SAN MIGUEL COUNTY ISSUES MEDICAL CANNABIS MORATORIUM

TELLURIDE -- San Miguel County has enacted a temporary emergency
moratorium pertaining to commercial enterprises engaging in the sale
or distribution of medical cannabis to the public in the county's
unincorporated areas.

The resolution, enacted April 28 with the intent of further
exploring the impact of medical marijuana purveyors on San Miguel
County's citizens and the public interest, may remain in place until
October 31.

With no land use regulations specific to marijuana dispensaries in
place, the moratorium makes sense, San Miguel County Planning
Director Mike Rozycki said. The moratorium will not only allow
county staff to craft the appropriate regulations, but will give the
county time to follow the progress of HB 10-1284, a bill currently
under review by the Colorado State Legislature.

"Most of the areas in our county that are appropriate for retail
fall within the boundaries of municipalities," Rozycki said.
"However, as we have had a number of inquiries from individuals who
have proposed or started medical marijuana dispensaries
in unincorporated parts of the county, the board of
county commissioners felt that it would be appropriate to impose a
temporary moratorium.

"If HB 10-1284 bill passes, it would create a licensing process
similar to that which regulates liquor licenses," Rozycki said. "The
moratorium also gives us the time we need to see what our state laws
are going to be."

To learn more, or to read the resolution in full, visit the San
Miguel County web site at www.sanmiguelcounty.org.