Round-Up: CO cuts MMJ enforcement staff; March’s weather means higher fire danger

By On April 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, AP, Health, Intern, Katherine-Claire O'Connor, KRCC News, Legal, Round-Up, Weather, Wildfires

Colorado is cutting its medical marijuana enforcement staff by more than half because the state isn’t collecting enough licensing fees to pay for them…and, despite the current cold and snowy conditions, recent abnormally high temperatures and a lack of precipitation means increased fire danger.

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