Kathleen Chippi is among the area’s most active medical marijuana activists; see a video of her below going after both current Denver mayoral candidate Chris Romer and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Her latest mission: to raise funds for a lawsuit to stop official implementation of HB 1284, Colorado’s main…
On Monday, we previewed HDNet World Report’s driving test of medical marijuana patients. The full report aired last night; watch it below. But while it’s a respectable piece of work, the final results, which tilt toward the argument that MMJ patients shouldn’t drive after medicating, raise more questions than they…
In March, the Department of Revenue’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division published its final rules. Now, one important requirement is about to be made flesh. Beginning tomorrow, employees can begin applying for licenses to work at MMJ centers and other businesses (see the forms below). And while some advocates see the…
Smart phones can already do all sorts of clever things, like tell you where the nearest medical marijuana center is located. But can they help you tell a sample of Green Crack from G-13 Haze? If Strain Brain makes good on its word, they will soon be able to –…
Update below: HB 1261, a bill to set THC driving standards, was put on hold by the Senate judiciary committee last month only to be revived and fast-tracked late in the legislative session. But it died in a Senate vote due in part to the enormous variations in the way…
On Wednesday, Dr. Toribio Robert Mestas was cleared on four counts stemming from an undercover operation in March 2010 by the South Metro Drug Task Force. Arapahoe County District Court Judge Kurt A. Horton dismissed Mestas on charges of writing fraudulent medical marijuana recommendations…
Volume Public Relations, parent company of Grow Room Communications, which describes itself as the country’s first medical marijuana business development and public relations firm, has filed a lawsuit against medical marijuana vocational school Greenway University. A trial is set for March 5, 2012: That could be some bad press!…
My health issues come and go in waves. Some weeks I’ll be fine, others I’ll spend my days nauseated and my nights waking up every few hours with a stabbing pain in my stomach. This past week has fallen into the latter category, so the last thing I wanted to…
I’ll be a guest on the Caplis and Silverman program at 3:30 today on KHOW 630 AM. The two lawyers-turned-radio hosts will be discussing the THC/DUI bill that failed to muster Senate approval this week…
Last night, the Longmont City Council held a first reading of an ordinance that would ban medical marijuana centers in the city and restrict medical marijuana patients and primary caregivers. Judging from the 7-0 vote in favor of the ban, dispensary days are limited in Longmont…
For a patient, knowing a strain’s total THC and CBD content ― the two main compounds responsible for everything from pain relief to making Zeppelin that much cooler ― is important; when you’re trying to find helpful strains, their chemical makeup is a more useful tool than looking for crystal-covered…
When House Bill 1261, which would have set THC driving limits, was killed on Monday, many people — including most of the bill’s supporters, and just about all of its opponents — were surprised. John Suthers, Colorado Attorney General and medical marijuana dispensary foe was outright angry. In fact, he…
Among the juicy details emerging in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death last week was the fact that a bunch of marijuana plants were found growing next to his Abbottabad compound in Pakistan. The discovery has launched an Internet’s worth of bad puns and stupid jokes: “Osama bin Smokin,'”…
It’s been another wild legislative session for the medical marijuana industry. Beyond the controversy over THC driving limits, officials have wrestled with regulatory tweaks and the prospect of federal interference in the Colorado system. Nonetheless, Jessica Corry, a medical marijuana attorney and advocate, sees plenty of positives…
U.S. Attorney John Walsh’s recent letter criticizing aspects of HB 1243, a bill designed to tweak aspects of medical marijuana regulations signed into Colorado law last year, hinted at a federal crackdown on MMJ. But the feds’ recent decision to return over $20,000 seized from a pair of dispensary owners…
Senator Morgan Carroll saw the passage of HB 1261, a bill to set THC driving standards, as inevitable despite evidence like medical marijuana critic William Breathes’s blood test showing he was nearly triple the proposed 5 nanogram per milliliter of blood standard even when sober. Nonetheless, the bill died in…
Update: HB 1261, a bill to set THC driving standards, was put on hold by the Senate judiciary committee last month — and committee chairwoman Senate Morgan Carroll says Westword medical marijuana critic William Breathes’s blood test was a factor in the decision. Now, though, the bill’s again moving toward…
Editor’s note: Medical marijuana critic William Breathes just returned from a honeymoon in Jamaica. Read his first two trip diary entries here and here, and check out part three below. My vacation was relaxing — aside from getting constantly hassled to buy herb and my run-in with a Customs drug…
Medical marijuana advocates have been debating the intent of U.S. Attorney John Walsh’s letter attacking portions of HB 1043, a bill intended to tweak MMJ regs that became law last year. Among the theories: The letter is a warning shot in what will be a full-scale federal effort to undermine…
RiNo Supply Company sounds more like a parts warehouse than William Breathes’s latest medical marijuana review subject. But a rose by any other name would smell as sweet — and that’s true of other entries in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
RiNo Supply Company has a pretty ambiguous name, which is good considering how few people in the River North (RiNo) neighborhood seem to favor medical pot. But instead of getting kicked out, such places should be embraced…
Editor’s note: Medical marijuana critic William Breathes just returned from a honeymoon in Jamaica. Read his first trip diary entry here, and check out part two below. The minute you get off the plane in Negril, someone is there to sell you herb…
