Medical marijuana timeline: What a long, strange trip it’s been

With dispensaries on every street corner, legislators having rolled out the first regulatory system for statewide marijuana distribution in the country and activists seriously considering an initiative to legalize pot this November, it might seem like Colorado has always been a marijuana Mecca. But just a few years ago, the…

Our updated medical-marijuana directory

Each week, one of our medical marijuana reviewers critiques a local dispensary. The latest to get this treatment? Boulder’s High Grade Alternatives, which earns good marks from The Wildflower Seed. But it’s hardly the only game in town, as our newly updated dispensary directory proves. To begin exploring it, click…

High Grade Alternatives is a high point on the dispensary scene

This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no-holds-barred look…

Medical marijuana dispensary in Windsor: 76 violations — so far

In February, we told you about a fight between the City of Windsor and MediGrow, a dispensary owned by Lazarus Pino. Windsor passed a moratorium that grandfathered in two dispensaries, In Harmony Wellness and A New Dawn Wellness Clinic but excluded MediGrow — because, said Mayor John Vazquez, Pino’s operation…

Caregivers’ Cup: And the winners are…

Contrary to popular belief, Westword is a newspaper, not a dispensary or a marijuana grow — and anyone who’s looked in our shared refrigerator will tell you there are almost never any edibles around here. Yet the organizers of the annual Caregivers’ Cup chose to give Westword editor Patricia Calhoun…

Medical marijuana ban: Aurora City Council wants voters to approve one

Almost immediately after the passage of HB 1284, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, and SB 109, intended to clarify the relationship between doctors and MMJ patients, attorneys like Jessica Corry made it known that lawsuits would challenge numerous provisions, including language allowing communities to ban dispensaries. That’s…

Cuervo, Cobra Starship and the Caregivers’ Cup ruled the weekend

We unleashed photog Aaron Thackeray on the city this weekend, and he came back with hundreds of photos from Friday’s 3OH!3/Cobra Starship concert, an after-party at Suite 200, the Cuervo Games on Saturday and the Caregivers Cub on Sunday. See the photos at westword.com/slideshow…

Medical marijuana version of Match.com?: Introducing TheJointEffort.com

Some marijuana advocates, including the Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho, fear the passage of HB 1084, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana biz, and SB 109, intended to clarify the relationship between MMJ patients and doctors, will decimate the industry. But that hasn’t stopped entrepreneurs aplenty from conceiving projects…

Our updated medical-marijuana directory

Today, we learned that Westword would be presented with a “press vape” award at this Sunday’s Caregivers’ Cup. When citing the reasons for this recognition, Cup organizer Timothy Tipton specifically cited our Mile Highs and Lows reviews — like for instance, the latest addition to the roster, William Breathes’ critique…

The Clinic Alternative Medicine warms up Colfax

As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no-holds-barred look at what goes on…