Update below: Denver mayoral candidate Doug Linkhart has been embraced by the local MMJ community — and earned a Teapot Party endorsement — in part because of his pro-marijuana-legalization views. But will this help him or hurt him in the long run? Altitude Wellness Center’s support of Linkhart may offer…
In the ongoing bureaucratic battle over medical marijuana, Castle Rock has already witnessed its fair share of skirmishes. Amber Ostrom, owner of the city’s one and only dispensary, Plants 4 Life, had to jump through numerous legal hoops before she was allowed to keep operating. And now, on April 5,…
Update: Last week, we spoke to Representative Claire Levy, sponsor of a bill to set THC driving limits. She had originally set the standard at 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood; then, after listening to the concerns of medical marijuana community members, she backed an amendment changing the number to…
While medical marijuana is legal in Colorado, it remains against U.S. law — and the push and pull between the state and the feds continues to concern the local MMJ community. Case in point: The Haag memo, a letter sent in February by California-based U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag promising that…
For his latest dispensary review, William Breathes visits Southwest Alternative Care, home base for a legendary grower known simply as Scott. But there are many other notable centers to be found in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
Update: On March 1, attorney Rob Corry sued the City of Loveland on behalf of three dispensaries that had to close the previous day under the provisions of a voter-approved medical marijuana business ban. However, yesterday’s preliminary injunction hearing didn’t go the plaintiffs’ way…
Last year, one of the many new enterprises to spring up from the medical marijuana deluge were pot classes. So-called institutes, colleges and universities opened their doors to help newbies understand complicated marijuana regulations, open their own MMJ businesses and learn how to properly grow medicinal crops. A year later,…
Ever hear of a food bank turning down food? It happened yesterday — because donations intended for Denver’s Metro CareRing were part of a pot-for-food drive organized by Urban Cannabis, a South Downing Street medical marijuana dispensary. Urban Cannabis sales director Amy DiIullo is still trying to wrap her head…
The Cannabis Therapy Institute sent out an “action alert” to its members regarding today’s planned second reading of HB 1260, a bill to set THC driving limits. But after a similar alert last week regarding HB 1250, which originally sought to ban all MMJ edibles, infused-products manufacturer Greg Goldfogel e-mailed…
Update: Last week, we reported that six cease-and-desist letters had been sent to dispensaries in Boulder after officials denied their license applications due to discrepancies in their applications — and more rejections were expected. Now, however, the city has taken a step back, telling centers appealing the decision that they…
The concern for MMJ patients living in subsidized housing is that while the state says they can puff for their pain, the federal government, which pays their rent, doesn’t recognize cannabis as medicine. But are the feds loosening up?…
Does Coca-Cola have a corporate policy against putting Coke machines in medical marijuana dispensaries? That’s the message delivered to award-winning Altitude Wellness Center a few days ago. But after AWC decided to go public with the rejection, Coca-Cola has backed down, with a representative pledging to apologize…
At 6 a.m., the Department of Revenue published the final version of the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division’s rules. The document is 77 pages long, and attorney Warren Edson hasn’t had time to study them at length. However, a number of elements jump out at him — particularly the elimination of…
William Breathes’s latest medical marijuana dispensary review focuses on Good Chemistry, a shop for the budget-minded patient. But there’s plenty of options out there, as is clear from our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
Four different people have told me that they either circled the block or walked right past Good Chemistry on Colfax numerous times before locating the rather nondescript dispensary. I did both. The pot shop is in a narrow space in an old retail building, a block east of the capitol…
Update: Last November, we reported that nearly 2,000 medical marijuana patient recommendations had been rejected over a change in the definition of doctors okayed for this task. After an uproar, around 1,300 were temporarily reinstated pending formal action by the state board of health. That action came yesterday, with as…
For the first time in my life, I actually care about filling out a Sweet Sixteen bracket in March — and it has nothing to do with basketball. Sixteen strains of medical marijuana were chosen for the March Reefer Madness tournament, all from the gardens of the Releaf Center. Much…
Yesterday’s judiciary committee hearing about HB 1250, a medical marijuana infused-products bill, took some unexpected twists. The legislation, which initially sought to ban all MMJ edibles, has now evolved into a packaging bill. But in arguing why it’s necessary, sponsoring Representative Cindy Acree used a prop that cannabis advocates see…
The claims are sure to turn some heads, as well as ruffle some feathers: The Denver-based Aminokit Laboratories is said to offer Colorado’s first medical marijuana detox program. But how does one detox off medical marijuana — and why, exactly, would you want to?…
The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup is coming to Denver on April 2 and 3 at the Exdo Event Center. It’s just the second such event the pot-smoker’s favorite mag has sponsored in America — and according to executive editor Dan Skye, heading to Denver following last year’s visit to…
The Medical Marijuana Industry Group is acknowledged as a powerful organization in the MMJ community — but until now, its reps have declined to speak with Westword. Below, executive director Michael Elliott breaks the ice by providing basic info and weighing in on HB 1261, a bill to establish THC…
This legislative session has already seen the arrival of proposals to tweak the state’s medical marijuana regulations and establish THC driving limits. It’s no surprise, then, that HB 134, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp, has been described as a ban of synthetic marijuana. But while the measure refers…
