We recently wrote about how a DEA raid at Full Spectrum Laboratories, a Denver medical marijuana testing facility, was triggered by the lab applying for an analytical lab licensure through the DEA. Now DEA agents have hit another marijuana testing lab — Colorado Springs-based Genovations — not long after the…
In today’s Denver Post, columnist David Harsanyi argues that the debate over medical marijuana is dishonest in part because advocates actually want legalization — a goal that might be hurt by the passage of Representative Tom Massey’s medical marijuana bill, because it would give dispensaries a monetary incentive to fight…
Our roster of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews has just grown by one, thanks to the publication moments ago of the Wildflower Seed’s critique of One Brown Mouse/Cannabis Healing Arts. And after learning more about this Nederland locale, check out Westword’s newly updated dispensary directory. More information is just…
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…
A triple serving of blogs about Denver. T.J. Johnson at Mile High Report likens the Broncos’ running game this past season to a Flock of Seagulls haircut: “While you might wear it for a year or two, it better not become your style.” But at least you’d look awesome. Charley…
Prominent medical marijuana advocates such as Matt Brown and Brian Vicente have already weighed in on the medical marijuana bill sponsored by Representative Tom Massey. But one of the most notable figures in the medical marijuana debate — attorney Rob Corry — has been largely silent on the topic to…
When Representative Tom Massey spoke to Westword on January 15 about the medical marijuana bill he was assembling, he described dispensaries as “a loophole in the law” — the kind of language that warmed the heart of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, who has long wanted to put the medical…
Tension between medical-marijuana businesses and the feds ratcheted up two weeks ago when Drug Enforcement Administration agents rolled through Full Spectrum Laboratories, a Denver marijuana testing facility, seizing all pot samples they could find — all while the lab’s owners were at the Capitol testifying against a medical-marijuana bill. Betty…
In the beginning, the medical marijuana bill being assembled by Representative Tom Massey was popularly known as the “law-enforcement bill.” Not anymore. The measure put forward by Massey this week (one co-sponsored by Representative Ken Summers, interviewed today in this space), no longer has Colorado Attorney General John Suthers’s seal…
This week, a new medical marijuana bill was introduced, and while activists at the Cannabis Therapy Institute see it and an earlier measure about doctor-patient relationships as largely contemptible, advocates Matt Brown and Brian Vicente see promise amid the problems — although Vicente has announced plans for a medical marijuana…
Senator Chris Romer’s bill about the relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients rolls on — and advocates such as Matt Brown of Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation don’t see it as especially onerous. To put it mildly, that view isn’t shared by the folks at the Cannabis Therapy Institute…
When medical marijuana advocate Matt Brown spoke to Westword yesterday about Representative Tom Massey’s new bill to regulate the industry, he hadn’t seen the final document — just a draft from late last week. And after perusing the latest product, he was presently surprised. “It’s a lot better than I…
The latest addition to our roster of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews — William Breathes’s critique of Delta 9 Alternative Medicine (formerly Delta 9 Caretakers). And if his take makes you hungry for more information, sample Westword’s newly updated dispensary directory. Your fine dining experience begins by clicking here…
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…
Yesterday, we offered a sneak preview of a medical marijuana ballot initiative assembled by the advocacy group Sensible Colorado. That amendment will be formally made public by Sensible Colorado executive director Brian Vicente during an 11 a.m. press event on the west steps of the Capitol. But even as Vicente…
State Senator Chris Romer (D-Buzz Kill Central) and Representative Tom Massey (R-Hiding in the Capitol Somewhere) teamed up today to introduce the latest attempt to reign in Colorado’s medical marijuana industry, a bill the lawmakers say would protect patients’ access to marijuana while forcing providers to be licensed by the…
Representative Tom Massey’s bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry — previewed in this blog based on comments from a knowledgeable source and a second item containing insight from advocate Matt Brown — hasn’t even been made public yet; Massey will do so at a 1:30 p.m. event. But already,…
A little over an hour ago, we posted a blog offering a sneak preview of Representative Tom Massey’s bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry. Now, more details from another insider: Matt Brown, frontman for Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation and co-chair with Brian Vicente of Sensible Patient and Provider…
The medical marijuana community has been filled with a mix of anticipation and dread in regard to the contents of a measure being assembled by Representative Tom Massey intended to regulate the industry. Many fear what’s become known as the law-enforcement bill will limit the number of patients per caregiver…
Boulder district attorney Stan Garnett is the rare public official who’s willing to speak plainly about marijuana, medical or otherwise. Note that way back in September, he wrote that “legalizing marijuana entirely would be the simplest way to resolve the tension between the Constitution and the Criminal statutes,” and he…
Update, 1:10 p.m., February 1: The Colorado Senate has approved Senator Chris Romer’s medical marijuana bill regarding the doctor-patient relationship 34-1. Read Matt Brown’s take on the measure below: Like many other prominent figures in the medical marijuana community, Matt Brown, frontman for Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation and co-chair…
Christian Thurstone, a psychiatrist with board certifications in addiction treatment and child and adolescent care, has seen plenty of news reports about why medical marijuana is a good thing — but precious few about the potential harm it can do. That’s why he wrote a provocative piece for the Denver…
