Dear Stoner: Can I fly with pot?

Dear Stoner: Can I fly out of DIA with pot? Headed Home for the Holidays Dear Head: We’ve covered this a few times, but it’s worth reviewing again before January. The short answer is: Yes, but only sort of. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration agents at…

Marijuana master grower Jay Price’s mission to help MS patients

Of all the conditions that bring patients to The Clinic Medical Marijuana Centers, one is especially important to master grower Jay Price: multiple sclerosis. He knows which strains help the muscle pains and which strains help the eye spasms or the depression that often comes from battling the incurable disease…

Marijuana: Are attorneys who deal with pot violating professional ethics?

Are attorneys who work with marijuana businesses violating professional ethics by assisting folks whose actions are legal in Colorado but break federal law? According to the Colorado Bar Association, the answer is: Not always, but often. This conclusion concerns Warren Edson, an attorney who specializes in weed-related matters. But he…

Hemp: Read final regulations for growing industrial hemp in Colorado

Back in October, we shared with you the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s draft regulations for the growing of industrial hemp. Now, those regulations are official — with one change. Instead of facing a registration suspension or revocation if testing reveals that a grower’s plants exceed 0.3 percent THC, the final…

Dear Stoner: How does the NFL feel about medical marijuana?

Dear Stoner: I’m reading a Sports Illustrated/MMQB article that says “a lot of players suggest that marijuana is one way to heal their bodies.” So if a Bronco gets legal medical marijuana in Colorado and then fails an NFL drug test, who wins? Not At All Related to Patricia Calhoun…

Marijuana: More about Laszlo Bagi, one target of federal pot raids

Since last week’s raids on several area marijuana businesses, we’ve been learning more about the individuals named as targets by authorities. Prominent among them is Laszlo Bagi, owner of Swiss Medical Industries in Boulder and grow facilities in Commerce City. Bagi, whose attorney says he’s done nothing wrong, is a…

Marijuana: Colorado NORML finds timing of pot raids suspicious

Last week, the DEA and the IRS, aided by local officers, conducted raids on multiple marijuana businesses in Denver and Boulder. While the feds aren’t sharing details of these actions, info has surfaced about a potential link to Juan Guardarrama, aka “Tony Montana, a Miami con who, until recently, held…

Multiple marijuana businesses being raided by DEA, IRS, Denver cops

Updates below: Westword has learned that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is conducting raids at this writing at multiple marijuana businesses in the Denver area. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver has issued a statement confirming the ongoing operation, which is being conducted by the DEA in collaboration with the…

Denver Post adding a weed editor — but outsiders need not apply

Here’s more evidence about the mainstreaming of marijuana in Colorado: The Denver Post has revealed that it’s adding a pot editor. And given word of today’s DEA raids at marijuana businesses, there’ll be plenty of news for this staffer to share. Too bad the announcement was botched in a manner…

Dear Stoner: What to do if you get pulled over?

Dear Stoner: This summer I was charged with marijuana DUI after a trooper stopped me for swerving on I-70 on the way to the mountains (I was actually looking at my cell phone for directions). The officer instructed me to do roadsides (which I passed with flying colors), submit to…

Marijuana: Eagle County okays recreational pot sales

The Town of Vail may have banned recreational marijuana stores, but the Eagle County commissioners this week agreed to allow pot shops to open in unincorporated parts of the county. So Eagle County now joins neighbor and fellow tourist magnet Summit County in allowing recreational pot sales. The two yes…