DENVER (AP) — Medical marijuana advocates are prepared to go to the ballot if they think lawmakers go too far in limiting access to the drug.
On Thursday activists filed a ballot initiative that would bar lawmakers from limiting the number of patients a dispensary can serve. It would also stop cities and counties from passing an outright ban on dispensaries, something which could be allowed under a new dispensary regulation bill.
Sensible Colorado, a medical marijuana patients' group, is organizing the effort.
Executive director Brian Vicente said he'll keep trying to work with lawmakers to amend the new bill while he prepares to start collecting signatures for the ballot measure.
The measure is a constitutional amendment which would trump any law passed this year.
