West Side objects to marijuana business

 proposed recreational marijuana business aiming to open its doors on West Colfax Ave. has triggered stiff opposition from citizens and institutions located near the long-dilapidated — and, some say, slowly rebounding — urban thoroughfare. Among the locals opposing the granting of a city license to a firm called Cannabis for Health are a police commander, a drug rehabilitation facility, a homeless shelter for women and children, a neighborhood organization and most of the Jewish organizations close to the proposed dispensary. The Jewish organizations along West Colfax, all Orthodox in their religious orientation, constitute the modern Jewish community on the West Side. At a Jan. 21 hearing of the Denver Dept. of Excise and Licenses, opposition to the license was heard from representatives of Congregation Zera […]