Anticipating an uptick in litigation and accidents due to the
decriminalization of weed, the U.S. Forest Service has enlisted the
sheriff’s office to have deputies patrol area slopes for marijuana
users.
According to federal law, it is illegal to consume marijuana on national
forest land. Ricardo Doah, the winter sports specialist for the White
River National Forest, said Colorado has become a major concern — and
target — for officials in Washington, D.C.
As such, the Forest Service is paying deputies overtime to patrol the
four mountains, with the consent of the Aspen Skiing Co., which leases
the land from the government. Officials estimate that the crackdown will
cost taxpayers $1.5 million in the next year.
The initiative began in earnest this past weekend, and so far 128 people
have been arrested across SkiCo’s four mountains. They face federal
drug charges that could land them in jail, or even worse, prison, and up
to $50,000 in fines.
Anybody seen taking a toke over their line will have a deputy waiting for them at the base of the mountain...more
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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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