THC NEWSLETTER by Jessica LeRoux - October 21, 2013

Hey Now, 

#1 issue for today is the meeting determining who and how concentrates can be legally produced indoors. 

The Concentrate Production Safety Working Group
October 21, 2013 from 1PM to 5PM at the Department of Revenue, 1881 Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO 80214; Entrance B, Conference Room 110
October 25, 2013 from 1PM to 5PM at the Department of Revenue, 1881 Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO 80214; Entrance B, Conference Room 110 (if necessary)

This meeting is in Lakewood not Denver so give yourself time to get over there and if you can't attend send a written comment here: 

The SLA encourages interested parties to submit written comments on the issues to be addressed during this rulemaking by November 13, 2013, so that the SLA can review comments prior to the rulemaking hearing.  Written comments will also be accepted until the rulemaking record is closed following the hearing.

The SLA will accept all written comments but strongly encourages written comments to be submitted on Form DR 2477.  The form is available on the DOR’s Amendment 64 page, which can be found at:  www.colorado.gov/revenue/amendment64.  

Please print, complete and save Form DR 2477 as a separate document and then submit the Form via e-mail.  Written comments and completed Forms DR 2477 may be emailed to: dor_ruleform@state.co.us.  In addition, you may submit completed Forms DR 2477 to:

Colorado Department of Revenue

Executive Director’s Office 

RE: Rules 

1375 Sherman Street, Room 409

Denver, CO 80261

AROUND THE STATE:

Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt writes tough pot legislationblogs.denverpost.comDenver Councilman Chris Nevitt has supported the retail marijuana industry but he also wrote the city's tough proposed rules on possession and consumption.

Mayor's Office Phone Number: 720-865-9000 
Smell something yucky? Call the Mayor... 
Does somebody on RTD have BO, call the Mayor...
Rotted cat food in your appartment's garbage area, call the Mayor...
Public restroom problems at the Colfax Mickey D's, call the Mayor...
Brewery stank, well actually the mayor dont care about that one...
Old Rebublican at capitol wearing diaper that needs changed, call the Mayor ASAP!
make sure you call the Mayor's office and leave a message each time you wrinkle up your nose in disgust because Denver's new technology will save us. Demand equal access to the City's new smell-o-meter technology and press charges against any source of stink that makes you think sad or desparate thoughts. Report the source, location and any other relevant info available on any maloder you encounter and be thorough in your message. If you do not get results call again and again.
Call night and day to let handycock know you've been olfactoriliy "ass"aulted... your nostrils have rights damn it!
http://www.denvergov.org/mayor/MayorsOffice/Contact/ContacttheMayor/tabid/442274/Default.aspx

HICKUP: Guv Doesn't Understand the Marijuana Taxcoloradopeakpolitics.comIn an article about Democratic Governor Hickenlooper's participation at The Daily Beast's "Hero Summit" (we know, we just choked on our Diet Coke, too), Hickenlooper discussed the upcoming vote on a tax on marijuana, Proposition AA. Here's what Hick told ABC's Rick Kl

Be safe and alert on the roads, they are looking for YOU! )actually they are looking for a false charge to pin on you, but none the less, remain vigilant.)  

Weekend law-enforcement push in Mesa county nets drugs, stolen vehicles, fugitiveswww.thedenverchannel.comA large-scale law-enforcement operation in Mesa County over the weekend showed how important traffic stops are in law enforcement, the Colorado State Patrol said Sunday.

What i find puzzling is this, if over-regulation ensures that all our cannabis is grown and sold locally and LEO's nationwide keep saying diversion FROM Colorado is the big problem, why was 92lbs of the stuff coming IN to the state at grand junction? AND... why isnt the empty Meth smuggling car a bigger headline in this story??? Oh yeah becasue they failed and those drugs are hitting the streets right now!

AROUND THE NATION:

a "crime" that costs more to police and solves no problem 

Phoenix Police to Medical-Pot Community: "Medibles" Will Be Tested for Extractsblogs.phoenixnewtimes.comWatch your step, medical-marijuana users: Phoenix police say they might bust you for holding the wrong kind of cookie. In...

talk about popping some tags! 

Seattle thrift store finds 2.5 pounds of marijuana in donation binwww.komonews.comDespite the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington, Seattle police want to remind everyone that thrift stores can't resell donated bags of pot.

So glad the state of CO identified these folks as experts in their field and paid them to come testify in the rule making process... 

High-profile marijuana millionaire behind multiple RMD applicants; locals cry foul |...m.southcoasttoday.comVincent Mehdizadeh, a West Coast marijuana millionaire with a conviction for defrauding immigrants, is backing nearly one in 10 of prospective dispensaries in the Bay State, causing some local competitors to cry foul.

THE NATIONAL POLICE PROBLEM:

Drunken off-duty deputy tried to arrest woman at bar when she resisted his advances - Police...www.policestateusa.comRichland County Sheriff's Deputy goes berserk when a female soldier declines his advances. He assaults her and tries to arrest her, causing a scene.

of course when there is no meth… Cops smell 'meth'. Raid home. Kill old man in his bed. No meth found.thelibertarianrepublic.comLos Angeles County Police performed a drug raid at the home of 80-year-old Eugene Mallory and his wife Tonya Pate, killing him in bed. He was suspected of being part of an illegal meth ring when officers reported they could smell suspicious chemicals emanating from his residence.

Stunned middle class couple raided by police after sniffer dog mistakes common garden plant for...www.dailymail.co.ukChris Vincent, 58 was stunned when officers turned up at his home in a leafy Warwickshire village demanding access to their back garden, as the dog mistook moss for a drug.

why you ask? because:LOOK: One Disturbing Reason For Our Exploding Prison Populationwww.huffingtonpost.comPrison companies have an airtight business plan: sign contracts with states obliging them to fill prison beds.

here is where and who: States Sending the Most People to Prison

shut shutting up to shut the shut down, the USA is a joke in every town.

Hey Now we have a solution for those of you who have products from us that are not in opaque packaging, we will send you as many brownie burkahs as you need to protect our products from edict of the colorado Taliban, these fun decorative kraft bags are still compostable as is the rest of our packaging and they explain in a humorous way that the Denver Taliban cannot resist any form of sweet sweet temptation themselves and have decided that our products are too delicious for medically qualified patients to even gaze upon them inside of a state regulated environment… if its that good, you know you want one! lemme know how many you need, and we will figure out the shipping etc... you will need to put the product name & expiration date on the outside of each bag and staple them over existing products… easy and done and still kinda fun at the expense of the uptight mommy brigade. 

Products like Bites and Nips and Apple Crisp will Not need this wrapper, nor will our new packaging model for chocolates…. 

Order now and if you order any 30 units mix n match we will send you 33 units as a thank you! 

Jessica LeRoux

Twirling Hippy Confections

2145 W Evans 

denver CO 

303 922 3661