BOULDER — Boulder attorney who specializes in medical marijuana is urging dispensaries in the city that are within 1,000 feet of a school to move now before the federal government has a chance to shut them down.
Last month, U.S. Attorney John Walsh sent letters to 23 dispensaries in Colorado warning them to stop selling the drug within 1,000 feet of a school or face having their property seized and possible prosecution. Federal officials have said the letters are just the first wave of cease-and-desist letters.
While the officials have not disclosed the names of the businesses that have been ordered to stop operating by Feb. 27, Jeff Gard, who represents more than 20 dispensaries in Boulder, said none of the first-round letters went to companies in Boulder.
“It looks like they’re concentrating first on Denver, but that’s not to say that they’re going to stay in Denver,” Gard said. “It just seems to me to be both a legal and political dare to the industry.”
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