For years, medical marijuana opponents have argued that MMJ is being diverted for illicit recreational purposes, with industry advocates countering that there’s no proof of such claims. There is now, says Tom Gorman, director of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. A new report entitled “Colorado’s ‘Medical’ Marijuana”…
Fewer than 10 percent of registered medical marijuana patients in Colorado designate someone else as their primary caregiver. That’s according to stats compiled for Westword last week by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials — and if you think this number is very different than past ones, you’re…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Cannabis Logbook 1.5 iPhone app…
Billionaire George Soros is a frequent conservative target for donating big bucks to liberal causes (of course, conservatives have munificent billionaires of their own — but that’s another story). Now, Smart Colorado, a group opposing Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, sees Soros’s fingerprints on the pro-pot campaign,…
The Health Center is a tiny center in a tiny house on a tiny block in the Uptown neighborhood. What isn’t little, though, was the selection of unique strains more than worth taking home…
As of the end of May, there were 98,910 red card-holding medical marijuana patients in the state according to MMJ registry numbers released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That’s up from the previous report, released in June. But despite a steady increase over the past six…
Last week, a Montana court ruled that hash and concentrates are not legally defined in that state’s medical marijuana laws and are therefore illegal for MMJ patients there to possess. According to Denver marijuana attorney Warren Edson, a similar situation isn’t likely to occur in Colorado — but the way…
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries — a decision that’s expected to shutter more than 700 businesses. Could something like that happen in Denver? Attorney and longtime marijuana advocate Brian Vicente doubts it, but he doesn’t reject the possibility…
Last week, we told you about a Grand Junction billboard in support of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, featuring televangelist Pat Robertson, who’d made public statements in support of the measure. Nonetheless, one of Robertson’s reps asked that the billboard come down — and it has…
A few weeks ago, I was driving down Broadway on the way home from picking my dog up at a friend’s house when I realized that I didn’t have any herb I was pumped to puff. But it was close to closing time at the dispensaries, and my choices were…
Will pot prices drop and usage rise not just in Colorado but across the country if Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, passes? An author on a Washington, D.C. panel at the American Enterprise Institute seen in a video below thinks so — but an Amendment 64 proponent…
A lot of people, especially in these parts, might think New Jersey would be vastly improved if it became more like Colorado. But not New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, at least as far as marijuana is concerned. According to a just-published column, he’s gone on record as saying he doesn’t…
The proponents of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, have turned plenty of heads via billboards near Mile High Stadium, with the first featuring a soccer-mom-type woman revealing her preference for cannabis and the second spotlighting a father saying, “Please card my son” — the implication being that…
Medical marijuana users: Colorado again wants your blood. But this time, it’s okay to give it up, because Twirling Hippy Confections owner Jessica LeRoux has organized the first Medical Cannabis Community Blood Drive through Bonfils…
U.S. Attorney John Walsh has sent out two waves of closure-threat letters to medical marijuana dispensaries near schools — and his spokesman reveals that a third wave is coming. But could Walsh’s targets in Colorado expand to so-called marijuana superstores, as has taken place in California? His office rep says…
I’ve always been impressed with the way the Cannabis Station took over an old automobile service station without forgetting its past. For example, the old sign out front that once displayed prices for gallons of diesel now shows prices for ounces of Sour Diesel. And an artist has incorporated a…
Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, has arguably received more attention than any other pro-pot ballot measure in the U.S. But there’s a similar proposal in Washington, and one could soon be approved for this year’s election in Oregon. Could these efforts hurt fundraising for Amendment 64? A…
In 2010, the Colorado Legislature outlined rules for the medical marijuana industry in this state with the passage of House Bill 1284. But vague language about patient plant limits could be putting at least two medical marijuana center owners in jeopardy of felony prosecution…
We’ve recently shared with you the story of Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH Network for failing a drug test. Coats’s appeal is moving forward — but it turns out he’s not the only MMJ patient with a case against DISH. Meet Sonny Meyers…
Talk about a stash! Auraria Library contains a small but growing number of Colorado MMJ periodicals in a collection that could be the first of its kind in the country. But archivist Rosemary Evetts didn’t have a sudden epiphany that she ought to start storing such publications for posterity –…
DANK advertises its location as being discreet, which is an understatement when you’re trying to find the shop in a maze-like warehouse district full of similar-looking structures. There are no big weed leaves or green crosses hanging on the front of the building that the dispensary shares with several other…
A statewide moratorium on new medical-marijuana businesses ended Sunday, but don’t expect to see many new dispensaries popping up right away…
