[420 Girl]

James and Pam Fleming want their new venture — the EnerChi Healing Center in Fort Collins — to be more than just a place where medical marijuana is dispensed. They also have lined up more than 20 practitioners of alternative medicine to help people try other ways of treating their health woes. "Natural holistic health care is a growing field, and there is a huge need for it," said Pam Fleming.

EnerChi opens Monday and will offer healing therapies such as hypnosis, acupuncture and organic medical marijuana, as well as yoga. It will be the first medical marijuana store in Fort Collins and probably the first in the state that is more than just a dispensary of the drug, said Fleming.

She and her husband are both registered medical marijuana users. He began using prescribed pot a year ago to deal with problems brought on by using an inhaler for chronic asthma. Pam Fleming also began using the drug more than a year ago to deal with severe digestive problems. Medical marijuana helps her more easily digest her food. "It completely changed everything for me," she said.

The Flemings say they also are listed as caregivers with the state. A caregiver can dispense medical marijuana to a patient also registered with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, said Ron Hyman, the department's registrar of vital statistics.

Colorado voters passed a medical-marijuana law — Amendment 20 — in 2000. To date, there are 2,000 medical-marijuana users registered in Colorado, Hyman said.

Fort Collins police spokeswoman Rita Davis said that as long as EnerChi follows the medical-marijuana laws, police have no problem with the business. "If the grower is certified and the users have a legal prescription from a doctor, that is legal in Colorado," Davis said.

The Flemings are listed as caregivers to about 10 people suffering ailments including arthritis, epileptic seizures and lung problems. The list of patients is apt to grow but not by much, Pam Fleming said. "We want to make sure the quality of care is there," Fleming said. "This is important to us and to the people who come to us."

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