts," says co-founder Alec 
Rochford in a press release. "Duby is a viral social network that 
allows the cannabis community to discover the latest marijuana trends 
and conversations."

The company says all sharing is both location-based and completely 
anonymous. "The concept is not to collect friends, but to increase 
your influence by posting content that is passed around among users," 
it says. Basically, users participate in a voting system, passing the 
Duby on posts they like, or putting the Duby out on those they don't.

State cracks down

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has released 
its new policy for identifying doctors outside "compliance with the 
state constitution, statutes and regulations involving physician 
recommendations for medical marijuana."

There will be three key signs: A caseload of 3,521 or more patient 
recommendations in one year, which is tied to the national average; 
plant-count recommendations higher than the standard six plants and 
two ounces; and a practice where more than a third of patients are 
under the age of 30, since most chronic conditions occur in older adults.

Possible penalties, if referred to the Colorado Department of 
Regulatory Agencies, include revocation of the ability to recommend cannabis.

Keef crumbs

Mayoral voting advice from the Southern Colorado Cannabis Council: 
"If you live in Colorado Springs, and are a registered voter, you 
will receive a ballot in the US Mail," the organization writes in an 
April 19 newsletter. "You could ignore it. Then kick yourself when 
the Policeman-like Prosecuting Attorney wins. Or you can open it and 
vote for the Grandmother who frequently speaks loudly and strongly 
about upholding Cannabis rights. Marylou [sic] Makepeace is that kind of gal."

As of press time, the Colorado Springs Police Department did not have 
any stats related to tickets or DUIs charged over the 4/20 weekend. 
Writes spokeswoman Lt. Catherine Buckley in an email: "This has 
traditionally been a very non-event in the Colorado Springs area."

On Monday, the Colorado Health Institute released a study 
(bit.ly/1K0goq5) of Colorado's marijuana public policy since 
legalization. "While predictions centered on crime waves, an epidemic 
of overdoses, skyrocketing drug use among kids and a tax windfall for 
schools, none of this has happened," reads a release from CHI. 
"Instead, more than a year later, the most pressing issues are how to 
label edible marijuana products, how to deal with unpredictable tax 
revenues and how the state's marijuana merchants can safely bank their money."
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