On Tuesday, we told you about a lawsuit over the rules pertaining to ballot initiatives that’s supported by some strange bedfellows — among them the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara and Mason Tvert, the marijuana advocate who fronts SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation). Tvert says he isn’t the driving force…
Yesterday, reporter Joel Warner told you about Araphaoe County’s decision to return two pounds of marijuana from Colin Olmstead more than a year after it was seized. The ganja was being driven to a dispensary at the time. The handover took place yesterday afternoon, and Timothy Tipton of Cannabis Health…
Jeffrey Sweetin, special agent in charge of the Denver field division of the DEA, lately hasn’t been too fond of the mainstream media. Much of it has to do with how reporters covered the case of Chris Bartkowicz, a Highlands Ranch man who was arrested by DEA agents last month…
TV-news coverage of medical marijuana often veers toward the sensational — and a story on Channel 4 serves as a perfect example. Last night, the station reported that two people in Boulder, Raghv Sharma and Benjamin Gennis, were busted for driving under the influence of marijuana, with Sharma specifically noting…
Part of House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s attempt to regulate the medical marijuana industry, states that “the act of supplying medical marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia, by itself, is insufficient to constitute ‘significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a patient.'” This language is part of an effort to encourage…
As we wrote about in last week’s cover story and sidebar, CannaMed and several other medical marijuana doctors clinics are selling patient information to dispensaries and grow facilities who need patients to cover the pot they have on hand. Some of the patients involved say that’s left them with caregivers…
Of late, the metro area has seen numerous arrests at home marijuana grows where the owners claimed to be licensed medical marijuana providers but appeared to have exceeded the approved number of plants — just like Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, who may be on the way to a plea deal…
Given the controversy over Denver’s medical marijuana regulations, typified by advocate Robert Chase’s campaign to recall the entire city council, it’d be easy to assume that the divide between officials and the MMJ community in Colorado Springs is even wider than the one here. No so, insists Jessica Hogan, who…
One of the hallmarks of marijuana culture is the willingness of tokers to share their supply with others. But an incident in Boulder yesterday takes that generosity to a whole new level. That’s because charity workers going through a donation bin found a bag of pot worth approximately $8,000. Don’t…
Pot advocate Mason Tvert filed language on Wednesday for a November ballot initiative that would allow Coloradans 21 and older to use marijuana. Does that mean Colorado is about to be embroiled in a full-scale movement to legalize weed? Not necessarily…
Keeping track of all the individuals and organizations duking it out on the front lines of the state’s medical-marijuana debate is trickier than picking through the med strains at your corner dispensary. To help weed through the chaos, we’ve created this guide to the state’s top marijuana power players, complete…
You’ve stopped by just in time to find a new “Mile Highs and Lows” review: The Wildflower Seed checks into Boulder Kind Care, whose owner is also a cancer patient. On top of that, we’ve updated Westword’s dispensary directory, which offers the latest details about medical marijuana businesses throughout the…
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 will be offering a no-holds-barred…
These days, people involved in the medical marijuana community are understandably paranoid about interacting with the press — and especially TV reporters — thanks to the story of Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz, who was arrested following a Drug Enforcement Administration raid on his home grow after showing it off in…
On Tuesday, Trevor Douglas, 25, argued that he should be acquitted of a marijuana-possession charge because he’s a member of Hawaii’s THC Ministry, and he views the herb as a holy sacrament. Unfortunately for him, the judge in the case didn’t buy his argument, surmising that Douglas was espousing philosophical…
Keeping track of all the individuals and organizations duking it out on the front lines of the state’s medical-marijuana debate is trickier than picking through the med strains at your corner dispensary. To help weed through the chaos, we’ve created this guide to the state’s top marijuana power players, complete…
Yesterday, we shared the story of Trevor Douglas, 25, who had decided to defend himself against a marijuana-possession charge by citing his membership in the THC Ministry, which sees ganja as a religious sacrament. Nice try, but it didn’t fly. Clear Creek County Rachel J. Olguin-Fresquez ruled against Douglas in…
At 2 p.m. today, Trevor Douglas, 25, will step into a Clear Creek County courthouse and defend himself against possession accusations involving marijuana and paraphernalia when he was pulled over for expired vehicle registration last August. His assertion? He’s a member of both the Church of Universal Sacraments and The…
Last week, during the first opportunity to publicly comment on House Bill 1284, an attempt to regulate Colorado’s medical marijuana industry that’s being spearheaded by Representative Tom Massey, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers was unable to testify. He was in Washington, D.C., on another matter, so he sent an associate,…
House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s legislative attempt to regulate Colorado’s medical marijuana industry, was presented to the House judiciary committee last week, with plenty of law enforcement types testifying against it — a process that advocate Rob Corry found unseemly. Now, another curve ball. Massey and state senator Chris…
Yesterday was a long one for attorney Rob Corry, one of the state’s highest profile medical marijuana advocates. He briefly attended a rally at the Capitol opposing House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s attempt to regulate the medical marijuana industry. Then he headed inside, where he waited nine hours to…
Yesterday’s introduction of House Bill 1284, Representative Tom Massey’s long–in-the-works attempt to regulate the medical marijuana industry, drew a sizable protest from frustrated advocates, not to mention so much public comment that a preliminary vote was pushed back. That’s fine by at least one local medical marijuana grower. He prefers…
