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Colorado is used to boom and bust cycles, and it wasn't hard to see this one coming. Nederland over the past few years has been the poster child for medical marijuana, at one point with a dispensary for every 100 residents. Today Nederland is down to about one dispensary per 500 residents and the city's tax base has gone the same direction.

In a little more than a year, Colorado may become the first state to legalize marijuana. Between now and then, prepare to meet petition waving enthusiasts. In fact, prepare to meet competing petition wavers as it is quite likely that at least two different pro-marijuana groups will propose at least two different legalization schemes.

Suit was filed in Denver District Court Thursday in an effort to overturn laws passed by the Colorado Legislature restricting patient access to medical marijuana.

The Colorado Supreme Court said this week it will not hear a case filed last week in an effort to overturn parts of Colorado's medical marijuana laws. Plaintiffs say they will file in District Court.

A suit filed with the Colorado Supreme Court Wednesday seeks to overturn parts of two laws passed by the legislature last year and signed by Governor Bill Ritter in June.