Last month, Concerned Fort Collins Citizens petitioned the city council to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the community, which up until now has been among the state’s most progressive regarding MMJ. Now, the issue is headed for a vote on November 1 — and center owner Steve Ackerman concedes that…
I get high with a little help from my friends, and now I need your help getting to South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference next March. SXSW Interactive precedes the more famous music conference and lacks pretty much all of the sex appeal, cool bands and secret shows. But for…
Natural Remedies is on the fifth floor of a turn-of-the-century building on Market Street above Sonoda’s Sushi. The building has a central staircase and the smell of freshly fried tempura wafts all the way up to the fifth floor, generally overpowering the feint smell of cannabis until you get to…
Last month, we shared the story of longtime Colorado Springs restaurateur and medical marijuana patient Bob Crouse, charged with felony cultivation and distribution after a doctor-recommended application that he be allowed to grow more plants was returned due to a technical error. Crouse is due in court tomorrow, and members…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s new rules about the “Medical Use of Marijuana” went into effect on July 31 and have caused few gripes thus far. But attorney Warren Edson sees several problems with the regs on view below, including contradictions with HB 1043, the so-called MMJ…
I’m not a big edibles guy — something that stems from my early experiences making brownies using ground-up schwag. The memory of the slightly burned, and entirely gritty, undercooked chocolate mass that put me to sleep still haunts me to this day. And medically, it doesn’t make much sense for…
In a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspections post, a security-camera provider noted that some of the specific (and pricey) DVR models that centers are required to use “are already being discontinued by the manufacturer.” This is news to MMED spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait, but she acknowledges it’s possible…
This dispensary has closed. Pearl Co. is on the little stretch of South Pearl Street, just down the way from Sushi Den. This may have been purely coincidental, but I’d like to think not — since very little goes better with a case of the munchies than sushi, and nothing…
Editor’s note: William Breathes’s weekly dispensary review, which recently moved into the 4:20 p.m. time slot (appropriately enough), will appear in this space soon. In the meantime, here’s another Breathes post, about two kinds of green. Want to hit the greens in public this weekend for a good cause? This…
In August 2010, the members of the Department of Revenue’s medical marijuana working group were announced with some hoopla. But what a difference a year makes. Twirling Hippy confections’ Jessica LeRoux, one of the 25 original members, would like to continue working with the group, but she can’t get answers…
Is Boulder less liberal than Denver when it comes to medical marijuana licensing? Although MMJ business rejection rates suggest the answer is “yes,” Boulder officials haven’t done an analysis. However, the City of Boulder provided us with the background check form it uses in licensing, and it’s pretty tough stuff,…
Marijuana activist Corey Donahue is the target of a theft and disturbing the peace warrant. The reason: Last month, he allegedly took documents from the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division without paying for them…
As reported by our Toke of the Town blog, the Department of Justice’s response to a lawsuit by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer directly contradicted an assertion by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers that state employees might be prosecuted for enforcing state medical marijuana laws. Attorney Brian Vicente sees that as…
Boulder’s got a reputation for being very medical-pot-friendly — but as Patricia Calhoun reported, Denver has been more liberal about licensing MMJ businesses. Why? Boulder spokesman Patrick von Keyserling says his community hasn’t compared its rules to those used in Denver. But the majority of unapproved Boulder dispensaries are appealing…
In June, the first Great Legalization Debate, which was intended to seek common ground on the issue of legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana, deteriorated into a snipe-fest, with Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act proponent Mason Tvert pitted against most of the other participants. So how will the second debate, slated for…
Update: Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act proponent Mason Tvert decided this week not to pursue an official complaint against activist Miguel Lopez for allegedly snatching a signed petition from a Regulate volunteer in July. We’ve spoken with Lopez, who says he is happy to move on from this incident…
State regulations of the medical marijuana industry went into effect on July 1 — and that includes inspections of dispensaries by the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division. But how does the process work? We talked with a security pro who sat in on an inspection that was made for TV…
Denver’s Discreet Dispensary is anything but discreet. Though the huge, old, brown-brick industrial building it occupies off Brighton Boulevard does blend in with the warehouses, auto body shops and junkyards that surround it, the huge green crosses on the front and the smell of skunk in the air from the…
Back in July, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment asked medical marijuana cardholders for their thoughts on the department dropping red card fees from $90 to $35. Last week, the comment period was extended to August 12 on the CDPHE website without any explanation. We’ve now learned that’s…
Yesterday, former judge Leonard Frieling co-starred in a media event at the City and County Building designed to attract attention to the petition-gathering process for the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012. But while the location was great for TV, it wasn’t terrific for collecting valid signatures. Frieling says…
Colorado officials temporarily closed Greenway University, the first state-licensed medical marijuana school, after they found out owner/CEO Gus Escamilla and a chancellor both boasted felony convictions that hadn’t been cited on GU’s application. We subsequently discovered a second unmentioned felony on Escamilla’s record — and now, we learn there’s an…
Editor’s note: Corrections made in this post are described below: Last month, we told you about Michelle LaMay submitting ballot language that would end all punishment for cannabis possession in Colorado. Her proposal is one step closer to reality after LaMay met with the Colorado Legislative Council and Legislative Services…
