This week, Boulder City Attorney Tom Carr asked the city council to impose an emergency moratorium against new applications for medical marijuana operations, to run through at least February 8. Why? The heart of the matter involves a court ruling, on view below, focusing on Bushes, an MMJ grow…
Although no letters have been sent by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the rumor that the feds are going to be shutting down dispensaries in violation of the Drug Free School Zone laws has been enough to create a paranoid buzz in the medical marijuana community. But while it’s anybody’s guess…
In July, the folks behind the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 launched a petition drive to land the measure on the November 2012 ballot — and at 11:30 p.m. today, they’ll celebrate the effort at a press event before formally submitting nearly 160,000 signatures. Proponent Mason Tvert notes…
Last week, the Department of Revenue sent a letter formally petitioning the federal government to reschedule marijuana; read it below. Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente sees the move as a sign of the times, and predicts such rescheduling will happen within five years — if Barack Obama or Ron Paul win…
Standing Akimbo’s Buddy Mix took me back to elementary school, when we mixed together rice cereal, peanut butter and sugar in a bag and got an awesome mess of goodness that we called Puppy Chow. Now a grown-up equivalent has been infused with the wonderful medicine that is marijuana, giving…
Last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota released information alleging that Boyd Ethan Wilkinson of Brighton, Robert Lee Bowker of Lyons, Mathew Martin Hecker of Evergreen and Anthony W. Raymond of Longmont had worked out a deal with two Minnesota men to ship pounds of marijuana from Colorado to…
This dispensary has closed. Greenhouse is neither green nor a house. This may seem like a total “duh” statement, but it seems important to note in a town that has dozens of dispensaries in actual houses painted green…
As mandated by state law, the director of the state Department of Revenue formally requested that the federal government reconsider their position on medical marijuana last week. Thanks to an often-forgotten clause in House Bill 1284, which laid the framework for the current regulatory system in place, the director of…
This dispensary has closed. Two years ago, I visited the Greenest Green in Boulder, and my review at the time was what most people would consider less than favorable. So when I heard Greenest Green had opened in Denver, I put it on my must-visit list…
The holiday season is a time of giving, kindness, harmony and joy — or at least, that’s what it should be. But these days, the true essence of the holidays seems to be overwhelmed by crazy amounts of traffic, ridiculous lines at stores, people beating each other over toys, dwindling…
One of the absolute best things to come out of ganja’s quasi-legalized status here in Colorado and other medical marijuana states is the abundance of concentrates now available. It used to be that getting hash in Colorado meant knowing the grower or running into just the right person in the…
The holidays are upon us here at Westword. Editors have begun leaving for vacation, and the gaggle of unsupervised reporters have already begun dipping into the egg nog, singing dirty Christmas carols and wrapping up interns like presents…
From regulations changing and shops being raided, to pizza delivery guys calling the cops on tokers, it has been an interesting year for medical marijuana in Colorado. Below is our top ten list of Westword’s most popular marijuana stories of 2011 as well as links to the original posts…
Update: KannaLife did receive exclusive rights to the US patent on marijuana, but CEO Dean Petkanas told our sister blog Toke of the Town last night that it only applies to a very specific medical condition and that they have no plans to expand their research. “We don’t want to…
Sarah’s Medicated Teas, available in single and triple strengths, are a soothing blend of herbs and ganja wrapped up in little pouches ready to enjoy hot or cold. They are an easy and discrete treat for any patient looking for a little relief and make for a great winter time…
Earlier this week at the pseudo-monthly medical marijuana workgroup meeting, officials named the first five fully licensed Denver medical marijuana centers. Verde Wellness Center, Medicine Man, Colorado Alternative Medicine and both iVita Wellness locations got the go-ahead from the city and state. And while some would say Colorado’s regulation could…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has announced that it may deny thousands of medical marijuana applications over questions about whether physician assistants did exams — a policy CDPHE’s Dr. Chris Urbina reiterated in a recent interview. But MMJ lawyer Rob Corry calls the action improper and argues…
A few weeks back, we asked our fine Mile Highs and Lows readers to submit pictures of the most ghettofied smoking devices they own. The winner (or loser, depending on how you look at it), gets a shiny, new Silver Surfer Vaporizer. We didn’t just want the typical apple pipes,…
The Healing Center advertises the dispensary as having “THE BEST OG in DA MIDWEST.” That might be true based on the herb I saw. Nothing was really awful. But Colorado isn’t in the Midwest last I checked, and it takes a lot to lay claim to the best OGs in…
Westword cover boy Corey Donahue has been in the news of late due to his affiliation with Occupy Denver. But before the movement got underway, he was best known as a pot activist who, this summer, was accused by the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division of stealing documents without paying for…
By mid-January, as many as 4,200 potential medical marijuana patients will be told they are as much to blame for a “fraudulent” MMJ application as the doctor who signed off on a physician assistant’s evaluation of that patient. The punishment? Waiting six months before they can apply again for the…
According to this report, CBS4 has information that points to a potential federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations within 1,000 feet of schools. But it’s unclear when any federal action would happen, or what it might look like if it does…
