At 2 p.m., hours before President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at CU-Boulder, members of Colorado’s medical marijuana industry will stage a press conference at which they’ll ask the commander in chief to order call off federal law-enforcers such as U.S. Attorney John Walsh, whose seizure-threat letters to dispensaries…
While CU-Boulder prepares for President Barack Obama’s visit this evening, memories of the reduced but still passionate 4/20 event there continue to linger like a certain kind of smoke. Below, check out three videos shot by Westword’s Britt Chester — clips of Wyclef Jean’s brother, Samuel (seen here), exhorting the…
Denver’s annual 4/20 festivities drew thousands, as is clear from our 4/20 at Civic Center Park photo gallery and marijuana critic William Breathes’s account. But the first-ever second day of the bash attracted only a relative handful of tokers to Civic Center. Was a sequel too much even for hardcore…
Within a half hour of the 2012 High Times Denver Medical Cannabis Cup opening on Saturday, the line was already snaking down Walnut Street, around the corner, then halfway up 36th. Not surprisingly, the smell of ganja had wafted even further. This is the second time in as many years…
You’ve read pot critic William Breathes’s take on 4/20 in Civic Center Park this past Friday. Now see photos from the scene there — cops, advocates, MMJ patients and those just looking for a free toke. Check out the full slide show with many more photos here: “4/20 in Denver”…
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The Denver Fire Department is still investigating a suspicious fire at a Green Door Wellness medical marijuana dispensary at 155 Federal earlier this week. But that’s about all the information that we’ve been able to get out of anyone involved with the case after days of asking for more details…
Irony alert: Foul-smelling fish fertilizer of the sort CU-Boulder applied this morning to Norlin Quad, which has been closed as part of a plan to shrink the annual 4/20 event on campus, is a favorite of marijuana growers. Great minds think alike…
It’s Friday, April 20, and though you may or may not have a job, we’re going to get you high today. Okay, maybe not. But we are going to tell you where people in Denver will be celebrating getting high, medicated and everything in between. Below, we’ve compiled a list…
Update: After a four hour hearing, Boulder District Judge Andrew McDonald reportedly denied attorney Rob Corry’s request for an injunction to prevent CU-Boulder from closing its campus to visitors as a way of undermining the annual 4/20 event. As such, the CU Police plan outlined by spokesman Ryan Huff in…
This dispensary has closed. I couldn’t have visited Grassroots Grown at a worse time. No, the shelves weren’t bare, and although the herb on the shelves could use some lovin’, that wasn’t the problem, either. Unfortunately, Grassroots will probably have to move, since it’s one of 48 shops (so far)…
The CU-Boulder scheme to squelch the annual 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors puts lotsa pressure on the university’s police department. But spokesman Ryan Huff stresses that a plan is in place to dissuade potential attendees from coming to Boulder in the first place and treat those…
After months of confusion regarding the legality of seed sales at dispensaries, the Colorado cannabis community finally has an answer from the state. And though it doesn’t technically ban seed sales, it’s not exactly the one some plant breeders wanted…
Last night, the Boulder City Council passed a resolution supporting CU-Boulder’s plan to shrink the campus 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors on Friday; read it below. This morning, we spoke to two members of the council — one who supports it wholeheartedly, and another who voted…
CU-Boulder administrators insist they’re not cracking down on the campus’ annual 4/20 event — but they’re closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors on the big day. Thanks to these actions, scenes like the ones captured by photographers Kate Levy and Colleen Whitfield at last year’s bash won’t be taking place…
More than 4,500 people signed on to the Colorado medical marijuana registry from January to February of this year. That constitutes the biggest jump in registry numbers since June 2010, when the total rose 6,557 patients from the previous month…
The Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA), an organization that made its reputation by speaking out on behalf of patient rights, is shutting down. Why? Vincent Palazzotto, the man behind the nonprofit, lists a slew of extenuating factors that led to what he stresses was the very difficult decision…
Update below: Last month, a majority of attendees at the Denver Republican Assembly backed Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. And enthusiasm is even more widespread among Democrats. Saturday’s Dem state convention and assembly in Pueblo formally supported Amendment 64 — an action that proves to proponent Mason…
In defending CU Boulder’s decision to close Norlin Quad and ban visitors on 4/20, Chancellor Philip DiStefano claims the event is a party, not a protest — an assertion echoed by the institution’s spokesperson. But Mark Silverstein, legal director for the Colorado ACLU scoffs at this argument even as he…
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? LighterMate magnetic lighter…
After weeks of denying that it would crack down on 4/20 events, the University of Colorado Boulder has announced that school will limit campus visitors to official business only and close down the famous Norlin Quad where as many as 10,000 students have gathered to smoke herb in past years…
The brilliant minds attending the Colorado School of Mines can be included with those other young people who apparently need federal protection against drugs. Mile Highs and Lows caught up with Golden Alternative Care owner Craig Mardick briefly yesterday, who confirmed that his shop was included in the most recent…
