ASPEN: License to buy pot easy to get in Colorado
I recently became a legal pot smoker in the state of Colorado, and all it took was an hour of my time, $240 and a good excuse.
I visited a dispensary in the Roaring Fork Valley and told the proprietors I suffered from back and knee pain. That's all it took to get on the state registry, and then turn around and buy an eighth of an ounce of weed and a marijuana-laced cookie for $50, plus tax.
I went through this exercise, in part, to better understand the process of getting on the Colorado Medical Marijuana Registry, which now includes close to 30,000 people, according to the Colorado Attorney General. In addition to those, an estimated 35,000 people have received authorization from a physician and are waiting to be processed by the state.
I was not asked for medical records but I did fill out some paperwork that inquired about my past medical history, my family's past medical history and the problem for which I sought medical marijuana. I have legitimate back and knee pain, and marijuana often helps relax my muscles, but I presented no evidence of my ailment.
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