Could Clendenin case deal a blow to Colorado’s pot biz?

As noted in this week’s cover story, “Pot of Gold,” while Colorado’s Amendment 20, which legalized marijuana in 2000, does not cover the subject of marijuana dispensaries, a flood of such operations are opening statewide under the auspices of a complicated legal framework that’s evolved within the vague constraints of…

Cash Crop: More on Colorado’s booming medical-marijuana business

In this week’s Westword, Joel Warner reports on the “ganjapreneurs” cashing in on Colorado’s booming medical-marijuana business. In it, he explores the growing number of dispensaries and offers an introduction to the Candy Girls, a team of marijuana edible bakers operating out of a rented apartment north of Denver. See…

Mile Highs and Lows: Peace in Medicine Center

This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…