Amendment 64 proponent Mason Tvert thinks mainstream media attention to marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington state, which approved a separate measure, has already started to wane. But this morning, National Public Radio gave a countrywide platform to a topic we’ve been addressing for years — the difficulty of doing…
Update: Yesterday, Boulder ACLU head Judd Golden praised Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett for directing his office to drop prosecutions of pot cases that will become legal once Amendment 64 is signed into law; see our original post below. He also expressed mystification over why Garnett’s counterpart in Denver, Mitch…
If there is a hell, its soundtrack would undoubtedly include hours of recordings from a busy corporate guitar store. On a Saturday, the places are awash with a horrid mix of out-of-tune “Smoke on the Water”/”Stairway to Heaven”/Metallica medleys — someone thumping with no rhythm on a cranked-up bass and…
Since Amendment 64 passed last week, there has already been heated debate about how the measure will affect Colorado residents. The CEO of a local environmental equipment business says he’s sure A64 will make it harder for him to hire people, because they’ll be able to legally smoke weed but…
During a recent appearance on his HBO discussion show, Bill Maher asked Mason Tvert, one of the primary proponents behind Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, to relocate in California and push through a similar measure there — and Tvert lightheartedly said he would; see the video below…
Although Amendment 64 passed last week, Governor John Hickenlooper has told us not to bring out the Cheetos and Goldfish just yet. But apparently people need a firmer reminder that there are more hurdles to be surmounted — and we’re not just talking about the feds — before pot shops…
Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett has instructed his prosecutors to drop a handful of cases involving possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, as well as paraphernalia charges, for anyone over the age of 21. The reason: the passage of Amendment 64, which has yet to be signed into…
Update: On Monday, KHOW talk-show host and syndicated columnist David Sirota created a WhiteHouse.gov petition calling on the Obama administration to back a law protecting the right of states to establish their own marijuana policies, as the voters of Colorado did by passing Amendment 64. Such petitions must garner 25,000…
While the passage of Amendment 64 has received national and even international attention (via Mexico president Felipe Calderon’s comments about his nation’s pot policy in A64’s wake), much of the mainstream media’s coverage has been less than thoughtful. But as usual, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is an exception. Last night, she…
Since November 6, all sorts of venting has taken place on the White House’s petition website, including a call for Colorado to break away from the United States. But that’s not the only post-election attention Colorado is getting in citizen appeals to the Obama administration: A petition praising Amendment 64…
The response to Amendment 64’s passage has gone international, with Felipe Calderon, Mexico’s president suggesting that his country’s pot policies may have to change as a result of the measure, as well as a similar one approved in Washington. A marijuana analyst sees the comments as evidence Mexico and other…
Update below: After the passage of Amendment 64, Governor John Hickenlooper issued a statement advising folks to wait before breaking out the Cheetos and Goldfish — an unexpected remark that quickly inspired its own Twitter hash tag. Now, a photo has surfaced featuring Hickenlooper posing with these snacks along with…
After the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, Governor John Hickenlooper released a statement advising folks who voted for the proposal to wait before they break out the Cheetos and Goldfish. But he recognizes that the question of federal intervention over the measure is no joke…
If you had any doubt that the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would turn proponent Mason Tvert into a national figure, look no further than this weekend’s episode of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Maher, a vocal supporter of marijuana policy reform, devoted seven…
In doing research for our feature on the history of cannabis in Colorado, we came across some amazing old news stories from local papers about marijuana arrests and more. We’ll share the most memorable of them in our quasi-regular feature, Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. Today’s item, from August 9, 1937:…
Colorado’s voters may have approved Amendment 64, but the federal government is unlikely to allow implementation of the marijuana measure and will probably threaten to sue or begin making arrests to stop it. That’s the prediction of Sam Kamin, a University of Denver professor and national expert on the Colorado…
Grassroots Grown has been on my radar for a fall visit since an ill-timed drop-in this past spring to the greenhouse-only dispensary. And it was well worth making a return trip…
While Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, has received all of the pot press since election day, pro-dispensary voters in Fort Collins are celebrating a different win — the victory of Measure 301, which overturns a ban on retail medical marijuana centers in city limits passed a year…
The Denver Elections Division has released a map graphically depicting support in the city for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act — and the results are fascinating. For instance, many of the areas with the most medical marijuana dispensaries voted for the measure in the highest percentages. See…
The passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, was a big win for attorney Brian Vicente, one of the measure’s main proponents. But amid questions about when and how the proposal will take effect come suggestions that court challenges are inevitable. Vicente disagrees and explains why below…
In responding to the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, Governor John Hickenlooper said, “Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don’t break out the Cheetos or [Goldfish] too quickly.” And like magic, a new phrase was born, and so was a new…
In announcing the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, during a newscast this morning, National Public Radio floated the possibility that the measure could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court owing to pot’s illegality at the federal level. And if the proposal wound up there,…
