This dispensary has closed. In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars, sterile dentist’s offices or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. This week, the Wildflower Seed reviews Boulder County Caregivers:…
Earlier this week, we spoke with Roger Christie of THC Ministry, who’s readying an injunction that, if successful, would essentially treat medical marijuana dispensaries like churches. In the meantime, Jason Wimler, a reverend with the ministry, is preparing to defend himself against a pot possession charge by maintaining that the…
While medical marijuana entrepreneurs are figuring out how to turn a profit in the face of new statewide regulations, Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies (MMAPR) is working towards a different goal: making sure indigent patients have access to low-cost medical marijuana and other alternative treatments…
Update, 2:34 p.m.: Another response from Joel Judd below. Update, 12:17 p.m.: State senatorial candidate Joel Judd has responded to questions about a Pride Fest incident this weekend, when he allegedly jabbed marijuana advocate Robert Chase in the chest — prompting Chase to file a criminal complaint about him. The…
HB 1284, the measure designed to regulate the medical marijuana industry, contains a provision allowing municipalities to ban medical marijuana dispensaries either by a vote of city councils and the like or via ballot initiatives. Aurora has already taking the latter course, with Colorado Springs likely to follow. And now,…
Roger Christie, head of Hawaii’s THC Ministry, is in Colorado for a series of events to promote using religious exemptions to get around new medical marijuana laws. And he hopes to take action in court by Independence Day to make the concept stick…
Yesterday, we told you about a city council amendment aimed at shutting down Altitude Organic Medicine over what owner Brian Cook sees as an improper reading of an outmoded zoning rule. The amendment passed — but Cook’s hoping to fight it in court…
Altitude Organic Medicine received a rave as part of our Mile Highs and Lows dispensary reviews. But AOM may get a much more negative critique at today’s city council meeting. Owner Brian Cook says two members are trying to shut down his business over what he sees as an improper…
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,…
In “Mile Highs and Lows,” we offer a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars, sterile dentists offices or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. This week, William Breathes reviews The Hemp Center:…
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…
Denver officials are scrambling to fix zoning-code loopholes that could let dispensaries open up shop in previously closed-off parts of town. The city has spent years crafting a new-and-improved version of the zoning code, the blueprint that will guide Denver’s future growth and development after it heads to Denver City…
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,…
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…
The prospect of an initiative that could ban dispensaries in Colorado Springs frustrates We Grow Colorado’s Drew Milburn. After all, he views his business as a public service — one that can benefit fellow military veterans like him. He’s especially eager to reach those who suffer from post traumatic stress…
The passage of medical marijuana laws HB 1284 and SB 109 has hardly ended disputes among small-time growers and the police about what’s legal and what’s over the line. The case of Ann Marie Miller, who’s facing felony cultivation charges based on a plant count that she says includes dead…
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…
This dispensary has closed. In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers no-holds-barred looks at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars, sterile dentists offices or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. This week, the Wildflower Seed reviews Green Door Wellness Center:…
Does Colorado Springs’ conservatism stop at the bong? That’s the view of some participants in the community’s medical marijuana scene thanks to moves by the Springs city council to regulate, not crush, the industry. Nonetheless, there’s a citizen-led move afoot to put a wholesale dispensary ban on the November ballot…
How to liven up a boring city council meeting? Get one of the councilmen to throw an elbow to the face of a medical marijuana patient who’s just called him a son of a bitch. That’s apparently what happened at the Fountain City Council meeting last night in an altercation…
Last month, attorney Jessica Corry noted that attorneys were already preparing lawsuits targeting HB 1284, the bill designed to regulate the medical marijuana industry. Now that Governor Bill Ritter has signed the measure, how quickly will we see litigation? Not imminently, Corry reveals — but at least a couple of…
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…
