Earlier today, we shared a letter from U.S. Attorney John Walsh attacking elements of HB 1043, a bill intended to clean up aspects of last year’s medical marijuana legislation. Senator Pat Steadman, who’s co-sponsoring the measure with Representative Tom Massey, confesses to being somewhat mystified by Walsh’s take, which struck…
HB 1043, a bill sponsored by Representative Tom Massey and Senator Pat Steadman to clean up last year’s medical marijuana regulations, seemed to be quietly moving toward passage — but no more. A letter from U.S. Attorney John Walsh attacking aspects of the legislation call into question whether the federal…
As we’ve reported in the past, a recent investment report coming out of Colorado pegged the size of the medical marijuana market at $1.7 billion, just under the amount generated annually by Viagra sales. That’s enough moolah to catch the attention of the pharmaceutical companies, which appear to be quietly…
Again this year, thousands of people celebrated 4/20 on CU-Boulder’s campus. Afterward, university officials complained about the $50,000 cost of providing security for this non-sanctioned event — among them CU regent Michael Carrigan, who wants the university to take “whatever steps are necessary so that the protest doesn’t occur on…
At 11:30 a.m. this morning in the State Capitol’s Senate press room, members of the Women’s Marijuana Movement will mark both Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Alcohol Awareness Month by arguing that increased cannabis use may help prevent rapes fueled by booze. It’s a subject that WMM co-founder Toni Fox…
This past week, Denver played host to the annual conference of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. On Friday, I was part of a panel discussion at which NORML presented its Hunter S. Thompson Media award to “Denver Westworld” — which is close, but no herbally…
Opponents of a bill to set THC driving limits got a big boost after a blood test of Westword medical marijuana critic William Breathes showed he was nearly three times over the proposed limit when sober. But while the legislation has been put on hold, it’s not dead — and…
William Breathes’s 4/20 week medical marijuana dispensary review is a colorful one: Verde Wellness Center. But there’s plenty more shades of green available in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
I like things verde. Salsa verde on a breakfast burrito makes life better and Mesa Verde National Park is one of earth’s most beautiful places. And last week, I found plenty of my favorite kind of verde at another verde to like: Verde Wellness Center…
Even as 10,000-plus people were lighting up at the Denver Civic Center Park 4/20 rally, about the same number were doing likewise on CU’s Norlin Quad in Boulder, where the vibe was less commercial and more about raising a sweet-smelling cloud over the campus. We sent photographer Hunter Stevens to…
You walk into Civic Center Park, and immediately you smell it. Happy 4/20, everybody. You keep walking, slowly at first, like a teen at his first day of high school. Where to go first? There are so many people — some smoking joints, some peddling hand-outs, all wearing the symbol…
Miguel Lopez, organizer of the 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park, hoped the annual marijuana celebration would attract 100,000 people. Not quite: Most estimates put the crowd at 10,000 to 15,000. But that didn’t make the atmosphere any less astonishing. Check out samples of our 4/20 slideshow below, along with…
In February, a meeting of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s medical marijuana advisory committee resulted in a definition of caregivers that cheered committee member Jill Lamoureux, who called it “movement forward for patient and caregiver rights.” Now, however, the committee has been shelved and its caregivers definition…
According to Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), today’s 4/20 bashes in Denver and Boulder are the biggest rallies of their type “on earth.” And he expects that they’ll ready the faithful for NORML’s 40th annual conference, April 21-23 at…
Get your marijuana-infused celebrating done on 4/20 tomorrow, since two days later, on Earth Day, there apparently won’t be much to light up about. According to new research, indoor marijuana cultivation — i.e., the kind that accounts for the vast majority of medical marijuana sold in Colorado — accounts for…
It’s 4/20 time again. Tomorrow, Civic Center Park will be taken over by the city’s annual tribute to weed, and organizer Miguel Lopez is thinking big. The rally typically attracts around 50,000 people — but he’s shooting for 100,000. The complete schedule of events is below, after a photo gallery…
Yesterday, shortly before a senate committee took on a bill to set THC driving limits, Westword published the results of medical marijuana reviewer William Breathes’s blood test, which showed he was almost three times over the proposed standard when sober. The committee subsequently decided to delay the measure — and…
Last week, in advance of today’s Senate debate over a bill that would set THC driving limits, I had blood drawn (for a second time) to see just how much active THC was in my blood even after a night of sleep and not smoking for fifteen hours. As it…
The list of candidates hoping to win the District 8 City Council seat that opened up due to councilwoman Carla Madison’s death is a long one — more than twenty to date. Among the more noteworthy? Warren Edson, who’s best known for his advocacy of medical marijuana. Although he stresses…
On Monday, the Colorado Senate will take up HB 1261, a bill that sets THC driving limits at five nanograms per milliliter of blood — a level to which many critics object. Indeed, even its sponsor, Representative Claire Levy, now thinks this number may be too strict. But attorney M…
William Breathes doubles his pleasure this week via a trip to Crown Burger Plus and Urban Cannabis, the dispensary next door. And other taste treats can be found in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. I stopped by Urban Cannabis last year, but never ended up writing a review about it. At the time, they didn’t have much on their shelves from their own garden, and what they did have was overpriced and not worth the digital ink to report. This…
