Editing Colorado Springs, Colorado (section)

===Marijuana===
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Although Colorado voters approved [[Colorado Amendment 64]], a constitutional amendment in 2012 legalizing retail sales of marijuana for recreational purposes, the Colorado Springs city council voted not to permit retail shops in the city, as was allowed in the amendment.<ref>{{cite news |last=Martinez |first=Michael |title=10 things to know about Colorado's recreational marijuana shops – CNN |date=December 28, 2013 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/us/10-things-colorado-recreational-marijuana/ |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=March 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329182124/http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/us/10-things-colorado-recreational-marijuana/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Medical marijuana outlets continue to operate in Colorado Springs.<ref>[http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article25866490.html "Pot may be legal in Colorado, but it can't be purchased in most large cities"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410150956/http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article25866490.html |date=April 10, 2016 }}, ''Tacoma News Tribune'', March 16, 2016.</ref> In 2015, there were 91 medical marijuana clinics in the city, which reported sales of $59.6&nbsp;million in 2014, up 11 percent from the previous year but without [[Cannabis policy of Colorado#Recreational marijuana|recreational]] marijuana shops.<ref>{{Cite news |department=Op/Ed |newspaper=The Gazette |title=Medical marijuana industry still growing in Colorado Business comparison El Paso County Medical Society policy statement on marijuana use |url=http://gazette.com/medical-marijuana-industry-still-growing-in-colorado/article/1548439 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407124217/http://gazette.com/medical-marijuana-industry-still-growing-in-colorado/article/1548439 |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 26, 2016, Colorado Springs city council decided to extend the current six-month moratorium to eighteen months with no new licenses to be granted until May 2017. A scholarly paper suggested the city would give up $25.4&nbsp;million in tax revenue and fees if the city continued to thwart the industry from opening within the city limits.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 2017 |title=Inside a wild week in weed for Colorado Springs |work=The Cannabist |url=https://www.thecannabist.co/2017/07/27/colorado-springs-marijuana-head-shops-gateway-drug/84717/ |access-date=March 4, 2018 |archive-date=April 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428070007/https://www.thecannabist.co/2017/07/27/colorado-springs-marijuana-head-shops-gateway-drug/84717/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=The Economic Impact of Allowing Retail Marijuana Establishments in Colorado Springs |url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3902201/Colorado-Springs-Economic-Study-on-Allowing.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428101857/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3902201/Colorado-Springs-Economic-Study-on-Allowing.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2018 |url-status=live |journal=Daniels School of Business, University of Denver |volume=Miller Chair of Applied Economics |via=documentcloud.org}}</ref> As of March 1, 2018, there were 131 medical marijuana centers and no recreational cannabis stores.<ref>{{cite web |title=MED Licensed Medical Marijuana Centers as of March 1, 2018 |url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Centers%2003012018.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172421/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Centers%2003012018.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2018 |access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref> As of 2019 Colorado Springs is still one of seven towns that have only allowed for medical marijuana.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fuego |first=Herbert |date=January 29, 2019 |title=Ask a Stoner: How Many Towns in Colorado Still Ban Weed Sales? |url=https://www.westword.com/marijuana/most-of-colorado-still-bans-dispensaries-11199015 |access-date=November 18, 2019 |website=Westword |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804031532/https://www.westword.com/marijuana/most-of-colorado-still-bans-dispensaries-11199015 |url-status=live }}</ref>