From the outside, and even once you walk in, not much appears to have changed at The Releaf Center since our Mae Coleman first visited back in September of 2009. The bars on the front windows are gone, but they still have ample floor space, a dance-studio mirrored wall in…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s rejection of nearly 2,000 medical marijuana patients’ licenses prompted talk of potential lawsuits from MMJ advocacy groups. But the dynamic changed at yesterday’s meeting of the CDPHE’s medical marijuana advisory committee, when the department temporarily backed off its earlier pronouncement…
Medical marijuana in Colorado has generated plenty of lawsuits, with more legal action possible in a health department case involving limits on doctors who can recommend MMJ. But the Department of Revenue, which is in charge of writing the rules for two new medical marijuana laws hadn’t been targeted until…
The differences between the federal government’s marijuana laws and MMJ rules in Colorado are vast. Ask Chris Bartkowicz, who faces years in prison for growing cannabis he said was for medical purposes. So why are the feds supplying Irvin Rosenfeld almost 300 marijuana cigarettes every 25 days? He’ll explain during…
While the big weed setback last week might have been the defeat of California’s Proposition 19, marijuana didn’t fare too well in Colorado, either. As per the state’s new medical marijuana laws, local officials are now allowed to ask voters whether or not their communities should allow dispensaries and affiliated…
Medical marijuana forums frequently pit proponents versus detractors as a way of setting the rhetoric ablaze. But not “Medical Marijuana: Solution or Work in Progress,” a City Club of Denver presentation set for 11:45 a.m. today at the Brown Palace Hotel. The event is peopled by MMJ backers, albeit ones…
The national media’s fascination with the weedier aspects of Colorado life continues unabated, and the town of Nederland is among the latest beneficiaries. A few weeks back, Nederland’s pot friendliness landed the community on Rolling Stone magazine’s latest “Hot List” in a piece likely read by staffers at the New…
The rejection of nearly 2,000 medical marijuana applications due to a new health department policy has generated anger among patients and doctors no longer allowed to write recommendations. Now, a rep of the advocacy group Sensible Colorado, which took part in a successful court challenge against the department last year,…
Why did Proposition 19, the CA pot legalization measure, fail? One reason might have been Obama administration antagonism exemplified by the memo “Marijuana legalization: A bad idea.” As Colorado begins the march to a 2012 legalization measure, let’s see if Obama’s “pot cheat sheet” holds up to scrutiny…
Over the past week or so, medical marijuana patients across the state have learned that doctor recommendations for the card allowing them to use MMJ have been rejected. Why? A new health department policy that slid into place almost unnoticed — one that’s likely to disenfranchise and anger nearly 2,000…
The campaign to legalize marijuana for personal use in Colorado — Legalize 2012 — officially kicked off last night in Boulder with Paul Danish, a former Boulder City Councilman and County Commissioner, as the keynote speaker. Danish touched on the failed Prop. 19 — California’s own ballot initiative to legalize…
This dispensary has closed. I hadn’t heard of Cherry Co. until recently, when someone sent me a picture of their OG Kush x Super Silver Haze (called Kizzle) via Facebook. Apparently the shop, which opened in June, hasn’t done much advertising. They don’t even have a website up yet…
With so many municipalities passing medical marijuana dispensary bans this week, more businesses may find themselves in the shoes of folks at Jefferson County’s Footprints Health & Wellness, who began challenging a shutdown order earlier this year. They hope a judge will allow them to reopen after months of being…
Earlier today, info from Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente suggested that a medical marijuana dispensary ban in El Paso County was ahead by a handful of votes. Now, it appears to be losing by a narrow margin — but Vote No on 1A spokesman Mike Elliott doesn’t expect final results anytime…
Update: The Sensible Colorado staff has been hard at work trying to determine if any of the community or county attempts to ban medical marijuana dispensaries were unsuccessful — and they’ve found seven bright spots amid the disappointments in places like Aurora and Douglas County. See the latest list below…
Update: Reached a short time ago, SAFER’s Mason Tvert is philosophical about the defeat of marijuana legalization measure Proposition 19 in California. He sees a number of flaws in the approach of organizers there that may have contributed to it falling short — errors he feels his organization is uniquely…
One of the main arguments for the marijuana-legalization measure that Californians will vote on today is the tax revenue that legal pot would bring to struggling communities — ones like Colorado Springs, which may launch a police squad funded by a new pot of pot money…
It’s not often that a gubernatorial hopeful encourages voters to support someone else. But marijuana activist and write-in candidate Miguel Lopez touts independent Paul Fiorino as the pick of choice for those who support weed legalization — or relegalization, as he calls it — at the polls today as part…
Support for Proposition 19, a California measure to legalize marijuana for adult use, is falling according to a recent poll. But backers of a similar law in Colorado aren’t waiting to find out if Prop. 19 passes. They’ve created a website, Legalize2012.com, and will be formally launching their campaign at…
This dispensary has closed. Stone Mountain Wellness first caught my eye months ago when it took home prizes for top buds at a Boulder cannabis cup. Since that time, the shop has come under new ownership as a member of the Canna Club dispensaries. Among other things, this means the…
Earlier this month, attorneys filed a lawsuit against a medical marijuana business ban on the El Paso County ballot — but yesterday, 4th Judicial District Judge Timothy Simmons refused to grant a preliminary injunction preventing the vote from being counted. Not that Bob Hoban, the lawyer heading up the suit,…
Update: A judge has rejected a lawsuit over a medical marijuana business ban in El Paso County. Read about the development in this post: “Medical marijuana dispensary ban: El Paso vote to count, but could passage cost county millions?” Then look below to learn more about the fight against County…
