Don McKay, one of the owners of Southern Colorado Medical Marijuana, shows some of the muture female plants that they use to clone new plants Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at the company's farm in Colorado Springs. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Photo by CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE
Bud tender Kelley Schaffer trims buds Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Southern Colorado Medical Marijuana indoor farm in Colorado Springs. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Photo by CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE
Owners Elisa Kappelmann and Don McKay stand in one of the flowering rooms at Southern Colorado Medical Marijuana Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at the company's indoor farm in Colorado Springs. The rooms have 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness to encourage the plants to bloom. Photo by (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)