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Sheriffs, Prosecutors Sue Colorado Over Marijuana Law

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Laura Palmisano
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KVNF

Colorado has been under fire lately over Amendment 64.  The state is currently being sued by neighboring states and a Washington, D.C. organization over recreational marijuana.  Now, Colorado is being sued by its own sheriffs. 

Six sheriffs from across Colorado and sheriffs and prosecutors from Nebraska and Kansas are plaintiffs in the suit. Governor John Hickenlooper is named as the defendant.

Hinsdale County Sheriff Ron Bruce and Delta County Sheriff Fred McKee, two Western Slope lawmen, are part of the suit

KVNF's Laura Palmisano speaks to McKee. 

MeKee says no county funds are being spent on the case.

Mark de Bernardo, one of the attorneys representing the sheriffs and county prosecutors, says the Drug Free America Foundation is helping to fund the case and so far no counties have paid for it. 

De Bernardo is also the founder and executive director of the Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace.

Laura joined KVNF in 2014. She was the news director for two years and now works as a freelance reporter covering Colorado's Western Slope. Laura is an award-winning journalist with work recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Broadcasters Association, and RTDNA. In 2015, she was a fellow for the Institute for Justice & Journalism. Her fellowship project, a three-part series on the Karen refugee community in Delta, Colorado, received a regional Edward R. Murrow Award.
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