ASPEN — A Denver-based event producer has called on the City Council to reconsider allowing pot clubs in Aspen.
Freddie Wyatt, president of Munch & Co., urged council members at their Monday meeting to legalize private cannabis clubs. His reason: There s nowhere to legally consume marijuana products in Aspen except for one s home. Even so, users continue to consume in places they re not allowed to, he said.
I d like you to do some due diligence of how we can get cannabis in Aspen in a safe environment, just like we do with alcohol being regulated, Wyatt said during the citizen comments portion of the meeting.
A private pot club would get users off your streets and in a private place that is safe. He said pot clubs would be no different than bars in Aspen, which have an open-container law.
at Turks music club in Snowmass Village during the X Games was rejected by authorities.
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Freddie Wyatt interview on The Cannabist Show (cue to the 4:30 mark):
