Medical marijuana dispensary joins the chamber of commerce

Melissa Van Diest says she never thought twice about joining the South Denver Metro Area Chamber of Commerce. After all, she has run a legitimate family business on West Main Street in Littleton for six months now. And even though that family business happens to involve cultivating and selling marijuana,…

Medical marijuana advisory panel needs volunteers

Care about medical marijuana? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is looking for a few good men and women to serve on the Medical Marijuana Registry Advisory Committee, which will help implement the new medical marijuana regulations required by the laws recently passed by the state legislature. Think…

Medical marijuana patients, chihuahua protest application backlog

Exactly six people and a chihuahua showed up at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this afternoon to protest what they say is an extraordinary wait time to receive their medical marijuana cards. Some patients are waiting so long for their applications to be processed, the protesters said,…

Medical marijuana community fights health department’s PTSD policy

Colorado Springs dispensary owner Drew Milburn, a veteran, doesn’t like the state health department’s opposition to using medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder — and he’s not alone. Team 420 has scheduled a protest against the department at noon today (get info below) — and Sensible Colorado is in…

Our updated medical-marijuana directory

Our latest medical marijuana dispensary review comes courtesy of The Wildflower Seed, who takes a trip to Dacono’s Green Door Wellness Center. But if that’s an inconvenient location (which it will be for most of you), we can direct you to plenty of alternatives in our newly updated dispensary directory…

Medical marijuana dispensaries restrictions approved in Boulder County

In Boulder County, commissioners have placed a number of restrictions on where medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations can locate, limiting them mainly to retail or industrial areas, of which there aren’t many in unincorporated areas. Commissioner Ben Pearlman sees the unanimous action as a way to comply with the…

Our updated medical-marijuana directory

This week’s medical marijuana dispensary review — William Breathes’ critique of Arvada’s Special Kinds — will take you on a trip to the days when purchasing brick weed from a stranger’s house was the only game in town. But today, there are options aplenty, and our newly updated dispensary directory…

Special Kinds is special only if you like brick weed

This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no-holds-barred look…