After the passage of a driving-under-the-influence-of-drugs bill, we wondered if Westword medical marijuana critic William Breathes would ever be able to drive legally again, since he’d registered nearly triple the proposed limit while sober during a 2011 test. Tonight at 10 p.m., CBS4 dives into the drugged driving debate –…
This week’s Cannabis Time Capsule, which stems from Ouray and goes all the way back to 1910, shows what might be the modern origins of stoner lore that the word “assassin” stems from hashish. According to legend, hash-stoned mercenaries carried out murders for their blood-thirsty ruler in exchange for more…
Marijuana addiction specialist Dr. Christian Thurstone conjured images like the one seen here when, earlier this week, he shared what he sees as evidence of weed users searching for bigger and bigger highs — and added his fear that such people may soon turn to injecting THC, the active ingredient…
Green Cross of Cherry Creek is in an old three-story office building; Green Cross is on the second floor, along with a nail salon that I’m sure at least a few stoners have absentmindedly walked into before getting a whiff of acrylic nail polish instead of skunk. I say that…
Dear Stoner: With the recent passing of the five-nanogram driving limit for THC, I’m worried that even while sober, as a regular smoker I’ll technically be over the limit. Should I sell my car and resign myself to public transportation? 16L4Life Dear Sixteen: The new five-nanogram law is unscientific bullshit…
During a conference call shortly after the November 2012 passage of Amendment 64, Governor John Hickenlooper and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers encouraged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to make announcing the federal government’s response to the bill a priority. Then, in March, Holder said the feds’ decision would be…
As a member of the Amendment 64 task force who is deeply troubled by the possible repercussions of legalizing marijuana, as well as a central figure in the national anti-pot organization Project SAM, Dr. Christian Thurstone is controversial in the marijuana community. But he hasn’t backed away from warning about…
Last week, William Breathes updated us on the efforts by residents of Nederland to come up with their own marijuana ordinance, rather than waiting for the state to do so for them. The final version of the ordinance is currently circulating, and among the interesting elements of the text are…
There’s been lotsa debate over just-passed marijuana bills. But lost amid talk about THC driving limits that may prevent MMJ patients like William Breathes from driving legally and a provision that treats pot mags like porn is the impact of marijuana retail on employees and employers. Rulings that support the…
By the 1920s, newspapers were no stranger to salacious stories about the evil scourge of drugs and their corrupting force. (Not much has changed, actually). This particular entry in our Cannabis Time Capsule series isn’t so much a story, but a photo — from the Wet Mountain Tribune out of…
A bill to register hemp farmers with the state has been approved by lawmakers. Now all it needs is the governor’s signature before a nine-member committee can begin assisting the Department of Agriculture in developing a process that will allow the good people of Colorado to engage in widespread planting…
As strip malls go, the one Emerald City calls home is about as run-down as it gets. I’m sure that the surrounding small businesses — at least four Hispanic-centric Westernwear and boot stores, two sports bars, a liquor store and some taco joints — all have positives behind their doors…
Last week, we noted a section of the main bill to regulate Amendment 64 that essentially treated marijuana magazines like porn. In the days that followed, High Times warned that a lawsuit would be in the offing if the language was included in the final version — but it was…
Dear Stoner: I recently started using medical marijuana to control the nausea that comes with Crohn’s disease. It works better than any of the old drugs I used to use; is it doing something different? J.H. Dear JH: Not different, just better. According to researchers, high amounts of THC in…
If state lawmakers don’t iron out rules for this state’s recreational marijuana industry by the close of the legislative session tonight, the good folks of Nederland just might do it for themselves. Back in February, activists with the Amendment 64 Shadow Task Force told the Nederland Board of Trustees they…
The THC-driving-limits bill, which could have a devastating impact on medical marijuana patients like William Breathes, our pot critic, was only one of several huge cannabis-related bills that passed yesterday. The measures still must go through a procedure or two today, the last of the legislative session, but they’re thought…
Yesterday, a marijuana activist said that a controversial THC driving bill, a version of which failed each of the past two years, appeared to be a lock for passage — and he was right. The measure breezed through by a 24-11 vote despite what critics describe as an almost total…
States across the country, including Alaska, are coming up with their own versions of Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis. But if the authors of those measures want to make sure retail marijuana operations are legal in every…
Yesterday, most of the drama at the State Capitol involved an Amendment 64 repeal proposal that fell short. But while that was happening, a THC driving standard proposal that had apparently been killed by a Senate committee last month not only rose from the dead but passed two readings. It’s…
When Amendment 64 was passed last November and signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper the following month, most Coloradans figured it was a done deal — unless the federal government decided to oppose it, that is. But no: Last night, Senator John Morse, seen here, and a slew of…
It’s been six months to the day since the passage of Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana — and just under five months since Governor John Hickenlooper signed it into law. But even as legislators rush to finish…
In addition to a provision calling for marijuana magazines to be treated like porn at general retail outlets, HB 13-1317, the main bill concerning the implementation of Amendment 64, features about twenty pages devoted to establishing a THC driving standard that was seemingly killed by a Senate committee last month…
