Emerging from the sweet-smelling smoke cloud left by the medical-marijuana explosion is Toke of the Town, a new national blog dedicated to all things weed. The blog is powered by Village Voice Media, Westword’s parent company and the engine behind geek blog Topless Robot and crime blog True Crime Report…
Move over, Cheech and Chong: The two most important people in Colorado’s marijuana scene are Brian Vicente and Mason Tvert — and they’re out to prove it by passing a statewide initiative in 2012 that will legalize marijuana for all Coloradans over 21. Vicente and Tvert unveiled the plan last…
A September 23 blog quoted Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett as saying he’s “committed to having the most progressive approach to medical marijuana of any DA’s office in the state.” Among those who commented on the item was one Nicholas Polashek, who wrote: Then why is the Boulder County DA’s…
Medical-marijuana entrepreneurs and patients, among others, have been waiting with trepidation for the next Board of Health meeting, slated for December 16, at which its recent tweak of the “caregiver” definition was expected to be revisited following a Denver District Court ruling throwing it out. Well, the wait just got…
While some officials seem to see the ongoing medical-marijuana boom as a threat to all that’s good and strong and true about our fair state, Denver city councilman Chris Nevitt is focusing on the practical questions that arise from the issue. Earlier this month, Nevitt talked about regulating dispensary food…
Today marks the debut of another new medical-marijuana critic, William Breathes. In the meantime, we’re continuing to regularly update our directory of dispensaries, which is growing longer and larger all the time. To peruse the latest list, click here…
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…
Beware of sending an e-mail to Jann Scott. The longtime public-access gadfly (profiled by yours truly back in 1992, prior to the launch of our online archives) tends to forward his correspondence to anyone and everyone — and that’s precisely what happened in the case of an exchange about marijuana…
The word “emergency” has been bandied about frequently in relation to medical marijuana, as in the recent Board of Health meeting to change the definition of caregiver — a decision that was subsequently tossed in Denver District Court due in part to the lack of lead time given to various…
At 6 p.m. tonight, the Fort Collins city council will consider an emergency ordinance to place a moratorium “upon the acceptance of applications for the issuance of licenses or permits related to businesses that seek to dispense medical marijuana.” This action concerns Terri Lynn, a caregiver who operates as a…
In a blog published yesterday, state senator Chris Romer said this while discussing some of his ideas for regulating the medical-marijuana industry: “The medical-marijuana community isn’t the only stakeholder here. Lots of suburban parents are horrified when they drive their fifteen-year-old, who they want to keep focused on high school,…
Attorney General John Suthers has been the high-ranking state official most likely to imply that the sky is falling in relation to medical marijuana. No wonder he cheered a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in the Stacy Clendenin case that aimed to tighten up the description of caregiver — one…
What a difference a year makes. Almost exactly twelve months ago, more than a hundred of Colorado’s most committed marijuana activists got together for a “Colorado Marijuana Reform Seminar and Activist Boot Camp” at Regis University. They were there to plan an ambitious new political strategy for the state, or,…
Earlier today, we told you about a Boulder Daily Camera article in which Senator Chris Romer predicted that half the dispensaries in the state would go out of business if some of the ideas he has for legislation become law next year — speculation that fired up the folks at…
Senator Chris Romer has been the state legislator most willing to wade into the medical-marijuana morass — and an article in yesterday’s Boulder Daily Camera provides more information about a proposal he expects to offer in January on the subject. Among his ideas: All caregivers with more than two patients…
As part of a September feature on the state’s growing medical marijuana scene, I went through the process of obtaining a state medical-marijuana ID. On August 26, after scoring the needed doctor’s recommendation, I sent my application and a $90 application fee to the Colorado Department of Public Health and…
Attorney Rob Corry has been on a roll of late, having won over Judge Larry Naves in a recent Denver District Court proceeding that voided a Board of Health ruling about the definition of a medical-marijuana caregiver — a response to a Colorado Court of Appeals decision in the case…
On last night’s Channel 31 late newscast, reporter Heidi Hemmat mined comedy gold with the story above, about a Boulder man who’s created a “THC ministry” that ordains anyone, Hemmat included, willing to treat ganja as a religious sacrament. The most humorous moment — even funnier than the use of…
After a week off to get all of our buds in a row, our medical-marijuana dispensary reviews have returned; today’s is the first from a contributor who reached out in response to our much-publicized search for critics with this particular specialty. But there are plenty of other similar businesses out…
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…
