Vince Carroll writes in The Denver Post: “If the legislature is going to expand the scope of the law by allowing dispensaries, it should also give local voters the ability to opt out of such a dramatic departure — particularly given the passionate disputes over whether dispensaries promote crime and recreational drug use. Even with a local option, after all, many dispensaries will no doubt survive. If they’re well run, meticulously regulated and prove over time that they’re good neighbors that don’t cater to potheads, as the current free-for-all system does, then other communities will gradually let them in, too.”