Ralston Creek marijuana haul worth half-million

Is there any forest land in Colorado not festooned with marijuana? Weed roundups have become commonplace in recent months, as demonstrated by this slideshow and blog about $2.5 million worth of ganja seized on Sugarloaf Mountain this summer. The latest: $500,000 worth of marijuana plants found by hunters on Division…

Boulder DA Stan Garnett and medical-marijuana advocates: Together again

Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett loves, loves, loves talking about medical marijuana, unlike just about all of his colleagues. In a recent Joel Warner blog, he confirmed his willingness to consider legalizing marijuana, enforcing his previously stated desire to be the most progressive DA in the state when it…

[UPDATED] Calling all potential pot reviewers: Westword wants you!

Update: Thanks for your interest, everyone. We’ve received well over 100 applications and will be culling through them shortly in search of the best candidate(s). Unfortunately, we can’t accept any more essays/resumes. Original post: Do you have a medical condition that necessitates marijuana? Do you have a way with words?…

Medical marijuana pops up on DenverPost.com

Where does the Denver Post stand when it comes to the legality of medical-marijuana dispensaries? In an August 31 editorial, the paper declared, “It would be much easier if marijuana use were legalized and regulated,” but added that “authorities ought to make sure certified users truly are deserving of the…

Mile Highs and Lows: Patients Choice of Colorado

As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred look at what goes…

Does Boulder DA Stan Garnett want to legalize pot?

Kudos to Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett for boldly going where few elected officials are willing go these days: into the politically thorny issue of marijuana. Most politicians these days are staying as far away from the subject as possible. This summer, the state health department tried to limit the…

Who really wrote Colorado’s medical-marijuana law?

Colorado’s flourishing medical marijuana industry, with nearly a hundred pot dispensaries statewide servicing thousands and thousands of marijuana patients, got its start in 2000, when state voters legalized medical marijuana by passing Amendment 20. But who was the ganja genius who came up with the amendment? Most people in the…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 17 edition

Trance, trance, trance. Today in Cafe Society: • Notiq Rupture wins Hpnotiq Bartender Competition. • Tonight: Harvest week wine dinner with monkeys at Avenue Grill. • Confusion reigns over Zaidy’s Fusion Grill. • Part two: Chef and Tell with Paul Reilly of Encore. • Ten breweries we can’t wait to…

Mile Highs and Lows: The ReLeaf Center

As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred look at what goes…

Could Clendenin case deal a blow to Colorado’s pot biz?

As noted in this week’s cover story, “Pot of Gold,” while Colorado’s Amendment 20, which legalized marijuana in 2000, does not cover the subject of marijuana dispensaries, a flood of such operations are opening statewide under the auspices of a complicated legal framework that’s evolved within the vague constraints of…

Cash Crop: More on Colorado’s booming medical-marijuana business

In this week’s Westword, Joel Warner reports on the “ganjapreneurs” cashing in on Colorado’s booming medical-marijuana business. In it, he explores the growing number of dispensaries and offers an introduction to the Candy Girls, a team of marijuana edible bakers operating out of a rented apartment north of Denver. See…

Mile Highs and Lows: Peace in Medicine Center

This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…