Colorado has made an unusual plea to federal authorities: Let our colleges grow pot.
In a letter sent last month, the state attorney general's office asks federal health and education officials for permission for Colorado's colleges and universities to "obtain marijuana from non-federal government sources" for research purposes.
The letter isn't more specific on how the state's higher-education institutions might score weed. But it was sent pursuant to a lawpassed in 2014 requiring state officials to ask that Colorado colleges and universities be allowed "to cultivate marijuana and its component parts."
