Marijuana edibles: Make your holiday feast a green treat

The holiday season is a time of giving, kindness, harmony and joy — or at least, that’s what it should be. But these days, the true essence of the holidays seems to be overwhelmed by crazy amounts of traffic, ridiculous lines at stores, people beating each other over toys, dwindling…

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…

Medical marijuana: Denver names first five licensed dispensaries

Earlier this week at the pseudo-monthly medical marijuana workgroup meeting, officials named the first five fully licensed Denver medical marijuana centers. Verde Wellness Center, Medicine Man, Colorado Alternative Medicine and both iVita Wellness locations got the go-ahead from the city and state. And while some would say Colorado’s regulation could…

Med. marijuana: Eric Holder okay with lawful MMCs, but do threats remain?

This week, Congressman Jared Polis quizzed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the Department of Justice’s approach to medical marijuana; see a video of the exchange below. For the most part, Holder suggested that MMJ businesses following state law are not Department of Justice priorities, despite recent crackdowns in California…

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 the applications are being scrutinized because…