Yesterday’s Denver City Council special committees meeting about medical marijuana, intended to bring Denver in line with state MMJ law, brought out advocates worried that new rules may outlaw Denver grows owned by entrepreneurs without a retail outlet in the city. And that’s not all, according to attorneys Bob Hoban…
A special-issues committee of the Denver City Council met today and discussed measures that could shut down an untold number of grow operations in the city. The committee met with stakeholders from Denver neighborhood associations and from various members of the medical marijuana community…
First there was Big Tobacco and Big Pharma. Now it’s Big Pot’s turn to flex its muscles. That’s the idea behind the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), reportedly the first national trade group for the cannabis industry — and one that’s packed with familiar Colorado names…
As part of our Caregivers’ Cup coverage, we shared bong porn: photos of work by glass master Wes Richards, who was creating a five-foot-tall, Colorado-themed bong to serve as a traveling trophy for winner of the Cup’s people’s choice prize. Well, the cup, which will be awarded to Matt H…
At 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, the special-issues committee of the Denver City Council will assemble — and its goals include massaging the city’s medical marijuana code to bring it more in line with the state’s MMJ law, signed in June. But while Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation executive director Betty Aldworth…
Does RTD feel the need for weed? Apparently so, since Denver buses now feature ads for KushConII, taking place December 17-19 at the Colorado Convention Center. Organizers are so happy at this example of this institutional acceptance that they’re formally thanking the folks at RTD for taking their money…
This dispensary has closed. I can remember back in the day when having the option of a bag with or without seeds was about as much selection as I’d get when buying pot. Now I can walk into a shop that carries two-dozen strains of herb and walk out having…
In June, medical marijuana caregiver Ann Marie Miller said she was being prosecuted in Adams County because authorities counted dead plants she’d thrown out to say she was over the state-approved limit. The latest twist? She’s charged with a felony for what’s now a misdemeanor…
Denver-based Dixie Elixirs & Medibles has been producing medical marijuana-infused sodas since 2009, but recently the company decided it was time for a facelift. Last month, the company unveiled seven new flavors of its THC bubbly: Sparkling Pomegranate, Sparkling Mandarin, Sparkling Grapefruit, Sparkling Blueberry, Sparkling Red Currant, Sparkling Peach and…
In the face of 100,000-plus medical marijuana registry applications over the past year, the state’s MMJ identification verification process slowed to an agonizing seven- or eight-month turnaround, triggering outcry from the marijuana community. Now, the health department says the backlog is gone and applicants are finally getting their cards within…
Colorado’s health department has been trying to catch up on its tremendous backlog of medical marijuana applications amid persistent rumors that it’s been doing so with the help of a private company, thereby violating patient confidentiality. Turns out that’s not true, although there’s a logical reason why it seems that…
Last week, we told you about a Colorado Springs planning commission meeting that had the potential of essentially outlawing 69 medical marijuana centers, or 41 percent of the city’s total. How did it go? According to Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council president Tanya Garduno, worse than she feared. “It was…
In our fall Caregivers’ Cup preview, organizer Tim Tipton predicted a crowd of 2,000, seventy-plus judged strains and an epic joint-rolling contest — but that proved too optimistic. Tipton puts the actual turnout at 600, notes that just 22 strains were critiqued, and says the contest didn’t happen. (See photos…
In our preview of this weekend’s Caregivers’ Cup medical marijuana contest, we noted that glass-master Wes Richards is creating a traveling trophy for the Cup — a five-foot-tall, Colorado-themed bong. This tribute to Rocky Mountain highs isn’t done yet, but Cup organizer Tim Tipton has provided us with some amazing…
Dear Arizona, How are things? We haven’t talked much lately, what with all of the craziness you guys got into with the feds. But I wanted to congratulate you on (barely) passing your MMJ laws!…
Colorado’s medical marijuana population continues to swell. According to the state health department, 113,000 people are now on the medical marijuana registry, meaning the total MMJ population here may soon surpass the population of Thornton, the state’s sixth largest city…
This dispensary has closed. It’s my favorite strip of pavement in this town, but I don’t make it to East Colfax nearly enough. It’s always so amazingly weird there. Where else can you get offered everything from street tacos, hookers and crack at a food truck (true story) to coffee…
Last January, Mile High NORML staged a pro-cannabis rally across the street from the State Capitol to correspond with the opening of the legislative session; see photos below. But advocate Miguel Lopez’s attempt to stage a sequel has hit a stumbling block. The state has denied him a permit for…
Gustavo Arellano and Tom Tancredo didn’t find much common ground in their debate about illegal immigration Tuesday night, but they did agree that the war on drugs has been a very costly failure. A new report seeks to quantify that costby looking at the long-term effects of adding increasing numbers…
It looks like I missed the worst of it. Just four months ago, I sent in my application to renew my medical marijuana card and have been waiting on the edge of my seat to see if they would reject me for some trivial minutia ever since…
While members of the Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council are celebrating results showing that an El Paso County measure to ban medical marijuana businesses officially lost at the polls, they’re already facing another potential crisis. According to CSMCC president Tanya Garduno, a zoning change under consideration tomorrow could force the…
The morning after election day, a medical marijuana business ban vote in El Paso County was close enough to require a provisional ballot count Vote No on 1A spokesman Mike Elliott predicted would take quite a while, and he was right. Last night, officials finally confirmed the measure lost –…
