Our updated medical-marijuana directory

The “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews you’ve come to know and love have welcomed a new member of the family: We’ve just published The Wildflower Seed’s critique of 420 Highways, located in scenic Lafayette. Don’t be late for this very important date. Then, check out other joints like this…

Medical-marijuana dispensary review: 420 Highways

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…

No sharing, stoners: Vet says pot can kill your dog

Recently, a dog scarfed down a batch of pot brownies her owner purchased at a local medical marijuana dispensary — a seemingly humorous scenario that quickly proved to be no laughing matter. The owner “had called all her friends, and at first, they thought it was funny,” says Laura Higgins,…

Medical marijuana: Business owners in Niwot say “no” to dispensaries

House Bill 1284, the legislation designed to regulate the medical marijuana industry, originally featured language allowing municipalities to ban dispensaries — a prohibition MMJ advocates see as unconstitutional. Perhaps that’s why the provision was removed from the bill late last month. But Tim Wise, owner of Wise Buys Antiques in…

Our updated medical-marijuana directory

Our collection of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews is growing again. Today, check out William Breathes’s critique of Lotus Medical, an operation that has almost everything a MMJ aficionado could want (aside from convenient parking). But it’s hardly the only game in town. Learn more by perusing Westword’s dispensary…

Mile Highs and Lows: Lotus Medical

​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 will be offering a no-holds-barred look at what goes…

Mason Tvert celebrates marijuana decriminalization in Nederland

In its article about Nederland decriminalizing marijuana within town limits last night, the Boulder Daily Camera describes the town as the second in Colorado to take such a step, following Breckenridge, whose voters passed a similar measure last November. Marijuana advocate Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable…

Jeffrey Sweetin, special DEA agent, thinks medical marijuana advocate Rob Corry is more interested in legalizing pot for everyone than in providing it responsibly for patients

For members of the medical marijuana industry, Jeffrey Sweetin, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Denver field office, is a lightning rod thanks to comments he made after the DEA raided the home of Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, who showed off his grow to 9News. Recently, however,…