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…
Medical marijuana is a smokin’-hot topic in Boulder these days, what with the city council this week implementing assorted restrictions on dispensaries — and almost (but not quite) legitimizing any and all weed sellers, whether they’re supplying licensed patients or not. Shortly thereafter, councilman Macon Cowles spoke to the Boulder…
Update below: Last night, the Boulder City Council considered imposing a temporary moratorium on new medical-marijuana operations — and while members stopped short of putting an outright ban into place, they did establish a slew of restrictions. Through March 31, 2010, new dispensaries that didn’t file before November 6 can’t…
Earlier today, Judge Larry Naves gave medical-marijuana boosters a big win by voiding the Board of Health’s decision to change a definition of caregiver put into place in July. But advocates have no time to rest. At 6 p.m. this evening at Boulder’s Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway, the Boulder City…
As reported in our live blog about a Denver District Court hearing this morning, Judge Larry Naves ruled in favor of medical-marijuana advocates, who argued against a controversial action by the state’s Board of Health. The board’s move echoed a Court of Appeals ruling that said a caregiver had to…
Last Thursday, several of the state’s prominent pot lawyers filed a motion to void a recent Colorado Board of Health decision to strike from its rules what it means to be a marijuana caregiver — a move that upended the burgeoning medical marijuana industry. Starting at 8:30 a.m., Judge Larry…
What happens when the state Board of Health decides to hold a last-minute meeting on a controversial topic like medical marijuana, and then tries to hold it via conference call using technology that apparently no one knows how to work? Comic genius. Hat tip to marijuana activist Robert Chase for…
On November 5, medical-marijuana advocates filed a motion to void a state Board of Health ruling striking its previous definition of caregiver. During a subsequent conversation with Westword, Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente said he hoped arguments would be heard early this week — and the timing seems to be working…
A Colorado Court of Appeals decision regarding medical marijuana — as well as a subsequent Board of Health move to strike its definition of caregiver — has led to a motion filed by pro-marijuana advocates, not to mention plenty of confusion over legal issues. Into this maelstrom steps Senator Al…
Yesterday afternoon, medical-marijuana advocates filed a petition in Denver District Court calling for a Tuesday ruling about the definition of “caregiver” by the state’s Board of Health to be voided. Sensible Colorado executive director Brian Vicente, who joined attorneys such as Rob Corry and Sensible Breckenridge’s Sean McAllister in presenting…
During the emergency Colorado Board of Health hearing Tuesday that struck from state rules what, exactly, it means to be a marijuana caregiver and sent the state’s medical marijuana community into turmoil, prominent pot lawyer Rob Corry told board chairman Glenn Schlabs that “I’ll see you in court” when Schlabs…
As a recent Court of Appeals decision and a Board of Health brouhaha made clear, Colorado’s medical marijuana is in desperate need of an overhaul. While officials and dispensary owners tussle over ridiculously vague pot laws, the state’s marijuana patients are stuck in between — a population that continues to…
This would normally be the time we’d publish our latest medical-marijuana dispensary review — our first from one of the contributors who reached out in response to our much-publicized search for a critic with this particular specialty. Unfortunately, the folks given the mission were apparently too well-medicated to turn in…
Yesterday, Sensible Breckenridge’s Sean McAllister, speaking about the passage of ballot initiative 2F, a marijuana decriminalization measure in his hometown, bristled at a media claim that the action was mostly “symbolic,” adding, “The police chief in Breckenridge has said he’ll take it as direction about how the voters want to…
The Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in the Stacey Clendenin case, which stated that medical-marijuana caregivers must do more than simply supply the product in question, led the state’s board of health to strike its caregiver definition — a move that’s caused confusion and panic among medical-marijuana purveyors. Into this…
Denver councilman Charlie Brown plans to share his ideas for proposed medical-marijuana regulations on November 18 — and his already-expressed interest in taxing the stuff has been endorsed by fellow councilman Chris Nevitt. “Both of us strongly believe it should be taxed — and I think that position is almost…
Sean McAllister experienced a big up and an equally large down yesterday. As the head of Sensible Breckenridge, a marijuana advocacy organization, he was thrilled when residents of the ski town voted overwhelmingly to decriminalize pot in their community. But in his role as board chairman for the statewide group…
State medical-marijuana rules have always been ridiculously vague and confusing, leading to the riotous growth of the local dispensary industry. Last week, the Colorado Court of Appeals weighed in on the matter, and this morning the Colorado Board of Health chimed in, too. Now, lo and behold, state medical-marijuana rules…
Update, 3:23 p.m. Joel Warner here, back from the kerfuffle emergency Board of Health hearing. To make a long story short, the board voted 9-0 this morning to strike language stating that a marijuana caregiver has to have “significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a patient.” This summer, the…
Although the state of Colorado is currently grappling with medical marijuana, as exemplified by the Colorado Board of Health’s “Emergency Rulemaking Hearing” slated for later this morning (expect Sensible Colorado supporters to show up in force), local governments are on the front lines of the issue. And a new report…
As Patricia Calhoun points out in this morning’s Wake-Up Call, the Colorado Board of Health is holding an “Emergency Rulemaking Hearing” at 10:30 a.m. this morning; it takes place in Building A at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment headquarters, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South. The spur: A…
SAFER’s Mason Tvert thinks drug czar Gil Kerlikowske has some splainin’ to do.The Obama administration’s relaxed rules regarding enforcement of laws regarding medical marijuana has led to renewed optimism among weed advocates that across-the-boards legalization might be a more realistic possibility. But shortly thereafter, Office of National Drug Control Policy…
