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…
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…
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…
Spotted over at Boing Boing, this wonderful piece of art, submitted in an office pumpkin contest, almost makes the whole Balloon Boy saga worthwhile. Almost. Go Falcon, go!…
The explosive growth of Colorado’s marijuana dispensary scene is sooo September 2009. The next big thing, it turns out, is marijuana institutes — organizations designed to help folks makes heads or tails of the heady medical marijuana scene. The development is a no-brainer. The state’s medical marijuana law is so…
A Denver Post story today noted that an unprecedented attempt to score up to $320 million in loans from two federal agencies in order to bankroll the still woefully underfunded Union Station redevelopment could be on the rocks because the project’s managers haven’t been able to get a favorable rating…
With the Justice Department’s announcement last week that it won’t be prosecuting medical marijuana cases in states where the practice is legal, the feds loudly and officially passed the buck on the subject. That leaves it up to medical-marijuana states and their municipalities to determine just how to handle all…
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Wall Creeper, Denver’s very own, real-life superhero. Recently, however, the crime fighter sent me a manifesto out of the blue. Maybe he sensed the good citizens of this fine city were in distress, or maybe he needed to get something off…
Where’s it all coming from? That’s the big question about Colorado’s booming medical-marijuana scene. With all these new dispensaries opening up, people want to know where, exactly, the product for sale originated. According to drug-enforcement officials quoted today in the Denver Post,, some of it may be coming from international…
In February 2008, as detailed in the recent Westword stories “Up in Smoke” and “Tales of the Dragon,” DEA agents and north metro narcotics detectives uncovered an indoor marijuana ring the likes of which Colorado had never seen. As part of “Operation Fortune Cookie,” investigators hauled more than 24,000 high-grade…
Denver City Councilman Rick Garcia may be the elected official behind a moratorium being considered at city council tonight that would halt multi-unit development in northwest Denver. But are the real folks calling the shots the neighborhood activists Garcia represents? After all, the moratorium isn’t what one would consider subtle…
You know what would make this week infinitely better? Free access to caffeine. And it turns out that Red Trolley, the ritzy ice cream joint at 2639 West 32nd Avenue, agrees. Sign up for Red Trolley’s monthly newsletter on its blog and you’ll get a coupon good for free coffee…
At first, the three-bedroom ranch Mike and his family discovered while house-hunting in Thornton this summer seemed like the perfect spot. The price was right on the 2,200 square foot home, and it was situated in a nice neighborhood. After they put down an offer, the family nearly backed out…
Balloon Boy’s clearly a nationwide phenomenon. Within hours of the saga’s origin, and just minutes after the discovery that Falcon Heene was safe and sound at home, there was already artwork devoted to him! Check out the work above, by Denver artist Adam Reker. Balloon Boy + David Caruso =…
It helps to have friends, and over the years, Heaven Dragon owner Dan Tang has made many of them, from cops and councilmen to mayors and lawyers. Evidence and testimony collected in the Operation Fortune Cookie case shows that at least two of Tang’s friends, both Adams County politicians, had…
The anonymous letter arrived at Heaven Dragon, a prominent Chinese restaurant in Thornton, on February 14, 2008. “To addressee only,” it read, the message scrawled erratically, as if the author was trying to obscure his or her handwriting. The “addressee” was Heaven Dragon owner Dan Tang, a man known for…
As described in this week’s feature story, “Tales of the Dragon,” prominent Thornton restaurateur Dan Tang has agreed to plead guilty to one count of money laundering for his involvement in a massive marijuana ring — even though authorities believed Tang had much more involvement than just money laundering in…
I got an intriguing e-mail yesterday from my buddy David Thomas, a local syndicated videogame columnist and professional contemplator of all things related to joysticks. “I am meeting the Nintendo van tomorrow at 1 if you want to come along,” he wrote cryptically. I’m not a big videogame player, but…
The selection of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for this year’s “One Book, One Denver” city-wide book club program must have seemed like a safe bet politically. The book’s long been entombed in the shrine of high literature, a staple among middle-school curricula everywhere. Plus, this year is the…
While cheering the Rockies on to victory tomorrow at Coors Field, why not check out the stadium’s newest and most unusual concession location: the gluten-free stand behind Section 147 on the left-field concourse (near the in-stadium playground). Believed to be the first of its kind in Major League Baseball, the…
