According to the Transportation Security Administration, if medical marijuana patients’ paperwork checks out, they can board a flight with meds in tow as long as they are headed to a medical marijuana state that honors Colorado red cards. So…now that voters in Washington and Colorado have legalized small amounts of…
After the passage of Amendment 64, opportunities abounded for its main proponents, Mason Tvert and Brian Vicente. But while Tvert said he had no immediate plans to spread the gospel about the measure to other states, despite being invited to do so in California by HBO’s Bill Maher, Vicente is…
The state medical-marijuana registry continued to grow in September, with 107,666 people in Colorado signed up for the program. The official September tally of valid red cards marks an increase of 3,528 cards from the month before…
After a long delay, the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division has begun implementing a private caregiver registry — despite caregivers being handled by a separate government agency. State law crafted in response 2010’s House Bill 1284 requires the MMED to keep track of private caregiver grow locations — a useless…
Later today, representatives of Colorado NORML will meet with governor’s office staffers about Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. As NORML’s Sean McAllister told us yesterday, they’ll stress the need for cannabis consumers to have a seat at the table — and a statement about a proposed task…
The debate about whether the Amendment 64 will help or hurt Colorado tourism rages on — and the same is true of the controversy over a proposed THC-driving bill that’s failed twice but will likely be introduced a third time in the next legislative session. These two topics collide, literally,…
The passage of Amendment 64 will require government officials to establish rules for an entirely new industry. In advance of this step, representatives from the Colorado branch of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) are scheduled to meet tomorrow with representatives of Governor John Hickenlooper. The goal:…
The passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, has created as much confusion as celebration. Tomorrow in Carbondale, for instance, trustees will weigh a moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries that’s specifically linked to the measure. An A64 proponent argues that such moves are unnecessary and based…
In doing research for our feature on the history of cannabis in Colorado, we came across some amazing old news stories from local papers about marijuana arrests and more. We’ll share the most memorable of them in our quasi-regular feature, Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. Today’s item, from November 24, 1939:…
Who says El Paso County isn’t pro-marijuana? The official tally is in and Amendment 64 passed by a whopping ten votes. In total, 292,698 people in the county voted in the election. Of that number, 141,701 people voted for Amendment 64. Officials in El Paso County said that the slim…
This dispensary has closed. Jane Medicals has been a dispensary fixture on East Colfax Avenue for the last three years. But I have no idea what it used to look like — or what it soon will look like, for that matter. My first and, so far, only visit to…
In light of Amendment 64’s passage, district attorneys and city attorneys across the state have announced that they will be dropping possession and paraphernalia charges. And even though the ballot measure has not yet been signed into law by the governor, local police departments are already re-examing their own approach…
Shocking but true: A number of video makers are linking the passage of Amendment 64 to the impending end of Hostess, manufacturer of the much-lauded Twinkie — a move that will reportedly result in the closure of a Colorado plant and 160 jobs lost. Below, see three clips that make…
Eighteen legislators have signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to respect voters in Washington and Colorado, a majority of whom opted for marijuana reform exemplified by the latter’s Amendment 64. Today, members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) followed suit, delivering their own letter to…
Update: Yesterday, Boulder DA Stan Garnett declined to act against proponents of Amendment 64 based on a complaint from Kathleen Chippi, a pro-pot activist behind Initiative 70, an A64 alternative that failed to qualify for the ballot; see previous coverage below. But she’s not ready to quietly accept this decision…
The passage of Amendment 64, is big news in Colorado and nationwide — so it’s no surprise that entrepreneurs are looking for ways to cash in. But what’s just as intriguing as the commemorative merchandise available at a website called Colorado Rocky Mountain High — see photos of everything from…
Last week, Representative Diana DeGette announced the introduction of a bill asking the federal government to respect the marijuana policies in Washington and Colorado after voters in each state passed pot-law-reform acts, including Amendment 64. Since then, however, the list of legislators co-sponsoring the measure has grown, and among those…
On Friday, Congresswoman Diana DeGette’s office announced the introduction of the Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act, a bill intended to ensure that federal marijuana laws don’t exempt the Colorado voter-approved Amendment 64 and a similar measure in Washington state. DeGette’s also signed a letter with seventeen fellow legislators asking…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games to books. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Cloud essential oil personal vaporizers…
Update below: Representative Mike Coffman, a Republican, is announcing today his support of legislation that would exempt Colorado from federal marijuana policy. It’s a noteworthy move from Coffman, who is against the legalization of marijuana but respects Colorado’s ballot process and the support Amendment 64 received last week, when voters…
Amendment 64 proponent Mason Tvert thinks mainstream media attention to marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington state, which approved a separate measure, has already started to wane. But this morning, National Public Radio gave a countrywide platform to a topic we’ve been addressing for years — the difficulty of doing…
Update: Yesterday, Boulder ACLU head Judd Golden praised Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett for directing his office to drop prosecutions of pot cases that will become legal once Amendment 64 is signed into law; see our original post below. He also expressed mystification over why Garnett’s counterpart in Denver, Mitch…
