Colorado’s Pueblo County Votes to Keep Recreational Cannabis

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On Nov. 8, 2016, the citizens of Pueblo County, Colorado, voted against Ballot Question 200, an ordinance that would have banned licensed recreational cannabis facilities and required those currently in operation to close by Oct. 31, 2017.

“The legal cannabis industry has meant economic successes for Pueblo by way of jobs. Banning legal cannabis sales in Pueblo would have pushed the jobs and taxes it has brought into another community or worse: the black market,” said Mark Malone, Executive Director of the Cannabis Business Alliance.

With 57% of voters rejecting the proposed ordinance, the county’s cultivators, processors and retailers can keep their doors open for business.

“We are one of the biggest license holders in Pueblo County,” said Ryan Griego, co-owner of Cannasseur, as reported by KKTV. If the measure had passed, Griego told KKTV that he would have had to lay 70% of his employees and pivot to a medical-only operation.

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