Update: As we reported below, the much-debated THC driving bill died because Senator Nancy Spence, whose vote made the difference between passage and failure, was on vacation. But even as opponents of the measure celebrate this left-field victory, Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML, which issued an action alert…
In March, the Colorado medical marijuana patient registry grew for the fourth month in a row in March. According to statistics released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the total number of Coloradans with red cards stands at a healthy (and getting healthier) 93,393…
Last month, we told you that the Dacono City Council was looking at banning medical marijuana centers, grows and edibles/infused product manufacturing. The idea gained plenty of traction, and last night the tiny town north of Denver took the first step toward prohibiting all cannabis-related businesses within city limits…
A bill to legalize civil unions and two bills dealing with marijuana have been assigned to be debated this afternoon in the House’s State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee, which is likely to reject civil unions but keep the latter measures alive. Today is the first day of a special…
Today, the Colorado General Assembly will meet in a special session called by Governor John Hickenlooper. The guv wants lawmakers to address issues left in limbo at the end of the regular term, including civil unions and a controversial THC driving bill that members of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group…
If the Medical Marijuana Industry Group has its way, there’ll be a citywide ban on outdoor medical marijuana advertising in Denver. And with the idea for this proposal currently floating around city council, MMIG might just get its wish…
This week, the 25 medical marijuana dispensaries targeted in a second round of shut-down letters from the U.S. Attorney’s office closed their doors, bringing the total number of shops that have done so to 47. But according to marijuana attorney Warren Edson, the majority of those MMCs have simply relocated…
Last month, the backers of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, unveiled a billboard near Mile High Stadium (and a liquor store) that took a soft-sell approach to promoting the proposal. So, too, does the first campaign commercial for Amendment 64, which starts airing today and is on…
When I first checked out Caregivers for Life nearly two years, what I brought home was decent but not what most people would consider connoisseur quality. But in the intervening months, the shop has clearly come into its own and begun putting out some amazing herbs…
As part of our unofficial ongoing series, Ask William Breathes Anything, my editors once again have given me free reign to sit online and do nothing but chat with you folks for the next hour and twenty minutes. But unlike Mitt Romney, I enjoy questions about cannabis and the cannabis…
Mitt Romney doesn’t like marijuana or medical marijuana, and he doesn’t want to hear your insignificant questions about the subject, either. At least, that’s what he told CBS4’s Shaun Boyd in an interview yesterday…
With the passing of HB 1099 yesterday, which creates a soil remediation study using hemp as the filtering agent, Colorado could be the first state in the nation to grow industrial hemp since the late 1930s. But passing the bill was just the first obstacle. Actually implementing the plan might…
Representative Beth McCann’s proposal to shift millions in medical marijuana patient registry fees from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment to the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, failed to pass through the Senate today. But the controversy it started regarding the nearly $10 million surplus is far from over…
Monday was the deadline for 25 medical marijuana centers near schools targeted in a second wave of closure-threat letters from U.S. Attorney John Walsh to shut their doors — and all of them did. A third wave is coming, promises Walsh’s spokesman, who now stresses his boss’s efforts to protect…
Last night, as One Colorado’s Jace Woodrum noted during a talk with supporters, GOP leaders in the House sacrificed dozens of other measures in order to kill a civil unions bill. Prominent among them was the controversial THC driving bill, a version of which died last year. The result was…
With the Colorado General Assembly’s regular session slated to end tomorrow, three marijuana related bills are still floating around with the possibility of passing. Below, we’ve put together a quick update about each piece of legislation and its status…
At this writing, the fate of HB 1358, a Representative Beth McCann-sponsored bill that would shift millions from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s medical marijuana registry fund to the financially strapped Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, is still unknown with just two days left in the current legislative…
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? The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook…
We recently shared a video of exploding hash — a chunk of what I was told was in-house butane shatter oil that flared up like a flamethrower when it hit my titanium nail and sent a cloud of stringy, black particles of tar into the air. See it below. Earlier…
For the last three years, staffers at the Clinic have raised money for theNational Multiple Sclerosis Society — outreach that emphasizes a growing public acceptance and interest in using medical marijuana to treat the disease. This Saturday at the annual MS Walk Denver in City Park, the dispensary will present…
For being so out in the open, the Dandelion, located in Boulder, is relatively low-key. No neon green paint on the walls or massive pot leaves on its signs. Instead, the shop fits well with its funky off-Pearl Street surroundings…
HB 1358, a bill that would shift $7.7 million in medical marijuana registry fund money to the struggling Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, passed the House Appropriations committee today, paving the way for a floor vote. The Representative Beth McCann-sponsored measure upsets activists, who say the money should be used to…
