FRUITA, Colo. (AP) — A small western Colorado town that doesn't have a medical marijuana dispensary has become the first in Colorado to levy a city tax on pot.
Voters in Fruita, a town of about 11,000, decided Tuesday to impose a 5 percent sales tax on marijuana.
The town, however, has no dispensaries that sell marijuana, though one application is pending. City leaders said they wanted to be ready with a tax source in case the dispensary opens and requires city resources such as additional police patrol.
The tax passed 1,533 to 936. Already dispensaries pay a 2.9 percent state sales tax, though Colorado officials aren't sure exactly how much comes from the sale of pot.
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