Do medical marijuana dispensaries have double-secret, underground agreements with the dorms at the University of Colorado in Boulder? Is there a secret plot to get all the innocent, cherub-faced freshmen at the nation’s sixth-best reefer hot spot school hooked on the ganja? Thanks to one paranoid mother who called to…
Last week, the Colorado Department of Health found itself in hot water after Westwordreported that one of the members of its new Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, Ken Weaver, was a Texas ex-con with a secret life. Now the Department of Revenue has announced its advisory group, and while Weaver isn’t…
Every Colorado dispensary and associated business had to apply for a state license by August 1 — which means we finally have a total number of Colorado pot shops willing to navigate the state’s new rules and fees. The tally: 717 dispensaries, 271 marijuana-infused product manufacturers and 1,071 grow facilities…
At this writing, an emergency hearing of the new Department of Revenue Medical Marijuana Licensing Authority is underway. And like MMJ activist Laura Kriho, attorney Jessica Corry feels the residency rules that will be up for discussion are extremely problematic — a position spelled out in a document on view…
The first rule-making hearing of the Department of Revenue’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Authority, slated for 10 a.m. this morning, has been deemed an emergency. But why it should be categorized as one puzzles the Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho, who notes that this terminology has previously been used in an…
Earlier today, we shared the thoughts of attorney Danyel Joffe about the medical marijuana business license application. Joffe has problems with the application, which must be filed by Sunday — but dispensary owner Kathleen Chippi goes much further. She’s refusing to file the form, which she regards as “un-American, unconstitutional…
Sunday is the deadline for medical marijuana businesses to submit their business application to the state — and while Senator Chris Romer likes what the new MMJ laws signed by Governor Bill Ritter have done thus far, attorney Danyel Joffe — who spoke to us about a previous July 1…
The most notable part of the first meeting of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s new Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, held this morning, wasn’t what occurred, but what was missing: Staffers announced that Ken Weaver, the committee’s designated patient advocate, had stepped down. Yesterday, Westword reported on Weaver’s…
CNN-approved pot critic William Breathes gets back to “work” with his latest review, of Native Roots Apothecary. But for those of you who’d rather not seek out MMJ on the 16th Street Mall, fear not. You’ll find lots of other options by clicking on this link to our newly updated…
In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars, sterile dentist’s offices or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. See our current dispensary list here, and keep reading for William Breathes’s review of…
Senator Chris Romer played an enormous role in Colorado’s groundbreaking medical marijuana legislation. With the August 1 deadline for dispensary owners for file applications just days away, he feels pride in what the laws have already accomplished even as he’s attempting to clear up confusion about controversial residency rules…
In early May, even before Governor Bill Ritter signed HB 1284, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, attorney Jessica Corry announced that lawsuits would target the measure — and the next month, she said a couple of MMJ suits were in the works. Six weeks later, is litigation…
For its new Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment selected Ken Weaver, subject of this week’s “Blowing Smoke.” It’s the latest item on a résumé that includes going to prison for stealing a plane and making up a fake life — but CDPHE apparently…
Last week, William Breathes gave us a behind-the-scenes look at his CNN interview with Poppy Harlow about being one of the nation’s first medical marijuana critics. The story began airing this morning, and it’s epic — often funnier than Breathes’s appearance on The Daily Show, yet also a straight-forward look…
Dispensary owners are scrambling as another tight deadline approaches: Applications for “medical marijuana centers,” optional grow facilities and marijuana-infused product manufacturers — along with fees from $1,250 to $18,000 — need to be submitted to the state’s new Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division by August 1. Which, adding to the confusion,…
Why has dispensary owner Wanda James so actively promoted medical marijuana use for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder? One reason: She and husband/partner Scott Durrah both served in the military. So she’s thrilled that the Veterans Administration is loosening rules concerning vets with PTSD and MMJ. But she sees this…
A fresh development in the bizarre case of Kurt Riggin, a self-proclaimed tribal chief and attorney accused of the improper practice of law plus a string of charges related to his defense of a medical marijuana patient in Park County. A judge has recommended that Riggin’s claim of sovereignty based…
Ron Hyman, the state’s registrar of vital statistics, knows that the deluge of medical marijuana registry applications his office receives daily has to stop eventually. After all, he jokes, Colorado only has five million residents. But given the latest numbers, this humorous line has a certain ring of truth…
The medical marijuana laws in Colorado are akin to a full employment plan for attorneys. Take this week’s appeal of a case involving Frank Marzano, who was convicted in 2007 of cultivation and possession of marijuana after a search for a fugitive turned up weed — and despite the fact…
The small but mighty City Park Dispensary, critiqued by William Breathes, is the latest of our CNN-approved MMJ center reviews. And we’ve got more resources for you to command. Click to check out our newly updated medical marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana clinics, whether they resemble swanky bars, sterile dentist’s offices or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. See our dispensary list here, and keep reading for William…
CNN’s Poppy Harlow’s interviews with countless influential business leaders — from GM CEO Frtiz Henderson, to billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban — are a popular feature on the cable news giant. So, I wonder where my interview yesterday with her will rank?…
