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September 2, 2009
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October 1, 2009
Legalizing marijuana -- medical or otherwise -- has become the toke of the town
Colorado's confusing medical-marijuana laws have led to plenty of puffing on all sides of the issue, with the Cannabis Therapy Institute taking a leading role in pushing for greater availability of what it sees as a healing weed. Last week, the organization joined forces with other medical-ma ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
Top Meds: Award-winning medical marijuana strains
All hail the munificence of Haze-Wowie!Afghani, OG Kush, Purple Skunk, White Widow... With so many strains to choose from at local dispensaries, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff? Thankfully, a variety of medical marijuana contests have popped up around Colorado recently, and they ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
Medical marijuana prayers: THC minister to bless State Capitol
Reverend James Marks in mid-anointment.The latest session of the state legislature kicks off today, with (still) Governor Bill Ritter's state-of-the-state speech slated for tomorrow. But immediately afterward, the real fun begins. Medical marijuana advocates plan to stage the Mile High NORML ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Pro-marijuana candidate Miguel Lopez to challenge John Hickenlooper for Democratic guv nomination
Miguel Lopez seen introducing Rob Corry at a 2008 marijuana rally.Yesterday, we pointed out that the Mile High NORML Cannabis Rally, slated to begin at 11:30 a.m. this morning across the street from the west steps of the capitol, would feature a special blessing by Reverend James Marks of the ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Medical marijuana dispensary owner Jason Irwin on the pros and cons of talking to the press
Jason Irwin as he appeared on CNN this week.These days, people involved in the medical marijuana community are understandably paranoid about interacting with the press -- and especially TV reporters -- thanks to the story of Highlands Ranch's Chris Bartkowicz, who was arrested following a Dru ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Mason Tvert touts marijuana-is-better-than-alcohol rallies at eighty-plus colleges nationwide
Mason Tvert prefers Emerald to Amethyst.For indefatigable marijuana booster Mason Tvert, founder of the advocacy organization Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), April 1 is a very big day. Rallies are scheduled to take place at more than eighty colleges and universities across ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Medical marijuana patients can't smoke in CU dorms -- and NORML rep says that's discriminatory
Not in here, you don't.Today's Boulder Daily Camera features a story about a policy at the University of Colorado at Boulder allowing freshman students who are also medical marijuana patients to live off-campus rather than in school dorms. On the surface, this appears to be a liberalizing of ... More >>
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April 12, 2010
4/20 in Denver speaker, NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre, says Colorado has no peer when it comes to accepting cannabis
Allen St. Pierre loves green... ties.As the executive director of NORML, the nation's best-known marijuana-reform advocacy organization, Allen St. Pierre could spend 4/20 anywhere in the U.S. So why's he coming to Denver for next week's spectacle at Civic Center Park? Two main reasons: "This ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
The Daily Show blows some smoke with Westword's pot critic
Allen St. Pierre loves green... ties.As the executive director of NORML, the nation's best-known marijuana-reform advocacy organization, Allen St. Pierre could spend 4/20 anywhere in the U.S. So why's he coming to Denver for next week's spectacle at Civic Center Park? Two main reasons: "This ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
4/20 in Boulder preview: "An orgasm of cannabis consumption"
Photo by Leland Rucker4/20 2009 in Boulder: Orgasm alert!In an interview last week, NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre confirmed that he'll be attending the politically oriented 4/20 rally at Denver's Civic Center Park this year. It'll be his second straight 4/20 in Colorado. Last yea ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
4/20 brings rallies -- and reporters -- to International Cannabis Day
Even before today's celebration of International Cannabis Day commences in Civic Center Park at 9 a.m., this city's booming medical marijuana business has already inspired a number of out-of-town journalists to come to Denver to cover the event. And there will be plenty to report on today, b ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
4/20 offer: Visit your legislator and get lei'd -- for free
CTI is handing out these babies at Civic Center today.The International Cannabis Day festivities that kick off at 9 a.m. this morning at Civic Center Park have a major political component, as stressed in a recent interview with NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre, who'll deliver the eve ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
4/20's top ten trademark violations
For Denver's ganjapreneurs, this is what 4/20 is all about.If there's one thing Denver's marijuana movement has embraced, it's a wanton disregard for federal laws. And no day illustrates this sentiment more than 4/20, when marijuana patients and exuberant scofflaws alike ascend on the Capitol ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Rob Corry offers free defense for anyone ticketed for smoking weed on 4/20
No one's taken Rob Corry up on his offer -- yet.As noted in a just-published blog, the Cannabis Therapy Institute has called on Boulder DA Stan Garnett to forgo prosecuting anyone ticketed for smoking weed at CU's annual orgasm of cannabis consumption. If Garnett decides to go ahead anyway, ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
Medical marijuana bill: Current version of HB 1284 would allow city councils to ban dispensaries
Photo by Robert FisherMaybe not coming to a town near you.During an interview last week, Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation front man Matt Brown wasn't certain that new language inserted into House Bill 1284, a measure designed to regulate the medical marijuana industry, gave city co ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Medical marijuana hearing sets up fight on the senate floor
Matt Brown sees more weed battles looming.Yesterday morning, we previewed a senate committee hearing on House Bill 1284, which is intended to regulate the medical marijuana industry, with Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente maintaining that he's ready to push a ballot initiative if the final re ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
Medical marijuana version of Match.com?: Introducing TheJointEffort.com
Kat Overholt is an MMJ matchmaker.Some marijuana advocates, including the Cannabis Therapy Institute's Laura Kriho, fear the passage of HB 1084, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana biz, and SB 109, intended to clarify the relationship between MMJ patients and doctors, will decimate the i ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
NORML director salutes Wynkoop for advertising beer like weed
A happy Allen St. Pierre.It's not often that a representative of NORML salutes beer. But that's precisely what executive director Allen St. Pierre does, sort of, in a piece celebrating Denver's own Wynkoop Brewery for an ad that makes the watering hole seem like a medical marijuana center vi ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Pipe Dreams
A happy Allen St. Pierre.It's not often that a representative of NORML salutes beer. But that's precisely what executive director Allen St. Pierre does, sort of, in a piece celebrating Denver's own Wynkoop Brewery for an ad that makes the watering hole seem like a medical marijuana center vi ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
DJ Quote explains the concept and purpose of his Dispensary Music project with Iman S
DJ Quote is no stranger to controversy, having tangled with his fair share of detractors in the past. Actually, he's no stranger at all: To date, he's released more than 300 mixtapes, performed at parties at major sporting events across the country, and appeared on national television a han ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Marijuana group denied permit for Jan. rally, Miguel Lopez threatens legal action (PHOTOS)
Miguel Lopez.Last January, Mile High NORML staged a pro-cannabis rally across the street from the State Capitol to correspond with the opening of the legislative session; see photos below. But advocate Miguel Lopez's attempt to stage a sequel has hit a stumbling block. The state has denied hi ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Medical marijuana in Arizona: An open letter to AZ from Westword pot critic William Breathes
Dear Arizona, How are things? We haven't talked much lately, what with all of the craziness you guys got into with the feds. But I wanted to congratulate you on (barely) passing your MMJ laws!
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December 16, 2010
KushConII to take medical marijuana seriously, says MMJ user/cancer patient Cheryl Shuman
Cheryl Shuman.KushConII, December 17-19 at the Colorado Convention Center, has made news over its RTD bus ads, which have drawn protests from law-enforcement. But Cheryl Shuman, the event's international director of PR and media, would rather focus on the event itself, which she says takes me ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Marijuana rally as legislature opens session: Miguel Lopez shifts location after permit denial
Miguel Lopez.In January 2010, Mile High NORML staged a pro-cannabis rally across the street from the State Capitol in conjunction with the opening day of the legislative session. But when advocate Miguel Lopez filed a permit to repeat the feat this year, his application for the same location ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Cannabis edibles as breakthrough autism treatment? Mieko Hester-Perez tells Joey's story
More pics below.Talk about timing. The day after a hearing about a proposed medical marijuana edibles industry ban that was modified to target allegedly misleading MMJ labels (featuring a probably mythical product called Cap'n Chronic), Casselman's will host an "awareness mixer" for the Uncon ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
NORML 40th anniversary conference in Denver preview: A celebration of cannabis commerce
According to Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), today's 4/20 bashes in Denver and Boulder are the biggest rallies of their type "on earth." And he expects that they'll ready the faithful for NORML's 40th annual conferenc ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
NORML conference deserves honorary proclamation: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario
The Denver mayor and City Council hand out an honorary proclamations nearly everyday. Organizations as varied as martial arts dojos and garden clubs are honored for their unique contributions to the city. It seems only fitting that NORML, a marijuana legalization group holding its convention ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Medical marijuana question for Doug Linkhart at mayoral debate a coincidence -- I swear!
Booted.It was the 41st, or maybe the 42nd, possibly the 43rd, mayoral debate of the endless 2011 campaign season. Last night, I moderated a forum featuring all nine remaining mayoral candidates sponsored by a group of downtown/central Denver organizations at Coors Field, which was remarkable ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
NORML presents Hunter S. Thompson Media Award to "Denver Westworld" at conference
Big pic below.This past week, Denver played host to the annual conference of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. On Friday, I was part of a panel discussion at which NORML presented its Hunter S. Thompson Media award to "Denver Westworld" -- which is close, but ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
4/20 in Boulder: CU regent wants to ban event due to $50,000 cost of protecting "outsiders"
4/20 in Boulder.Again this year, thousands of people celebrated 4/20 on CU-Boulder's campus. Afterward, university officials complained about the $50,000 cost of providing security for this non-sanctioned event -- among them CU regent Michael Carrigan, who wants the university to take "whatev ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Reader: Marijuana legalization advocates -- can't we all just get along?
Mason Tvert.Yesterday, marijuana advocate Mason Tvert refuted claims that his group's filing of 2012 legalization initiatives wasn't intended to disrespect local activists. One commenter called for all parties in this particular dispute to put down their arms and give peace a chance.
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July 20, 2011
4/20 in Boulder: CU student government leaders want it moved off-campus (PHOTOS)
Brooks Kanski.NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre has called the annual 4/20 celebration on the CU-Boulder campus "an orgasm of cannabis consumption" -- one that definitely factored in to CU being named Playboy's top party school. But a CU regent wants the bash moved off-campus -- and ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Marijuana: No-punishment-for-cannabis-possession initiative ready for title board
Michelle LaMay.Last month, we told you about Michelle LaMay submitting ballot language that would end all punishment for cannabis possession in Colorado. Her proposal is one step closer to reality after the language was approved by the Colorado Title Board LaMay met with the Colorado Legisla ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Reefer Madness, Redux
Michelle LaMay.Last month, we told you about Michelle LaMay submitting ballot language that would end all punishment for cannabis possession in Colorado. Her proposal is one step closer to reality after the language was approved by the Colorado Title Board LaMay met with the Colorado Legisla ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Medical marijuana: Run on Grass promotes pot as an athletic performance enhancer
Georgia Edson."Most people think someone who wants to end marijuana prohibition sits on the couch eating Cheetos and watching bad TV all day -- someone who isn't necessarily a motivated person," says Georgia Edson. "And that's so untrue." This message helps power Run on Grass, Edson's new or ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Medical marijuana: 10 years for Cheeba Chews in Japan? Western states aren't much kinder
9NewsYesterday, 9News broke the story of Colorado School of Mines student Tim Wilson. The 25-year-old is facing up to ten years in prison in Japan because a friend back here in Colorado sent him a care package containing some pot cookies and Cheeba Chews.
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December 1, 2011
4/20 in Boulder: Student against moving the event calls opponents "rich, trust-fund a**holes"
The annual 4/20 bacchanal on the CU Boulder campus, dubbed an orgasm of cannabis consumption by NORML exec Allen St. Pierre, is a tradition many university officials would like to end -- and student government leaders like Carly Robinson are heading in that direction, too. But at a forum last ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
With Occupy Denver protester Corey Donahue, nothing is ever easy
The annual 4/20 bacchanal on the CU Boulder campus, dubbed an orgasm of cannabis consumption by NORML exec Allen St. Pierre, is a tradition many university officials would like to end -- and student government leaders like Carly Robinson are heading in that direction, too. But at a forum last ... 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
Operation Sweet Leaf raids boost marijuana regulation, says Mason Tvert
Mason Tvert.To pot prohibition supporters, Operation Sweet Leaf, a raid on 25 reputed cannabis grows, paints the picture of growing criminality that begs for a police crackdown. But Mason Tvert, one of the main proponents of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, which recently submitted ab ... More >>
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