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…
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…
