Pubdate: Thu, 24 Mar 2016
Source: Westword (Denver, CO)
Column: Ask a Stoner
Copyright: 2016 Village Voice Media
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Author: Herbert Fuego

DEAR STONER: WHAT HAPPENS TO COLORADO POT IF TRUMP IS ELECTED?

Dear Stoner: Where can I find house rentals to cultivate marijuana 
with a landlord who will approve?

Jeannette

Dear Jeannette: It'd take some serious balls to ask if you can 
cultivate pot in the property owner's basement right before signing 
the lease - and those big balls would probably get your rental 
application ripped to pieces. Pot-friendly real-estate websites like 
potprop.com, weedrentals.com and 420mls.com all have listings of 
uninhibited homes for sale or rent, and some even list industrial 
warehouses and greenhouses for grows. As cool as the content is on 
these sites, though, you're probably best cutting out the middleman 
if you just want to rent an average home. My quick search using the 
term "marijuana" on Craigslist's Apartments/Housing Rentals section 
found a shitload of listings that explicitly said "No marijuana 
growing," but it also brought up a healthy number that advertised the 
landlord's acceptance of cultivation - but many of those landlords 
were charging quite a bit more per month than the rates for similar, 
more picky properties.

Dear Stoner: It's beginning to look more and more like Donald Trump 
is going to be our next president. What happens to Colorado pot if he 
is elected?

Annoyed Sibling

Dear Annoyed: Trump doesn't seem to think stoners are as dangerous as 
Muslims, but he's got his eye on us. Still, when it comes to legal 
marijuana, his opinions move around more than his hair on a windy 
day. According to a Florida newspaper, in 1990 his stance was quite 
liberal; he told a luncheon audience that the U.S. should legalize 
recreational drugs and use the money collected to educate the public 
on their dangers. Nearly 25 years later, however, Trump said he 
opposed recreational marijuana despite agreeing with its medical 
effects: "I say it's bad. Medical marijuana is another thing, but I 
think it's bad, and I feel strongly about it." As his presidential 
campaign has continued to gain steam, though, Trump's stance has 
softened: Last fall in Nevada (which has recreational legalization on 
the 2016 ballot), he said that legalization should be left up to the 
states. He echoed similar opinions on a Fox News appearance with Bill 
O'Reilly last month.

We're still not out of the woods, though: At the Nevada rally, he 
also said, "And I love Colorado, and the people are great, but 
there's a question as to how it's all working out there, you know? 
That's not going exactly trouble-free. So I really think that we 
should study Colorado, see what's happening."
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