Denver’s Discreet Dispensary is anything but discreet. Though the huge, old, brown-brick industrial building it occupies off Brighton Boulevard does blend in with the warehouses, auto body shops and junkyards that surround it, the huge green crosses on the front and the smell of skunk in the air from the…

Back in July, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment asked medical marijuana cardholders for their thoughts on the department dropping red card fees from $90 to $35. Last week, the comment period was extended to August 12 on the CDPHE website without any explanation. We’ve now learned that’s…

Editor’s note: Corrections made in this post are described below: 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 LaMay met with the Colorado Legislative Council and Legislative Services…

Update: We’ve gotten our hands on a copy of the video shot by marijuana activist Kathleen Chippi of fellow advocate Corey Donahue’s arrest at a Boulder library, allegedly for disrupting a volunteer meeting associated with the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012. The only editing we’ve done is to…

With new management taking over less than two weeks ago, everyone at iVita Wellness seems to be about as new to the place as I am…

Marijuana activist Miguel Lopez took a signed petition for the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol act of 2012 out of a voter’s hands on July 17 and allegedly prevented volunteers from retrieving it. When the petition didn’t resurface last week, Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol proponent Mason Tvert filed a formal complaint…

Westword editor Patricia Calhoun left for vacation today. Predictably, the Westword office has deteriorated into a orgy of journalistic decadence. Beer is flowing like printer ink, and smoke is blowing through the HVAC…

Although it could have been a snapshot of hardworking people in the cannabis industry, last night’s MTV’s True Life “I’m in the Marijuana Business” was an hour-long train wreck. Instead of being shown business people having success in the marijuana industry, all the current MTV generation saw was an abusive…

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 deemed legit,…

This dispensary has closed. GreenWerkz appeared on my radar a few weeks ago, after we posted a story on Full Spectrum Labs and its quest to find strains high in CBD, the cannabinoid in ganja most able to ease muscle and joint pain. According to Full Spectrum, GreenWerkz carries one…

As we mentioned earlier this week, Colorado Springs conservative Douglas Bruce had petitioned the Colorado Title Board to change the title of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 to include TABOR-related tax language. The hearing on that challenge was yesterday morning, but no decision was handed down. In…

Alhough new rules for medical marijuana patients and caregivers go into effect in just ten days — on July 30 — some activists are saying copies of the regulations are nearly impossible to find…

You pay enough for meds through the year, so wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to spend nearly a quarter-bag’s worth of money to get your red card? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment thinks so, too, and is debating dropping its annual registration fee from…

Boulder Meds owner Jay Epstein says his business application with the city of Boulder was denied because of a false charge on his Colorado Bureau of Investigations report…

Earlier this week, Cannabis University owner Michelle LaMay filed language with the state title review board that would eliminate all punishment for cannabis possession in Colorado. The introduction of her bill marks the second ballot initiative aimed at lessening marijuana punishments in the state behind the Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol…

This dispensary has closed. High Grade Alternatives has been around since October 2009, and I’ve heard nothing but good things about the place. Owner Adam Mahon said HGA developed a strong following from the start by buying small-batch herb from caregivers. Laws have changed, but Mahon says the shop’s been…

As noted in our Toke of the Town newsletter, Cannabis University’s Michelle LaMay received a Department of Higher Education letter saying her school might qualify for vocational school regulations. But LaMay insisted her classes don’t require any regulation by the state, noting her instruction is for everyone rather than qualifying…

A few weeks ago, in an interview for Ruper Murdoch’s iPad newspaper, The Daily, I casually mentioned that Denver has more dispensaries than Starbucks — a fact Denver Post’s Chris Osher first pointed out back in January. I had no clue then that paraphrasing that quote would re-ignite a national…

Attorney Warren Edson didn’t see anything too strange about the state fees for medical marijuana employee licensing when the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division announced them in March. He noted then that they were equal-to, if not less-than, similar costs in the gaming industry. But he says new fees for business…

This dispensary has closed. Grass Roots Organica sounds like the name of a noodle-dancing hippie jam band out of Boulder — and as such, I’ve avoided it. But they were still around on July 1, so I figured it wasn’t just another fly-by-night dispensary hoping to cash in before regulations…

You know your favorite medical marijuana strain by look, smell and taste, and you could pick it out of a lineup without fail. But aesthetics aside, do you understand what really makes up that cut of Ft. Collins Cough or Sour Kush? Through August, Full Spectrum Labs will do two…