The Grand Hyatt Denver will be hopping this Saturday, as folks gather to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, the local drug-policy reform organization better known as SAFER. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt, and columnist and morning show host David…
The story that led Channel 31’s newscast last night — about dogs eating marijuana edibles — was remarkable in a couple of ways. The cutesy, goofy opus, which gobbled up the first five minutes of the newscast (see it below), was impossible to parody, since it pretty much satirized itself…
An attempt to kill HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill, fell short yesterday — and that’s fine by Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente, a prominent MMJ advocate. “I think we’re seeing desperation on the side of law enforcement,” he says, “and I also think they can’t see the forest for…
Yesterday, a last-ditch effort by Republican lawmakers to derail HB 1284, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, by pushing MMJ questions to the November ballot failed. That means the legislation is expected to reach the senate floor this week — yet Senator Chris Romer is still interested in…
Last Wednesday, we shared with you the flurry of alterations made by a senate committee in HB 1284, a bill intended to regulate the medical marijuana industry. On Friday, the bill headed to an appropriations committee, where significant shifts weren’t anticipated. But while the main fight is still expected to…
There have got to be safer places to cultivate marijuana than in Broomfield. Cops there are among the most aggressive in the state when it comes to busting weed grows. Note that the late March arrest of Brian Joseph Strick was the fourth pot-cultivation bust there over a 45-day span…
Mike Davis, co-owner of Breckenridge’s new Club 420, believes it’s unfair to discriminate against the non-afflicted. Marijuana is for everyone, he says. “That’s the whole point,” Davis says of the mountain town’s exclusive new pot lounge. “It’s not just medical marijuana patients that cannabis is necessary for. In our opinion,…
Appropriately enough, our collection of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews just keeps growing. The latest entry finds The Wildflower Seed critiquing Ka-tet Wellness Services, which served her well in a time of need (and pain). Her piece supplements our just-updated dispensary directory, a compendium of MMJ information that’s expanding…
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…
To legalize or not to legalize? That could be a question for the November ballot. Last week, as thousands hazed up Civic Center in celebration of 4/20 and, just across the way, legislators inched closer to passing the country’s first state marijuana dispensary regulatory system, it seemed like Colorado marijuana…
Yesterday morning, we previewed a senate committee hearing on House Bill 1284, which is intended to regulate the medical marijuana industry, with Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente maintaining that he’s ready to push a ballot initiative if the final results are subpar from MMJ advocates’ perspective. The hearing wound up evolving…
Today’s 2 p.m. senate committee hearing about House Bill 1284, a medical marijuana regulatory bill, is shaping up to be a showdown between legislators such as Senator Chris Romer, who’s talked about floating a slew of new, more restrictive amendments, and MMJ advocates who fear the measure is getting worse,…
Today at 2 p.m., the public will be able to comment as House Bill 1284 reaches a senate committee. It’s sure to be a contentious session, since even pro-regulation advocates like Matt Brown see the latest version of the measure as regressive, and Senator Chris Romer is eager to add…
As noted in a just-published blog, House Bill 1284, which aims to regulate the medical marijuana industry, will be the focus of a senate committee hearing at 2 p.m. tomorrow. During the get-together, the public will have a chance to comment on numerous alternations in the measure that some MMJ…
During an interview last week, Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation front man Matt Brown wasn’t certain that new language inserted into House Bill 1284, a measure designed to regulate the medical marijuana industry, gave city councils the right to ban dispensaries. After all, there’d been so much fiddling done over…
Yesterday, Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided a marijuana grow located in a warehouse at 1441 West 46th Avenue. The site’s unusual for a cultivation operation for a couple of reasons. It’s adjacent to the Denver Police Department District 1 station and about a block away from Remington Elementary School. Beyond…
Our latest “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary review has just entered cyberspace: William Breathes critiques The Giving Tree, whose products are consistently moist — maybe a bit too much so. And there’s a lot more information where that came from. The Westword crew has spent the week updating our dispensary…
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…
As noted in a just-published blog, the Cannabis Therapy Institute has called on Boulder DA Stan Garnett to forgo prosecuting anyone ticketed for smoking weed at CU’s annual orgasm of cannabis consumption. If Garnett decides to go ahead anyway, despite the prospect of alienating pro-weed voters otherwise likely to support…
Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett recently announced his intention to challenge John Suthers for the Colorado Attorney General gig — and his comparatively progressive views on marijuana presumably meant he could count on support from pro-weed voters. Maybe not. Yesterday, Laura Kriho of the Cannabis Therapy Institute, a strong supporter…
In a blog published earlier today about changes in a major MMJ bill, Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation’s Matt Brown called Senator Chris Romer “the last big bogey factor we have to plan for and work with” due to recent comments that “seem designed to get us worked up.” They…
As Denver’s annual 4/20 pot bacchanal was taking place at Civic Center Park yesterday, members of the Colorado House were once again amending House Bill 1284, a measure designed to regulate the state’s medical marijuana industry. Matt Brown, frontman for Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation, isn’t sure if one event…
