To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Ron Carl, County Attorney
Prepared By:
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Robert Hill, Sr. Asst. County Attorney
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Presenters: Jason Reynolds, Planning Division Manager, Public Works and Development; Robert Hill, Sr. Asst. County Attorney; Tiffanie Bleau, Sr. Asst. County Attorney
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Subject:
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2:00 PM *Kazmira Request for Support Letter and Marijuana Regulations Amendments
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this request is to present and seek direction from the Board on the Kazmira proposal for a US Drug Enforcement Administration-regulated marijuana land use and to present the Kazmira request for a letter to the DEA expressing the County's support for Kazmira's application for a federal marijuana testing permit from the DEA.
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Background and Discussion: The Arapahoe County marijuana regulations are adopted in the Land Development Code and the Marijuana Licensing Ordinance. Kazmira is seeking approval from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to become a licensed federal manufacturing facility to manufacture federally legal pharmaceutical-grade cannabis ingredients. The manufactured ingredients would then be used to supply DEA-qualified researchers in their studies and clinical trials of marijuana.
Under its proposal, the Kazmira facility would receive marijuana grown off-site from a federally licensed grow facility. Kazmira would use its facility, which currently processes hemp into oils for commercial sale, to manufacture the ingredients which would then be transferred by the DEA to federal licensed researchers. The product would not be sold on any commercial market and the marijuana used for the manufactured products would then be transferred on to the site and off-site by and under the custody of the DEA.
However, the County's Land Development Code prohibits all marijuana uses except for those currently licensed dispensaries and subject to the existing cap on...
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