At 2 p.m. this afternoon, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s medical marijuana advisory committee will meet to discuss new regulations for physicians (they’re on view below) that Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies executive director Vincent Palazzotto feels could be devastating for patient access in the…
It won’t make the body scans or perverse groping security pat-downs any easier to handle, but medical marijuana patients traveling to one of five states from DIA can now pack their cannabis openly instead of, say, hiding it in a shampoo bottle…
As the state’s medical marijuana community has blossomed and solidified, many different advocacy groups have taken root. There are pro-patient groups, industry trade groups and now, if all goes as planned, there will be a new, medical-themed organization – the Medical Marijuana Doctors Association…
Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho is extremely concerned about the proposal for a new medical marijuana database; she says it would be open to 24-7 law-enforcement access that violates privacy and could lead to federal prosecution of patients. But Betty Aldworth, executive director of Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation, says…
Colorado’s Department of Revenue unveiled draft regulations for the medical marijuana industry at a marathon meeting yesterday — and most concerning for the Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho was a plan to phase out the current MMJ registry and replace it with a database she says will include “24-7 access…
Over the past year, we’ve intermittently heard about arrests for allegedly driving under the influence of medical marijuana, with the most sensational being Joshua Wittig’s involvement in a crash that took the life of John Paul Hines in October. Against this backdrop, Boulder Representative Claire Levy says she’s planning to…
Colorado’s Department of Revenue will introduce the final draft of medical marijuana regulations on Monday. But interpretations of HB 1284, the state’s main MMJ law, continue to be made on the local level, with Carbondale telling centers that adding infused products to its menu before July is illegal…
The Department of Revenue’s Matt Cook has worked for months to assemble regulations for the Colorado medical marijuana industry based on HB 1284 and SB 109, two measures signed by Governor Bill Ritter in June. A short time ago, Cook sent out two mammoth documents — a draft of the…
This dispensary has closed. The intersection of 29th and Colorado is looking run down. Cora Faye’s café is still cooking soul food, but otherwise the landscape is dominated by empty storefronts in decades-old buildings, a Taco Bell/KFC and a Dollar Store…
Yesterday’s Denver City Council special committees meeting about medical marijuana, intended to bring Denver in line with state MMJ law, brought out advocates worried that new rules may outlaw Denver grows owned by entrepreneurs without a retail outlet in the city. And that’s not all, according to attorneys Bob Hoban…
A special-issues committee of the Denver City Council met today and discussed measures that could shut down an untold number of grow operations in the city. The committee met with stakeholders from Denver neighborhood associations and from various members of the medical marijuana community…
First there was Big Tobacco and Big Pharma. Now it’s Big Pot’s turn to flex its muscles. That’s the idea behind the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), reportedly the first national trade group for the cannabis industry — and one that’s packed with familiar Colorado names…
As part of our Caregivers’ Cup coverage, we shared bong porn: photos of work by glass master Wes Richards, who was creating a five-foot-tall, Colorado-themed bong to serve as a traveling trophy for winner of the Cup’s people’s choice prize. Well, the cup, which will be awarded to Matt H…
At 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, the special-issues committee of the Denver City Council will assemble — and its goals include massaging the city’s medical marijuana code to bring it more in line with the state’s MMJ law, signed in June. But while Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation executive director Betty Aldworth…
Does RTD feel the need for weed? Apparently so, since Denver buses now feature ads for KushConII, taking place December 17-19 at the Colorado Convention Center. Organizers are so happy at this example of this institutional acceptance that they’re formally thanking the folks at RTD for taking their money…
This dispensary has closed. I can remember back in the day when having the option of a bag with or without seeds was about as much selection as I’d get when buying pot. Now I can walk into a shop that carries two-dozen strains of herb and walk out having…
In June, medical marijuana caregiver Ann Marie Miller said she was being prosecuted in Adams County because authorities counted dead plants she’d thrown out to say she was over the state-approved limit. The latest twist? She’s charged with a felony for what’s now a misdemeanor…
Denver-based Dixie Elixirs & Medibles has been producing medical marijuana-infused sodas since 2009, but recently the company decided it was time for a facelift. Last month, the company unveiled seven new flavors of its THC bubbly: Sparkling Pomegranate, Sparkling Mandarin, Sparkling Grapefruit, Sparkling Blueberry, Sparkling Red Currant, Sparkling Peach and…
In the face of 100,000-plus medical marijuana registry applications over the past year, the state’s MMJ identification verification process slowed to an agonizing seven- or eight-month turnaround, triggering outcry from the marijuana community. Now, the health department says the backlog is gone and applicants are finally getting their cards within…
Colorado’s health department has been trying to catch up on its tremendous backlog of medical marijuana applications amid persistent rumors that it’s been doing so with the help of a private company, thereby violating patient confidentiality. Turns out that’s not true, although there’s a logical reason why it seems that…
Last week, we told you about a Colorado Springs planning commission meeting that had the potential of essentially outlawing 69 medical marijuana centers, or 41 percent of the city’s total. How did it go? According to Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council president Tanya Garduno, worse than she feared. “It was…
In our fall Caregivers’ Cup preview, organizer Tim Tipton predicted a crowd of 2,000, seventy-plus judged strains and an epic joint-rolling contest — but that proved too optimistic. Tipton puts the actual turnout at 600, notes that just 22 strains were critiqued, and says the contest didn’t happen. (See photos…
