After the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, Governor John Hickenlooper released a statement advising folks who voted for the proposal to wait before they break out the Cheetos and Goldfish. But he recognizes that the question of federal intervention over the measure is no joke…
If you had any doubt that the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would turn proponent Mason Tvert into a national figure, look no further than this weekend’s episode of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Maher, a vocal supporter of marijuana policy reform, devoted seven…
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 August 9, 1937:…
Colorado’s voters may have approved Amendment 64, but the federal government is unlikely to allow implementation of the marijuana measure and will probably threaten to sue or begin making arrests to stop it. That’s the prediction of Sam Kamin, a University of Denver professor and national expert on the Colorado…
Grassroots Grown has been on my radar for a fall visit since an ill-timed drop-in this past spring to the greenhouse-only dispensary. And it was well worth making a return trip…
While Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, has received all of the pot press since election day, pro-dispensary voters in Fort Collins are celebrating a different win — the victory of Measure 301, which overturns a ban on retail medical marijuana centers in city limits passed a year…
The Denver Elections Division has released a map graphically depicting support in the city for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act — and the results are fascinating. For instance, many of the areas with the most medical marijuana dispensaries voted for the measure in the highest percentages. See…
The passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, was a big win for attorney Brian Vicente, one of the measure’s main proponents. But amid questions about when and how the proposal will take effect come suggestions that court challenges are inevitable. Vicente disagrees and explains why below…
In responding to the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, Governor John Hickenlooper said, “Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don’t break out the Cheetos or [Goldfish] too quickly.” And like magic, a new phrase was born, and so was a new…
In announcing the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, during a newscast this morning, National Public Radio floated the possibility that the measure could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court owing to pot’s illegality at the federal level. And if the proposal wound up there,…
Yesterday, hours before we’d learned that Colorado’s voters approved Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, we visited the Marijuana Memes Facebook page, confident that whether the proposal won or or fell short, the picto-messages would look different in the morning — and that certainly proved to be the…
Moments ago, 9News projected that Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act had won approval from a majority of Colorado voters. Proponent Mason Tvert, speaking amid a boisterous celebration at the measure’s victory party, puts the historic achievement in perspective…
Update: A response from the official Amendment 64 campaign on the tourism question follows our original post, below. Would Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, hinder Colorado tourism or boost it?…
Alex Martinez, Denver’s Manager of Safety, does not want to weigh in on the policy debates around Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, which has only added to the national attention Colorado is getting this election. But, he tells us, one thing is clear: If it passes, there’s…
As we’ve reported, Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, had a 53 percent to 43 percent lead in a recent Public Policy Polling survey. But by another measure — predictions from the online trading exchange Intrade — the measure is doing even better. At this writing, it’s being…
From the outside, you might think that New Age Medical looks like yet another stereotypical green-and-white discount marijuana shack pumping out crappy, cheap warehouse bud. And you’d almost be correct — except for the exceptionally well-grown cannabis…
Colorado isn’t the only state with pot in the voting booths this year. The Pacific Northwest has also become a cannabis-friendly haven over the last few decades, and ballot measures in both Washington and Oregon contain legalization proposals…
Ever since Super Mario ate mushrooms and grew twice his size back in the 1980s, video gamers have half-seriously speculated on whether subliminal drug messages are being inserted into games by knowing designers. But a Nebraska-based developer has taken all the guesswork out of his weed-centric game, Drugbound. …
As of last week, there were 266 licensed dispensaries in Colorado, with the possibility for almost double that number by the time the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division finishes licensing. But there’s no real telling when that will be…
In this space yesterday, Mason Tvert, a proponent for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, accused the leading No on 64 group of lying and intimidation in fighting against the measure. In response, the opponents’ campaign director sent Tvert a note essentially accusing him of being a crybaby,…
It’s that time of the month again! No, not harvest time. Much less enjoyable than that. Yup, you got it: It’s the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s update to the medical marijuana patient registry statistics page. And the numbers are going up…again…
For months, there’s been tension aplenty between supporters and opponents of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act — and with the election a week away, it’s still rising. Example: The No on 64 campaign says claims by backers don’t hold up under scrutiny, prompting proponent Mason Tvert to…
