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Nederland rides medical marijuana to prosperity, then watches the bottom fall...

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.

Lawsuit filed to toss parts of Colorado medical marijuana laws

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.

Suit filed to overturn marijuana laws

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.