A bill to register hemp farmers with the state has been approved by lawmakers. Now all it needs is the governor’s signature before a nine-member committee can begin assisting the Department of Agriculture in developing a process that will allow the good people of Colorado to engage in widespread planting…
As strip malls go, the one Emerald City calls home is about as run-down as it gets. I’m sure that the surrounding small businesses — at least four Hispanic-centric Westernwear and boot stores, two sports bars, a liquor store and some taco joints — all have positives behind their doors…
Last week, we noted a section of the main bill to regulate Amendment 64 that essentially treated marijuana magazines like porn. In the days that followed, High Times warned that a lawsuit would be in the offing if the language was included in the final version — but it was…
Dear Stoner: I recently started using medical marijuana to control the nausea that comes with Crohn’s disease. It works better than any of the old drugs I used to use; is it doing something different? J.H. Dear JH: Not different, just better. According to researchers, high amounts of THC in…
If state lawmakers don’t iron out rules for this state’s recreational marijuana industry by the close of the legislative session tonight, the good folks of Nederland just might do it for themselves. Back in February, activists with the Amendment 64 Shadow Task Force told the Nederland Board of Trustees they…
The THC-driving-limits bill, which could have a devastating impact on medical marijuana patients like William Breathes, our pot critic, was only one of several huge cannabis-related bills that passed yesterday. The measures still must go through a procedure or two today, the last of the legislative session, but they’re thought…
Yesterday, a marijuana activist said that a controversial THC driving bill, a version of which failed each of the past two years, appeared to be a lock for passage — and he was right. The measure breezed through by a 24-11 vote despite what critics describe as an almost total…
States across the country, including Alaska, are coming up with their own versions of Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis. But if the authors of those measures want to make sure retail marijuana operations are legal in every…
Yesterday, most of the drama at the State Capitol involved an Amendment 64 repeal proposal that fell short. But while that was happening, a THC driving standard proposal that had apparently been killed by a Senate committee last month not only rose from the dead but passed two readings. It’s…
When Amendment 64 was passed last November and signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper the following month, most Coloradans figured it was a done deal — unless the federal government decided to oppose it, that is. But no: Last night, Senator John Morse, seen here, and a slew of…
It’s been six months to the day since the passage of Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana — and just under five months since Governor John Hickenlooper signed it into law. But even as legislators rush to finish…
In addition to a provision calling for marijuana magazines to be treated like porn at general retail outlets, HB 13-1317, the main bill concerning the implementation of Amendment 64, features about twenty pages devoted to establishing a THC driving standard that was seemingly killed by a Senate committee last month…
Last week, in a post about some of the more unusual aspects of the main bill to regulate Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis, we highlighted a passage that would require marijuana magazines to be kept behind the…
Here’s a great example of people trying to making cannabis sound foreign and scary through news reports, when the reality of the situation is much more benign — just a few people getting stoned and enjoying a laugh. This 1901 story, published in the Glenwood (Springs) Post, talks about a…
Yesterday, in a post about some of the weirder aspects of the House-approved marijuana bill, attorney Warren Edson made note of a cap on the THC levels allowable in pot-infused edibles — limits that he described as “pretty low.” Jessica LeRoux, aka the Cheesecake Lady, who owns and operates Twirling…
The Healing House menu is freaking huge, and that alone makes it seem like another warehouse crap shack in the boonies getting by on a (somewhat) isolated location to sell bud. The isolated-location part is true, with the shop pretty much at the western end of Alameda just a few…
Earlier this week, marijuana attorney Warren Edson gave us his first take on the House-approved draft of HB 13-1317, the main regulatory measure pertaining to the implementation of Amendment 64. Now, after weighing in on issues like vertical integration for retail pot shops and temporary exclusivity for existing MMJ centers,…
Dear Stoner: What are these “clones” I see advertised? Are people really cloning marijuana plants like that sheep in Scotland? Dolly Lama Dear Dolly: We’re actually amassing an army of tiny clone warriors, not unlike in Star Wars — only we’re doing it with cannabis plants. The whole peaceful-revolution thing…
Could Alaska be the next state to legalize and regulate small amounts of cannabis for personal use? Supporters in Juneau think so. The process has begun to gather signatures for a ballot measure that would legalize up to an ounce of marijuana for personal use, allow for home cultivation and…
We’ve been following the rapidly evolving marijuana bills intended to enact voter-approved Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis. So, too, have assorted law enforcement groups — and judging by a letter that several organizations sent to Governor John…
We’ve been hearing a lot about Smart Colorado’s call for higher cannabis taxes in Colorado, as well as its connection to a possible attempt to repeal Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. But the group is also spreading…
Last month, as we’ve reported, the Amendment 64 task force recommended that retailers taking part in the recreational marijuana industry be required to grow 70 percent of their product under the vertical integration business model currently imposed on MMJ outlets. Earlier this month, the legislature’s A64 joint committee rejected that…
