Open Letter from CO NORML to the City of Pueblo Regarding Proposed Ban on Cultivation of Marijuana

October 29, 2014

City of Pueblo Planning and Zoning Commission
211 East D Street
Pueblo, CO 81003

City of Pueblo City Council
1 City Hall Place
Pueblo, CO 81003

Re: Proposed Ban on Cultivation of Marijuana; Text Amendment TA-14-04; Ordinance Amending Chapters 2 & 15 of Title XVII

Dear Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council members:

On behalf of our Pueblo members and law-abiding Colorado consumers and patients, the Colorado chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) urges the City of Pueblo to abandon this proposed ordinance that would effectively outlaw most marijuana cultivation and other constitutional guarantees of Pueblo citizens.

Founded in 1970, NORML’s mission is to repeal marijuana prohibition so responsible recreational and medicinal use and cultivation is no longer subject to criminal sanction. We support the full and fair implementation of Colorado Constitutional Amendments 20 and 64, both which were supported…