Tonight, despite a lawsuit threat, Denver City Council is expected to ban outdoor advertising at medical marijuana dispensaries — a move largely motivated by dislike of MMJ sign spinners. Yet as outlined by Kelsey Whipple’s recent feature “Spin City! Denver’s sign spinners want you to give them a twirl,” sign…
Cannabis might not be the cure for my stomach condition, but it sure helps. This week I stopped by Cure Colorado Dispensary to see if they had anything on the shelf to sooth what ails me…
Back in the paranoid ’90s, when I started toking, you didn’t want to tell too many people that you smoked cannabis — and you certainly didn’t want to be photographed using it. Times have certainly changed…
Thursdays at 4:20 p.m. is when we feature William Breathes’s latest dispensary review. But today’s diagnosis isn’t good: Because of technical difficulties, his latest critique, of Cure Colorado Dispensary, is requiring a little extra time to cure. Look for it at 4:20 p.m. tomorrow. In the meantime, thanks for your…
Next Monday, despite threats of a lawsuit, the Denver City Council seems all but certain to impose a ban on medical marijuana outdoor advertising — a proposal that seems to have been almost entirely motivated by antipathy toward sign spinners. If the council lowers the boom, how will these MMJ…
Despite the pleas of patients, dispensary owners and infused-product entrepreneurs, Denver City Council members unanimously approved going forward with a ban on all outdoor medical marijuana advertising in the city — a more draconian measure than the original proposal for a ban near schools, parks and other facilities…
The Colorado Attorney General’s office announcement of a 59-count indictment against Silver Lizard dispensary weeks after a law-enforcement survey showing medical marijuana was being diverted raised a question that’s buzzed in the background amid the campaign for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act: Will cops and prosecutors step…
Last night, Denver City Council unanimously backed the proposed ban on medical marijuana outdoor advertising, despite a majority of speakers opposing the proposed measure, as well as one advocate’s threat to sue on First Amendment grounds. Council will now have to have a final vote to approve it on August…
Update below: Last week, our William Breathes noted that a Denver City Council-proposed outdoor medical marijuana advertising ban is up for public discussion tonight — but advocate Rico Colibri isn’t waiting. During the wee hours, he sent an open letter to the council (read it below) threatening to sue if…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Incredibowl m420 (mini) and attachments…
I’ve admitted in this blog to being bad about judging books by their covers — and dispensaries by their names. And frankly, Herbs4You sounds more like an insane Japanese game show that puts contestants through rounds of eating semi-poisonous plants than a medical marijuana center…
The presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will likely be very tight in Colorado, a key swing state — and a close vote is also expected for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. But could a big turnout for the latter undermine Obama in the state?…
For the past several months, the Denver City Council has been debating outdoor medical marijuana advertising. The main question: Should it be prohibited near schools or banned entirely? Now, a ban seems to have the momentum, and could be approved in the next several weeks…
In Grand Junction circa mid July, advocates for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, launched an electronic billboard message featuring televangelist Pat Robertson, who’d spoken positively about the measure. Robertson subsequently asked that the message be removed, so it’s now been changed to feature an even more famous…
The tension between state medical marijuana laws, which allow patient use, and federal regulations that criminalize all pot has existed for years, with occasional court rulings — like the 2011 conviction of Highlands Ranch MMJ grower Chris Bartkowicz — touching on the contradiction. But a just-issued decision in Arapahoe County…
Last February, when Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, was approved for the November ballot, backers of several other pot-related measures, including Initiative 70, Legalize2012’s proposal and the Relief for the Possession of Cannabis Act, were trying to duplicate this feat. But at the Monday deadline set by…
Medical marijuana advocates say THC is especially effective when it comes to reducing nausea for people who have cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy. Now, The Clinic and Flower of Life are offering a way of delivering that substance free of charge to medical marijuana patients on chemo — with the…
The office of U.S. Attorney John Walsh has announced that it’s sent closure-threat letters to ten dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools. This action represents the third wave of such missives: The first, in January, targeted 23 medical marijuana centers, while the second, in March, numbered 25. But when asked…
Yesterday, we shared a new report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area citing more than seventy examples of medical marijuana from Colorado being diverted for illegal purposes, with RMHIDTA director Tom Gorman arguing that passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would make the…
Like the working-class neighborhood where it’s based, At Home Remedies is more function than fashion. The mudroom-turned-waiting room at the front of the house is furnished with scrolled antique furniture with a loud, gaudy and awesome 1970s-style white floral print, and AstroTurf is liberally used as flooring both there and…
For years, medical marijuana opponents have argued that MMJ is being diverted for illicit recreational purposes, with industry advocates countering that there’s no proof of such claims. There is now, says Tom Gorman, director of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. A new report entitled “Colorado’s ‘Medical’ Marijuana”…
Fewer than 10 percent of registered medical marijuana patients in Colorado designate someone else as their primary caregiver. That’s according to stats compiled for Westword last week by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials — and if you think this number is very different than past ones, you’re…
