It’s not often that a gubernatorial hopeful encourages voters to support someone else. But marijuana activist and write-in candidate Miguel Lopez touts independent Paul Fiorino as the pick of choice for those who support weed legalization — or relegalization, as he calls it — at the polls today as part…
Support for Proposition 19, a California measure to legalize marijuana for adult use, is falling according to a recent poll. But backers of a similar law in Colorado aren’t waiting to find out if Prop. 19 passes. They’ve created a website, Legalize2012.com, and will be formally launching their campaign at…
This dispensary has closed. Stone Mountain Wellness first caught my eye months ago when it took home prizes for top buds at a Boulder cannabis cup. Since that time, the shop has come under new ownership as a member of the Canna Club dispensaries. Among other things, this means the…
Earlier this month, attorneys filed a lawsuit against a medical marijuana business ban on the El Paso County ballot — but yesterday, 4th Judicial District Judge Timothy Simmons refused to grant a preliminary injunction preventing the vote from being counted. Not that Bob Hoban, the lawyer heading up the suit,…
Update: A judge has rejected a lawsuit over a medical marijuana business ban in El Paso County. Read about the development in this post: “Medical marijuana dispensary ban: El Paso vote to count, but could passage cost county millions?” Then look below to learn more about the fight against County…
While a move to follow California’s lead and put the legalization of marijuana on next week’s state-wide ballot didn’t come to pass, many Colorado voters will still asked to vote about pot issues on November 2. That’s because many cities, towns and counties put measures dealing with medical marijuana centers…
As we reported last month, the Mile High Marketplace, aka Mile High Flea Market, isn’t high enough for medical marijuana, since the operation kicked out Cannabis University Dean Michelle LaMay when she ran a booth there. Now LaMay, aka “Grandma Ganj,” is back. Yesterday, she protested outside the flea market…
According to attorney Rob Corry, voters have tried to make Denver “the most marijuana-friendly city on Earth,” supporting a 2000 amendment to use cannabis medically, 2004 and 2006 measures to legalize it for adult use, and a 2008 edict to make enforcing pot regs the lowest law-enforcement priority. That’s why…
Tonight’s the final reading of Denver City Councilwoman Jeanne Robb’s measure to impose medical marijuana grow restrictions in residential areas. At this point, she says they’re likely to omit all mention of caretakers and restrict patients to six plants apiece or twelve plants at a single location…
What’s a poor dispensary owner to do to stand out in an oversaturated market featuring dispensaries on every street corner? One solution would be to hire Grow Room Communications, a new Denver-based company that purports to be the country’s first and only medical marijuana business development and public relations firm…
HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill signed in June, is a complicated measure that changes many of the ways MMJ caregivers have operated. But attorney Adam Mayo thinks he may have found a work-around: patient collectives. He’ll discuss the topic at length during a Monday Cannabis Therapy Institute seminar…
Update: Westword has obtained the plea agreement signed by Chris Bartkowicz, the Highlands Ranch home grower brought up on federal drug charges even though he said he was growing marijuana for medical purposes. The document, on view below in its entirety, shows that he was confident from the beginning he’d…
Whether you grow cannabis to ease a headache or to ease the side effects of chemotherapy, you’re putting your health back in your own hands. You’re also participating in a historical legalization movement. You might even call yourself a hero. Here are my top ten reasons why…
This dispensary has closed. Maybe it was the Barney-purple paint, or possibly the security guard dozing off on the front porch. But something about the vibe of Kushism Highlands told me to just drive past it and find another dispensary to visit. I think it’s time I started listening to…
Yesterday, the board of health considered lowering medical marijuana license fees for indigent patients — and wound up eliminating them for those who qualify. Problem is, the criteria used to determine indigency leaves out many people in need — including AIDS-patient Damien LaGoy, who says he can’t afford to renew…
Back in August, medical marijuana advocates protested when Governor Bill Ritter proposed using $9 million in MMJ fees to help plug a budget hole. No doubt this topic will rise again at 9:30 a.m. this morning, when a board of health public hearing will address the question of lowering license…
Coloradans can use marijuana medicinally and purchase firearms — but due to conflicts between state and federal laws, they can’t do both at the same time. As first reported by the Vail Daily and FaceTheState.com, to buy a new gun in Colorado requires completing a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and…
No denying that medical marijuana regulations remain confusing, especially given that even many communities with established rules are already thinking about changing them. Example: Denver City Council’s efforts to establish limits on home MMJ grows. With that in mind, councilwoman Judy Montero has created a massive compendium of info she’s…
This dispensary has closed. From the outside, ALCC LCC is an unassuming brick building on an edge of downtown mostly frequented by the homeless and yuppies living in the nearby modern condos. I’ve driven past it several times on my way to Coors Field this summer and never really given…
At this hour, SAFER’s Mason Tvert is slated to hold a press conference at the Denver City and County Building to highlight his pro-marijuana outfit’s first-ever voter guides — and to bash Mayor John Hickenlooper for what Tvert sees as his backwards stance on weed. But at least Hickenlooper’s addressed…
Pot brownies are so 2009. Now you can find THC infused in nearly every product imaginable, from marijuana cheesecakes to marijuana teas to marijuana hummus. It’s not too surprising, then, that you can now also medicate through the cold, refreshing taste of a soda…
It was just last July when Westword marijuana reviewer William Breathes was interviewed by CNN about Denver’s medical cannabis scene — and even though MMJ isn’t supposed to be addictive, the network appears to be hooked on the subject. How else to explain the latest report by correspondent Jim Spellman,…
