Back in January, when attorney and medical marijuana advocate Rob Corry called on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to reveal how much money it had collected from MMJ patient fees, he complained about a waiting period for permits in the four-month range. Since then, Corry believes the…
In an interview last week, NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre confirmed that he’ll be attending the politically oriented 4/20 rally at Denver’s Civic Center Park this year. It’ll be his second straight 4/20 in Colorado. Last year, he was at the bash at the University of Colorado at Boulder,…
Latecomers to the marijuana-legalization movement may never have heard of Jack Herer, who died yesterday at age seventy. But veterans of the cause cite his 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes as the manifesto that launched a campaign that continues to gather steam. Herer died from complications related to…
Yet another unexpected twist in the case of Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, whose home-grown marijuana crop was seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration immediately after he showed it off to Channel 9. Bartkowicz was expected to reverse his original not guilty plea at a hearing today — one that his…
After an attempt to decriminalize statewide the adult possession of an ounce or less of marijuana failed at the polls in 2006, Mason Tvert, executive director of the drug policy reform organization Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) and his colleagues hit upon a new strategy: Focus energy on local…
The case of Chris Bartkowicz, whose Highlands Ranch marijuana crop was seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration after he showed it off to 9News, instantly fired up the medical marijuana industry, with advocate Rob Corry going toe to toe with the DEA’s Jeffrey Sweetin — and even Congressman Jared Polis…
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…
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…
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,…
Word of local dispensaries carrying cannabis caviar — supposedly super-strong, hash-infused pot going for the astronomical price of $1,400 an ounce — has created quite a buzz in the local medical-marijuana community. While it’s supposed to be rough on the taste buds, those who’ve tried it say it offers a…
As the executive director of NORML, the nation’s best-known marijuana-reform advocacy organization, Allen St. Pierre could spend 4/20 anywhere in the U.S. So why’s he coming to Denver for next week’s spectacle at Civic Center Park? Two main reasons: “This is the biggest political rally being done under the guise…
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 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…
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…
Yesterday, we told you about Nederland’s passage of a marijuana decriminalization initiative — making it the third city in Colorado (after Denver and Breckenridge) to take this step. The effort was grassroots by every meaning of the term. Although leading marijuana advocate Mason Tvert celebrated Nederland’s actions in the blog…
Senator Chris Romer is the sponsor of Senate Bill 109, a measure that aims to clarify the relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients. It was approved by the Senate in February. Last week, however, Romer admitted to being unhappy that a requirement calling for MMJ patients 21 and under…
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…
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,…
Almost everything pot-related you could ever think of was on display at the Colorado Cannabis Convention over the weekend — everything but cannabis, that is. More than 300 vendors were on hand for the event – mostly dispensaries trying to get their name out to the public and gain new…
Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, whose home was raided by the DEA in February soon after he showed off his grow to a 9News reporter, is expected to offer a guilty plea in relation to the case. Nevertheless, his arrest raises a series of legal questions regarding the conflict between Colorado’s…
On Wednesday, Erick Schmuckal was taken directly from a court hearing to jail. He’s been ordered to serve 120 days for violating his probation. What did he do to earn this sentence? According to his attorney, Sean McAllister, he acted as a medical marijuana patient and caregiver — which he’s…
The medical marijuana legislation grinding through the Colorado House and Senate continues to fire up debate — note these recent back-and-forths between Senator Chris Romer and MMJ advocate Rob Corry over the issue of licensing requirements for patients age 21 and under. But plenty of other nuts-and-bolts questions remain. Such…
