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May 24, 2011
Medical marijuana provided free by Namaste Hospice for end-of-life relief
In a striking example of medical marijuana's growing legitimacy, the Denver-based Namaste Hospice will begin offering free medical marijuana to patients with terminal illnesses. While end-of-life care might not seem like the most cutting-edge of industries, Namaste, which has been providing D ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Medical marijuana attorney Lauren Davis tells why lawyer group hasn't sued to stop HB 1284
Lauren Davis.Last week, medical marijuana advocate Kathleen Chippi, who's collecting funds for a lawsuit to stop HB 1284, Colorado's main MMJ regulatory measure, criticized attorneys who'd announced their intention to sue over the bill last year but haven't done so. Why not? Lauren Davis, a l ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Medical marijuana and American Express: Credit card company prohibits pot purchases
Flickr.Patients who've tried to charge their medical marijuana purchases to American Express recently made an unpleasant discovery: As of April 30, American Express started denying all such transactions. "American Express has made a decision not to allow card acceptance for medical marijuana, ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Marijuana: 11-month-old choppered to hospital after MMJ reaction, mom under investigation
As medical marijuana has become more prevalent, law enforcers have been reporting more instances of kids having negative reactions to pot -- like a March 2010 report about a ten-month-old hospitalized after ingesting an MMJ edible. Now comes word of an eleven-month old in Longmont who had a s ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Medical marijuana cost Paul Curry his job at MillerCoors: Could it set legal precedent?
Paul Curry recently lost his job at MillerCoors in Golden for testing positive for pot -- even though he's a registered medical marijuana patient. Now, having retained big-shot pot attorney Rob Corry, Curry is fighting that decision in a move that could set state precedent over whether or not ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Medical marijuana: Is health board ready to pass THC driving reg like one that died in legislature?
At 9 a.m., the Board of Health is scheduled to consider a series of new rules pertaining to medical marijuana patients and caregivers -- and the Cannabis Therapy Institute's Laura Kriho has objections to a lot of them. She's particularly incensed by potential changes in the definition of care ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Medical marijuana: Board of Health passes new driving rules, caregiver language (PHOTOS)
Cannabis Therapy Institute's Laura Kriho raised concern about new regulations to be enacted by the Board of Health at a meeting yesterday. And following the marathon session, she's still worried, especially about what she sees as "a backdoor method to create a new crime: DUI-MM" -- driving un ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Medical marijuana and pharmacists: A prescription for confusion?
What should pharmacists do about medical marijuana? Because it's a criminalized substance under federal law, pharmacists, like other health-care workers, aren't supposed to have anything to do with it. On the other hand, pharmacists want to meet the needs of their patients, many of whom have ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Marijuana legalization: Legalize 2012 objects to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act name
Tvert & Vicente.The firestorm of invective at the Great Legalization Debate suggested that parties behind competing marijuana-reform measures for the 2012 ballot might not be exactly rooting for each other. More evidence: Legalize2012.com has created a guideline for reporters that objects to ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
Medical marijuana could be legalized in more than half of U.S. states by 2014, advocate says
Could the broader approval of medical marijuana lead to legalization of marijuana for recreational use? That's one theory put forward by cannabis activists like Morgan Fox, communications manager for the Marijuana Policy Project. Fox believes more than half of U.S. states could legalize MMJ b ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Fort Collins group petitions to ban medical marijuana centers
If a group of Fort Collins residents gets its way, patient access to medical marijuana in the northern Colorado college town could be severely limited. The Concerned Fort Collins Citizens (CFCC) filed a petition to ban pot shops on Tuesday, handing in more than 7,500 signatures. If they're de ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Reader: The stigma attached to smoking is saving a lot of lives
Yep, we all know.The main argument for quitting smoking is that it's bad for you; indeed, the evidence is well documented. That's perhaps why a lot of people who don't smoke have a hard time understanding why smokers continue to smoke despite the risks -- and certainly plenty of those people ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Medical marijuana: 10 out of 15 dispensaries rejected by Boulder filing appeals
Boulder's got a reputation for being very medical-pot-friendly -- but as Patricia Calhoun reported, Denver has been more liberal about licensing MMJ businesses. Why? Boulder spokesman Patrick von Keyserling says his community hasn't compared its rules to those used in Denver. But the majority ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Medical marijuana: Patients who only need caretaker for pot can't have one, new rules say
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's new rules about the "Medical Use of Marijuana" went into effect on July 31 and have caused few gripes thus far. But attorney Warren Edson sees several problems with the regs on view below, including contradictions with HB 1043, the so ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Medical marijuana: Rally supports Bob Crouse, MMJ patient charged after paperwork snafu
Bob Crouse.Last month, we shared the story of longtime Colorado Springs restaurateur and medical marijuana patient Bob Crouse, charged with felony cultivation and distribution after a doctor-recommended application that he be allowed to grow more plants was returned due to a technical error. ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Medical marijuana ads for happy hours, back-to-school specials could face new Boulder reg
Boulder may have a reputation as the Weed Capitol of the United States, but the city's medical marijuana center licensing requirements are arguably tougher than Denver's. And they could get even more stringent if city council passes an MMJ advertising proposal it'll mull over tonight.
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September 8, 2011
THC driving limit: Task Force member says no recommendation wouldn't stop new bill
Yesterday, the Drug Policy Task Force met to consider THC driving limits. The DUID-marijuana working group studying the subject couldn't agree on a proposal last week, and Task Force member Senator Pat Steadman thinks its inability to do so may prevent THC-driving legislation from being bless ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Medical marijuana dispensaries in the high country about to get Colorado's blessing
Despite rumors that state licenses wouldn't be issued until next year at the earliest, several medical marijuana clinic owners in the mountains say they have reached the final stages of the application process and are within weeks of getting the final okay from the Medical Marijuana Enforceme ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Medical marijuana: Dispensary license fees in Breckenridge as much as double Denver's?
Breckenridge is known as one of the most pot-friendly cities in the pot-friendly state of Colorado. But that doesn't mean opening up a medical marijuana dispensary in town is cheap. Licensing costs there could potentially be more than double the amount charged in Denver, which critics often ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Medical marijuana dispensary banned in Windsor now patient resource center
Last November, voters in Windsor outlawed medical marijuana dispensaries -- and as a result, In Harmony Wellness was forced to close this past May. But despite being forbidden to sell cannabis, the business is back as a patient resource center. Today, its owners are staging an open house to r ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Medical marijuana lawsuit: State says no one in Colorado has fundamental right to MMJ
Kathleen Chippi.On June 30, Kathleen Chippi and supporters filed a lawsuit claiming that medical marijuana regulations violate the state constitution, which made MMJ legal in Colorado. Now, the state has responded by arguing in part that patients don't have a fundamental right to use medical ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Medical marijuana fundraiser in Denver aims to fight proposed Fort Collins MMC ban, ignorance
Organic AlternativesIn July, a group called Concerned Fort Collins Citizens petitioned the city to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries, and their effort was a success. Now, voters will be asked to approve a ban on November 1 -- and to help fight this effort, Citizens For Safer Neighborhoo ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Medical marijuana reviewer job celebrates its second anniversary at Westword
In the fall of 2009, local officials looked around and suddenly discovered that the medical marijuana business was booming in Denver. In fact, it might have been the city's only growth industry at the time. The national media discovered the story, too -- and when Westword advertised for a med ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Medical marijuana responsible for Denver ending regular inspections of tattoo parlors?
FlickrEven though body artists specialize in the sort of inking and piercing that can lead to serious infections if not done properly, Denver no longer annually inspects tattoo parlors. Why not? One tattoo artist says personnel were reassigned to inspect medical marijuana dispensaries -- but ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Medical marijuana: Study shows dispensaries may create safer neighborhoods
Do medical marijuana dispensaries make neighborhoods safer? That's the conclusion of a study by the RAND Corporation, which counters the widespread perception that MMJ businesses attract crime.
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September 29, 2011
Medical marijuana patients face 5-to-10 years in prison for owning a gun, says ATF
The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent out a memo last week clarifying their stance that a sportsman with a shotgun and a medical marijuana card is no different than a cocaine dealer with a silenced TEC-9.
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October 5, 2011
Medical marijuana: CO Supreme Court asked to review Jason Beinor case about MMJ rights
At first, medical marijuana patient Jason Beinor thought losing a court fight over unemployment benefits withheld from him because he failed a drug test was no big deal. But it now looks as if his case could hold the key to cementing MMJ rights in Colorado -- or not. Which is why Beinor's law ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Medical marijuana workers joining UFCW Local 7: Is weed a growth area for unions?
Mark Belkin.The conflict between federal and state laws present a challenge to the medical marijuana industry, as last week's DEA raid on the Cherry Top Farms dispensary demonstrates. But there's also growing institutional acceptance, illustrated by today's press conference announcing the uni ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division says Full Spectrum Labs OK to open, FSL disagrees
Last week, medical cannabis testing facility Full Spectrum Labs shut its doors indefinitely, citing a lack of a state license to operate. But that news came as a surprise to Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait, who says the lab could have remained open.
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October 21, 2011
Medical marijuana: Health department registry stats show 5 percent decline in red cards
After nearly four months, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (finally) updated its medical marijuana stats page yesterday. And although the latest information is from August, it does hint at a slight decline over the last two months in the number of people holding a red ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Update: Med. Marijuana Enforcement Division chief Dan Hartman out? Revenue dept. responds
Dan Hartman.Update: We've now received a response from Department of Revenue spokesman Mark Couch regarding persistent reports from multiple medical marijuana industry sources that Dan Hartman will depart as director of the state's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division at day's end. Couch's ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Medical marijuana: Red card wait times increasing?
A year ago, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was so backlogged with medical-marijuana license applications that patients had to wait as long as eight months after filing paperwork before they got their red cards. And now, as this bubble of patients rises to the surfac ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Thanks Obamacare! website aims to turn partisan slur into positive term (VIDEO)
Obama caring.The term "Obamacare" was originally conceived by opponents of President Barack Obama's health-care reforms as a way of hanging what they saw as a political albatross around his neck. But now, a group of Colorado activists have embraced the word with ThanksObamacare.org, a website ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Med. marijuana: Just because William Breathes got his card doesn't mean all's right with registry
Unlike so many patients stuck in medical marijuana limbo, I received my red card in the mail this week -- 29 days from the date I sent my information and a check for $90 to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It was postmarked a week after it was issued, which could be the faul ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Medical marijuana banking and Sen. Pat Steadman on menu for MMAPA breakfast
Pat Steadman.Love some wake-and-bake continental breakfast with a little marijuana politics on a Saturday morning? You're in luck. Senator Pat Steadman will be speaking tomorrow at the new offices of the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA) for the nonprofit's open-house b ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Med. marijuana patients pulled over by cops talking their way into jail?
You're a medical marijuana patient, and a police officer pulls you over and says he smells pot. So you immediately show him your ID card and talk about how long it's been since you've medicated. Smart move? Not according to ex-judge Leonard Frieling, who says this approach will likely result ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Medical marijuana: Physician assistants the cause of delayed applications?
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced last week that as many as 4,000 medical marijuana patient applications and renewals were being held up in order "to ensure patients and physicians are within guidelines." Despite the CDPHE's vagueness, we've learned that many ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Medical marijuana: CDPHE's Dr. Chris Urbina on physician assistants, patient denials
By mid-January, as many as 4,200 potential medical marijuana patients will be told they are as much to blame for a "fraudulent" MMJ application as the doctor who signed off on a physician assistant's evaluation of that patient. The punishment? Waiting six months before they can apply again fo ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Feds close to granting medical marijuana patent to NY-based research company?
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services is about to give exclusive rights to the government-owned patent on marijuana to a single pharmaceutical company based in New York -- a state that doesn't even recognize medical marijuana as a valid therapy.Think that's unfair, fellow Colorado m ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Top ten Westword marijuana news stories of 2011
From regulations changing and shops being raided, to pizza delivery guys calling the cops on tokers, it has been an interesting year for medical marijuana in Colorado. Below is our top ten list of Westword's most popular marijuana stories of 2011 as well as links to the original posts.
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January 5, 2012
Medical marijuana: 4,200 patients seen by physician assistants being denied and rejected
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has finally started denying and rejecting the 4,200 medical marijuana patients who were evaluated by a physician assistants and have been waiting for as long as four months for an answer. And as if the delay so far wasn't bad enough, m ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Colorado Medical Marijuana Handbook author on which states are likeliest raid targets
Michael Malott.As one of the authors of California's Proposition 215, which sanctioned medical cannabis for the first time in the United States, as well as several legal handbooks, Michael Malott has a unique perspective on the medical marijuana laws that have been passed since. And he's jus ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Pot shop seizure letters decried by National Cannabis Industry Association
Last week, U.S. Attorney John Walsh sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools, threatening seizure if they don't close by next month -- an act that caused centers to scramble for scarce new locations and made some owners consider shutting down for good. Ag ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Tobacco-Free Aurora pushes for city ordinance requiring retailers to be licensed
What Tobacco-Free Aurora lacks in longevity and membership, it makes up for in ambition. Founded a little more than a year ago with a rotating volunteer staff of twelve to thirty, the group recently pushed the entirety of its efforts toward creating a city ordinance regulating the sale of tob ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Medical Marijuana Day of Action includes rally at health department
U.S. Attorney John Walsh's seizure letters to 23 dispensaries near schools -- and his promise that he's not bluffing -- has led to protests from national organizations like Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Now, local groups are staging a Medical Marijuana Day of Action, which inclu ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Medical marijuana v. recreational use: NORML controversy, Colorado connection
Allen St. Pierre.The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is the country's most powerful cannabis advocacy organization, and it's long had a close link to Colorado, which hosted its 40th anniversary conference last year. But relations between NORML and Colorado's med ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Marijuana at the Crossroads: Event asks if MMJ lawyers are breaking oath
According to keynote speaker and DU prof Sam Kamin, "Marijuana at the Crossroads," a Sturm College of Law symposium that starts tomorrow (see the schedule below), aims to get beyond the usual pot palaver. Sample subject: Are attorneys breaking their professional oath simply by specializing i ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Medical marijuana card not a license to smoke on probation, court rules
FlickrThe Colorado Court of Appeals has weighed in on the question of whether a medical marijuana patient can smoke while completing a probationary sentence that specifically nixes drug use. The judges' answer in a decision on view below? A resounding "no" justified in part by references to t ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Medical marijuana to blame for 45 percent increase in school drug violations?
www.ednewscolorado.orgOver the last four years, drug violations at Colorado K-12 schools have increased by roughly 45 percent. And according to a report shared by Education News Colorado about the issue, the rise can be squarely attributed to medical marijuana dispensaries.
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