For Colorado cities, dealing with the issue of medical marijuana in 2009 is a lot like being offered that first joint back in the 1960s – do you join the party or just pass it on? Pueblo City Council is stuck in that predicament at the moment, hoping that if it imposes a seven-month moratorium on licensing any medical marijuana businesses until July 1, the Legislature will get busy this spring and adopt statewide regulations on how to do just that, The Pueblo Chieftian reports.

Read the Colorado Municipal League’s survey of cities here.