For every Starbucks coffee shop in the ENTIRE STATE OF COLORADO, there are currently not one but TWO medicinal marijuana dispensaries located within the limits of the City and County of Denver ALONE, which represents LESS THAN 4% OF THE DENVER METRO AREA by square mileage.
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There's even 2 dispensaries in Cañon City, Colorado – home of 9 state prisons and 4 federal prisons including the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” supermax!
[as per the claim of one resident of the town]
My estimation is that well over 95% of all of the dispensaries in Colorado did not exist one year ago. Now, in the current 68-page issue of the Denver Westword weekly magazine, eleven and a half pages are dedicated to cannabis-related advertisements. SEVENTEEN PERCENT of Denver's most popular free publication is dedicated to selling marijuana and the things that go with it!
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http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/heavy-doses/2010/01/05/medical-marijuana-st…
Marijuana Stores Trump Starbucks In Denver
Jan 05, 2010
If you want more proof that selling legal pot is a booming business, consider this statistic: Denver has more medical-marijuana shops than Starbucks Corp. locations.
Denver's City Treasurer Steve Ellington tells ABC New affiliate Channel 7 that at least 390 pot dispensaries applied for a sales-tax license recently. That compares to 208 Starbucks in the entire state of Colorado, the station reports. Denver's city council took a step toward regulating the marijuana stores last night, and the businesses are filing their tax applications.
The Denver statistic sheds light on a business that is becoming more institutionalized as local governments try to figure out ways to raise revenue. The Denver council will hold a public hearing and take a final vote Monday. Only a day later, on Tuesday, a California Assembly panel is expected to vote on a bill that would legalize pot across the state.
Denver is an example of how desperate politicians are to collect taxes on this burgeoning industry. The marijuana dispensaries are rushing to get their sales-tax applications filed to beat a deadline as part of a new law being considered. The change in law: No marijuana store can be within 1,000 feet of schools or child-care centers unless you get your tax application in before a deadline.
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http://www.denver.org/metro/media/press-blog?bid=90
Land Area Seven-County Metro Denver
The seven-county metro Denver area has cooperated on numerous projects, including building two sports stadiums (INVESCO and Coors Field) and funding the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) with a 1/10 of a cent sales tax collected in all seven counties. This tax raises $40 million a year which is distributed to 300 arts organizations and cultural facilities. The seven counties also cooperatively fund the Regional Transportation District, including the existing 35 miles of Light Rail and a 12-year, $4.7 billion plan to add 119 miles of new light rail and commuter rail – the largest light rail initiative in American history. The seven counties of metro Denver cover a land area nearly the size of Connecticut.
Adams County 1,182 square miles
Arapahoe County 804 square miles
Boulder County 740 square miles
Broomfield County 34 square miles
Denver County 156 square miles
Douglas County 842 square miles
Jefferson County 773 square miles
Seven-Country Metro Denver: 4,531 square miles
Connecticut: 4,885 square miles of land (699 sq. miles of water)
Delaware: 1,954 square miles
Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles
Colorado: 104,247 square miles
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