Colorado Springs voters will once again decide this spring whether recreational marijuana sales should be permitted in the state’s second-largest city — less than five months after they…
Sarah Johnson, right, shows cannabis products to customer Jeremy Cox of Colorado Springs at Pure cannabis dispensary in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday voted 7-2 to refer a new measure to the April 1 municipal ballot. It would repeal, which authorized recreational cannabis sales in the city and was approved by nearly 55% of voters in the Nov. 5 election.
They’ve also said that voters were additionally perplexed because of a competing measure on the November ballot — put there by the council itself — that asked them to keep recreational marijuana sales illegal in Colorado Springs.Cluster of marijuana shops in Commerce City has leaders mulling geographic store limits to spread impact
Colorado Springs has long allowed medical marijuana sales and there are close to 90 dispensaries in the city. But recreational cannabis has never been permitted. In the 2022 election, voters said no to such sales.
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