Here’s one of the stranger public political spats of the season: El Paso County Commissioner Amy Lathen and Colorado Springs councilman Sean Paige have been going back and forth over marijuana. Seems Lathen publicly said Paige supports weed legalization, which she appears to oppose. Paige responds that he opposes it,…
The February arrest of Highlands Ranch marijuana grower Chris Bartkowicz, as well as his subsequent indictment, has been a rallying point for local medical-marijuana activists — and it will continue to be so for months to come. The judge at a two-day hearing has allowed the case, which could net…
Today, medical marijuana attorney Rob Corry sent a letter to the three best-known gubernatorial candidates — John Hickenlooper, Dan Maes and Tom Tancredo — asking them two weed-related questions: Would they support a law preventing the legislature from using MMJ funds like a piggy bank? And would they back the…
Today is the one-year anniversary of our Mile Highs and Lows dispensary reviews — a date marked by William Breathes’s memories of his first twelve months on the job and a new review of Budding Health, locale of our first critique. You can also celebrate by visiting our newly updated…
It’s been exactly one year since we kicked off our Mile Highs and Lows dispensary reviews. Since he’s a sentimental guy (we think it might be the marijuana), William Breathes gave us the following look back at a year in pot reviewing: Believe it or not, Westword staffers aren’t potheads…
This dispensary has closed. In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. See our updated dispensary list here, and keep reading for William Breathes’s review…
Back in July, food blogger Lee Klein, who writes for Westword’s sister paper, Miami New Times, mentioned me in a funny story about a pot and food pairing he put together on a private yacht. Since marijuana is highly illegal in Florida, Klein had to go out to open waters…
Cannabis Festiva, an event booked for Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City on August 21, was designed for thousands of attendees — but only hundreds showed. Could it be that potential attendees were already at the THC Music Festival that same weekend in Alma? Or perhaps folks were feeling…
This week, discovery of a 3,000-plus plant marijuana grow in Boulder County was followed by the uprooting of a nearby 4,000-plant grow. Did Broomfield authorities take these seizures as a challenge to their reputation for marijuana-grow arrests? Maybe — because today brings yet another one, accompanied by arrests of Joseph…
The Department of Revenue’s 25-member medical marijuana working group stirred controversy due to a plan to hold its first meeting behind closed doors — a situation rectified when MMJ advocates complained. But after the group’s initial sitdown last week, the Cannabis Therapy Institute vowed to fight proposed regs, as well…
Medical marijuana ads are everywhere these days, from Denver billboards to local radio spots. But is Colorado ready for MMJ television commercials? That day could come soon, since what’s reported to be the first-ever marijuana commercial on regular TV is now airing on Sacramento, California station KTXL…
William Breathes’s latest medical marijuana dispensary review brings him to Pure Medical Dispensary, where less is (generally) more. But it’s hardly the only game in town, as you’ll discover when perusing our always fresh online listings. Click to access our newly updated medical-marijuana directory…
In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. See our dispensary list here, and keep reading for William Breathes’s review of Pure Medical Dispensary…
Back in June, commissioner Ben Pearlman told us about the passage of new rules for medical marijuana operations in Boulder County. An application to grow marijuana on the 67-acre Szymanski Farms property would have been rejected under the updated regs. But because the ap was filed before their passage, Pearlman…
An update about yesterday’s Boulder County marijuana grow seizure of 3,000 plants. After a closer count, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office thinks the plant total was closer to 3,500 — and after more inspection of the nearby area, law-enforcement types located a second operation whose crop is currently estimated at…
The Broomfield City Council recently voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the community rather than place the issue on November’s ballot. That didn’t sit well with MMJ advocates in the area, who launched a petition drive earlier this month. The goal: collect 1,300 signatures — the number needed to…
According to Christopher Fichtner, a psychiatrist and former Illinois mental health director, the country’s on the verge of radical marijuana policy change (i.e., legalization) — something Fichtner writes about in his new book, Cannabinomics: The Marijuana Policy Tipping Point. And it looks like Colorado might just push the country over…
On Friday, the Colorado Department of Revenue’s medical marijuana advisory committee met at a session belatedly opened to the public — and the folks at the Cannabis Therapy Institute were troubled by the draft regulations released in conjunction with the get-together. So much so that they’re ramping up an effort…
Breaking news: Boulder is recognized the world over as a marijuana-friendly town. But apparently the weed smoked by thousands of attendees at the annual 4/20 orgasm of cannabis consumption at CU is largely grown elsewhere. As evidence, note that this week’s bust of an illegal grow operation near Raymond, which…
On the heels of reports about a burglar using a bong as a weapon in a Fort Morgan home invasion comes a claim by state representative Mark Waller that a recent assault on his car — with salad dressing — may have been in reprisal for his stand against medical…
Cannabis Science Inc., a Colorado Springs company, wants to boost the cannabis-based pharmaceutical industry in the United States. But rather than focusing solely on investors in America, the firm is putting a big emphasis on Europe. Right now, according to president and CEO Dr. Robert Melamede, CSI is raising working…
HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill signed into law by Bill Ritter in June, is so complicated that many of its elements still aren’t widely understood by MMJ patients and caregivers — or people who are both. Consider the plight of one patient-caregiver, who recently learned he’ll have to…
