"They (police) haven't figured out the selling and buying rules of it all," he said. " It's not illegal.  It's legal now so I don't have any hesitation at all.  Type 'marijuana' on Craigslist and all my ads will pop up.  I've traded a bunch of things with no trouble at all." 

A man living at the Cedar Ridge Apartments in Colorado Springs hasn't had any trouble trading for pot either.  In our second sting, this individual wanted to trade a pair of television speakers for $20 in cash and $20 in marijuana.  Disappointed we didn't have any weed, he still agreed to close the deal with $40 cash. 

"They can give me all the tickets they want," he said. " I don't care.  I smoke weed out in the parking lot and the cop would drive by and say, 'Are you staying out of trouble?'  I'd say 'We sure are.'" 

While marijuana users may be able to slip through the cracks on a local level, there's federal laws prohibiting marijuana that are enforced by the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

"We are going to investigate that to the full extent that we can," Matthew Barden with the DEA said. " It's a violation of federal law and state law is not going to deter us from doing our job." 

Barden also adds that trading or giving marijuana is considered distribution. 

Although there's a big "gap" when it comes to local laws, Chief Carey says change is on its way. 

"What the City is doing right now is waiting to see what guidance the State of Colorado gets regarding the sale and use of marijuana," he said. " Of course when we have a new city council in April, we'll be presenting some proposals on how we deal with recreational marijuana." 

The District Attorney's office declined to comment on this story and suggested we speak with Attorney General John Suthers. 

Suthers also declined to comment on our story but after a week, decided to send News 5 a one sentence statement. 

It reads:

"Distribution of marijuana in exchange for donations or other items is a scam in an attempt to get around laws before the implementation of Amendment 64 laws." 

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