State law crimps medical-marijuana shops

BOULDER — Now that the state has spelled out many of its medial marijuana laws, municipalities in the Boulder Valley are figuring out what will work best for them.

For some, that means banning pot all together. For others, it likely means changing local laws. And for others, it means extending moratoriums until more details come from the state.

Though there are more intricacies than this, House Bill 10-1284, which was passed in May, requires medical-marijuana dispensaries to grow at least 70 percent of their pot by Sept. 1. It placed a one-year moratorium starting July 1 on the state’s accepting of…