Denver medical marijuana dispensary owner Jim Rice knew there was no way CBS producers could ignore his taped application for their reality TV show Survivor. “I had, like, twenty pounds of pot surrounding me,” he explains. “You know they don’t see that every day.”…
Groundswell’s sign has the usual green, leaf-like images on it, but it looked like an art gallery the first time I drove past. Confused, I circled around and parked in a 7-Eleven parking lot to get a better look at the place, and before I knew it, I was inside…
“Infighting Trips Up Supporters’ Legalization Bid,” a story on the front page of today’s Denver Post, missed the mark for Mason Tvert, among the most prominent proponents of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012, and not just because much of the information in it had already been widely…
The DUID-marijuana working group, formed under the auspices of the state’s Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, met yesterday afternoon to consider recommendations about setting THC driving standard. After about three hours of hashing out a lot about hash, members eventually decided not to back a specific blood limit…
Dr. Eric Hatch, the man behind Hatch Wellness Center in Highlands Ranch, is a chiropractor by trade. But a Douglas County court case in which he’s involved could challenge the right of municipalities to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. How? His attorney, Andrew Reid, explains…
Medical marijuana center applications with the city of Denver are sitting in storage — and in limbo. Furthermore, the director of the office charged with processing them isn’t sure when they’ll even get to the first one…
For months, Colorado Springs State Bank has been working with medical marijuana centers shunned by most lenders, because pot is illegal according to the same federal government regulating them. But that will end next month, and attorney Jessica Peck feels the decision is “much more important than, ‘We can’t have…
In May, Longmont moved toward prohibiting the town’s dispensaries — but the ban’s July 1 implementation was delayed. Now, the shutdown order’s in place, and while an appeal is still possible, Michael W. Gross, an attorney representing several centers, concedes that courts have not been eager to overrule such actions…
This dispensary has closed. I walked past The Clone Store twice before I finally saw its sign on the door out front. Granted, I was stoned, but the shop wasn’t easy to find — especially compared to its highly visible next-door-neighbor dispensary, Alternative Medicine Capitol Hill…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about the last-minute cancellation of the DUID-marijuana working group looking into the issue of THC driving limits. Now, Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho has assembled a video showing her and other activists learning the plug was pulled over open-meetings-law concerns, and not, as initially claimed,…
Like a lot of racers, NASCAR driver Ronnie Hults has wrecked a car or two. It’s part of the profession, and he knows it firsthand, telling 9News last night that his body has paid the price for high-speed collisions — notably his lower back and hips. Some nights, he feels…
Update below: A bill to set THC driving limits was put on hold in lieu of more study — and more study is indeed taking place under the auspices of the state Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ). At 1 p.m. today, the so-called DUID-marijuana working group is meeting,…
Jason Beinor is a legal medical marijuana patient. But that didn’t prevent his firing as a street sweeper on the 16th Street Mall after registering a positive in a random blood test — and neither did it convince the Colorado Court of Appeals that he deserved unemployment benefits following his…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Enjoy Jars…
Last month, Concerned Fort Collins Citizens petitioned the city council to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the community, which up until now has been among the state’s most progressive regarding MMJ. Now, the issue is headed for a vote on November 1 — and center owner Steve Ackerman concedes that…
I get high with a little help from my friends, and now I need your help getting to South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference next March. SXSW Interactive precedes the more famous music conference and lacks pretty much all of the sex appeal, cool bands and secret shows. But for…
Natural Remedies is on the fifth floor of a turn-of-the-century building on Market Street above Sonoda’s Sushi. The building has a central staircase and the smell of freshly fried tempura wafts all the way up to the fifth floor, generally overpowering the feint smell of cannabis until you get to…
Last month, we shared the story of longtime Colorado Springs restaurateur and medical marijuana patient Bob Crouse, charged with felony cultivation and distribution after a doctor-recommended application that he be allowed to grow more plants was returned due to a technical error. Crouse is due in court tomorrow, and members…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s new rules about the “Medical Use of Marijuana” went into effect on July 31 and have caused few gripes thus far. But attorney Warren Edson sees several problems with the regs on view below, including contradictions with HB 1043, the so-called MMJ…
I’m not a big edibles guy — something that stems from my early experiences making brownies using ground-up schwag. The memory of the slightly burned, and entirely gritty, undercooked chocolate mass that put me to sleep still haunts me to this day. And medically, it doesn’t make much sense for…
In a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspections post, a security-camera provider noted that some of the specific (and pricey) DVR models that centers are required to use “are already being discontinued by the manufacturer.” This is news to MMED spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait, but she acknowledges it’s possible…
This dispensary has closed. Pearl Co. is on the little stretch of South Pearl Street, just down the way from Sushi Den. This may have been purely coincidental, but I’d like to think not — since very little goes better with a case of the munchies than sushi, and nothing…
