As of April 2015, 86 percent of state municipalities have already taken action to address retail marijuana establishment in their communities.

Precinct 7 approved Amendment 64 to allow recreational marijuana use 571-505 (53 percent) in 2012, while Precinct 8 voted 326-301 (52 percent) in favor of it. Precinct 9, which includes a small part of town, voted Amendment 64 down 412-294 (58 percent).

The Times fact-checked some answers given by advocate Daniel Hamme, owner of Natural Mystic Wellness Center, and Doug Constance, with the No More MJ in BV issue committee, who argued against passage.

Buena Vista residents and visitors filled up the Pinion Room at the Buena Vista Community Center March 10 for a pro-con forum the Buena Vista Marijuana Initiative hosted by the Chaffee County League of Women Voters.

The forum will begin at 7 p.m. tonight in the Pinon Room, Buena Vista Community Center, 715 E. Main Street.

The Times spoke candidly with a handful of Buena Vista community members about their personal preferences to allow or not allow the sale of recreational marijuana in the town.

You’d think Buena Vista was doomed to be the set for a bad sci-fi movie about a pot-smoke fueled apocalypse where doobie-smokin’ bearded hipsters and the like are turned into zombies looking for brain munchies.

Eighteen law enforcement agencies across Colorado gained the support and skills to keep our roadways safe from drug-impaired drivers.

A draft ordinance on retail marijuana will be presented to the board of trustees by town staff Nov. 10, town administrator Brandy Reitter said.

Marijuana’s inherent health benefits and contribution to moral, social and mental risks have been addressed and extensively researched by accredited universities including University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health among many others and published in scientific and medical journals such as Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

The committee was announced May 14 and the deadline to sign up was around 2 weeks later.

In this gig, one has to be part duck, and just let the barbs slide off the end of the tailfeathers. It comes with the turf, quite literally sometimes.

Tenderfoot Health Collective owner Kat McQuillan said that one of the biggest surprises for her since switching from a medical to a retail model is that the average age of customers is still between 50 and 65.

Research from the Marijuana Industry Group from 2014 stated that over 10,000 jobs had already been created in the recreational marijuana industry alone.

The town of Buena Vista is considering whether or not to allow sales of recreational marijuana.

Many localities have also established local taxes on marijuana sales that, in addition to local licensing fees, are offsetting the costs associated with administrating the system and enforcing the rules.

The town of Buena Vista is considering whether or not to allow sales of recreational marijuana.

Many localities have also established local taxes on marijuana sales that, in addition to local licensing fees, are offsetting the costs associated with administrating the system and enforcing the rules.