Update: Yesterday, Colorado’s board of health rejected an emergency petition from the Cannabis Therapy Institute, on view below in an item first published yesterday morning. The reason? The board didn’t believe the concerns outlined in the petition constituted an emergency. However, the topic has been placed on agenda for the…
In Colorado, where there’s medical marijuana, there’s media. So it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to organize all those newshounds on the weed beat — and now that time has come. Introducing Colorado-based Cannabis Press Association…
Update below: Last week, Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies co-founder Vincent Palazzotto shared his relief that a health department advisory committee struck draft language that might have outlawed mobile MMJ clinics like one his organization uses. Now, he hopes HB 1043, a new medical marijuana bill, will allow…
Last week, we shared info about HB 1043, a new medical marijuana bill co-sponsored by Representative Tom Massey, who helped shepherd Colorado’s main MMJ regulatory bill through the legislature and into law. Partnering with Massey is Senator Pat Steadman, who describes 1043 as a work in progress. He admits being…
Talk about the smell of success. Apparently Boulder now has so many MMJ businesses that folks all over are complaining about the ever-present aroma of pot in the air — and officials are struggling to clear the air…
This week, the department of health’s medical marijuana advisory committee struck draft language that would have doomed mobile MMJ clinics — but it left intact limits against doctors with conditions or restrictions on their licenses. However, HB 1043, a new bill on view below, could change the game again…
For his latest review, William Breathes visits La Conte’s Clone Bar and Dispensary, located in an old building that may have been a speakeasy. But there are plenty of other options available in our newly updated listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
If Denver really is the wild west of medical marijuana, then La Conte’s Clone Bar and dispensary makes a pretty good town saloon…
On Tuesday, the health department’s medical marijuana advisory committee, considered whether or not bless language requiring docs to have a permanent location in order to recommend MMJ — a provision that would have doomed the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies, which sends a mobile unit to far-flung locations…
Now and then, local companies show us medical marijuana-related products. Enough, actually, that we decided to showcase our Colorado Stoner MacGyvers in quasi-regular product reviews. The latest is below…
That was fast. Last week, MMJ advocates represented by attorney Andrew Reid petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the state’s medical marijuana laws. But the Supremes have already rejected this bid, forcing Reid and his clients to take a much slower path through lower courts…
In January 2010, Mile High NORML staged a pro-cannabis rally across the street from the State Capitol in conjunction with the opening day of the legislative session. But when advocate Miguel Lopez filed a permit to repeat the feat this year, his application for the same location was denied. Although…
Even as the Denver City Council’s special issues committee is set to meet about new zoning rules for marijuana grows, the health department’s medical marijuana advisory committee will gather to consider new rules for doctors who recommend MMJ. In the opinion of Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho, such regs have…
At 2 p.m. today, the special issues committee of the Denver City Council will discuss an ordinance to adopt local licensing procedures for medical marijuana centers, infused product manufacturers and optional premises cultivation, aka MMJ grows — many of which could be forced to close if they’re not protected against…
In touting the break-up of an alleged drug ring said to be using medical marijuana as cover, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers suggested a link between the MMJ biz and illegal dealing. Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente sees this statement and others as evidence Suthers is wasting taxpayers’ money on an…
Update: Earlier this week, we told you about an investigation in Las Vegas targeting Pierre Werner, who ran a Boulder dispensary under his nickname, Dr. Reefer, before Colorado law established that a former felon like himself couldn’t own an MMJ center. Now, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada has unsealed…
“Boulder Accidentally Discloses Secret Marijuana Grow Sites,” published by the Boulder Daily Camera, reveals that the city put a map on its website showing the whereabouts of sixty cannabis cultivation centers. Along the way, the piece quotes Boulder assistant city attorney Kathy Haddock as asserting that the map should never…
Governor Bill Ritter signed Colorado’s medical marijuana bills into law this past June — and ever since then, advocacy organizations such as the Cannabis Therapy Institute have challenged many of the legislation’s provisions and the regulations being written for them. Now, such arguments have been formalized via a petition to…
In his latest review, William Breathes reveals that Earth’s Medicine isn’t his favorite MMJ center on the planet. But neither is it the only one, as you’ll discover upon checking out our newly updated center listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. I have yet to find a decent shop on Federal, and Earth’s Medicine is no exception. I felt rushed the short eight minutes I was in the store — and during my brief follow-up phone call, it was clear the owner had better things to do…
When Scott Durrah and Wanda James sold their dispensary, Apothecary of Colorado, in July, they talked about opening a medical marijuana edibles company. Six months later, Simply Pure is in business…
Move over, Sarah Palin, there’s a new grassroots movement afoot: the Teapot Party, a legalization movement founded after everybody’s favorite midnight rider, Willie Nelson, was busted in Texas in November for pot possession. In an interview after the arrest, the songwriter noted, “There’s the Tea Party. How about the Teapot…
