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Matt Ferner

Obama's War On Pot Ramps Up In Colorado

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.08.2012

In its official party platform, the Colorado Democratic Party endorses the legalization of marijuana. In March, 56 percent of the Denver County Re...

Colo. Dems Endorse Marijuana Legalization Amendment

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.16.2012

On Monday, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol announced that the Colorado Democratic Party officially endorsed Amendment 64 at its state ...

Great Marijuana Debate, Round 2: Should Pot Be Fully Legalized?

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.04.2012

On March 19, The Huffington Post hosted the Great Marijuana Debate and asked readers if marijuana should be legalized for recreational use. On the...

25 More Dispensaries Threatened By Feds: Move Or Shut Down

Posted 03.24.2012

On Friday, the U.S. Attorney's office issued letters to the owners of 25 medical marijuana dispensaries located within 1,000 feet of a school notifyin...

Debate: Should Marijuana Be Legalized For Recreational Use?

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 03.20.2012

Marijuana. This little plant sure generates a lot of drama. And it seems these days everyone has an opinion about what should be done about it, from a...

Is There A Stoned Driving Epidemic?

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.18.2012

DENVER — Angeline Chilton says she can't drive unless she smokes pot. The suburban Denver woman says she'd never get behind the wheel right afte...

No 'Safe Harbor' For Any Colo. Pot Shops

Posted 03.05.2012

On Friday, John Walsh, the U.S. Attorney in Colorado, said that there is no "safe harbor" for any medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, accordi...

After Deadline, One Dispensary Lives On

Posted 04.28.2012

Colorado's medical marijuana dispensaries located within 1000 feet of a school faced a deadline Monday -- the pot shops had to comply with a federal o...

Pot Legalization Initiative Will Appear On 2012 Ballot

AP | By KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 04.28.2012

DENVER -- Colorado voters will decide this fall whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use when the state becomes the second in the nation to ...

Will Pot Legalization Question Make The Ballot?

Posted 02.27.2012

A group of marijuana activists seeking recreational use legalization for adults in Colorado expects to hear if they gathered enough signatures for a p...

Dispensaries Near Schools Must Move Or Shut Down Today

Posted 02.27.2012

The deadline for Colorado's medical marijuana dispensaries that are located within 1000 feet of a school has arrived -- the pot shops must comply with...

Pot Activists To Turn In Additional 12,000 Signatures

Posted 02.27.2012

Colorado marijuana activists seeking recreational use legalization for adults are hoping that the additional 12,000 signatures they have gathered will...

10 Years In Japanese Prison For Pot-Infused Treats?

Posted 02.09.2012

Tim Wilson, a 25-year-old chemical engineering student at the Colorado School of Mines who has been jailed in Japan since August 2011 has received a s...

On Probation? No Smoking Medical Marijuana

Posted 02.07.2012

Medical marijuana users in Colorado that also happen to be in the process of completing their probationary sentence are having a bad day. The Colorado...

Joint Checking Account? MMJ Businesses May Get Financial Co-Ops

Posted 01.27.2012

In September of 2011, the last bank in Colorado to openly work with medical marijuana businesses closed those accounts and shut its doors to working ...

U.S. Attorney John Walsh: Colo. MMJ Crackdown 'Not A Bluff'

Posted 01.23.2012

Almost as soon as the federal crackdown of medical marijuana businesses in Colorado began, marijuana rights attorney Rob Corry told 9News that he thou...

Medical Marijuana Crackdown Begins In Colo.

Posted 01.12.2012

The Associated Press reports that federal officials are beginning a California-style crackdown on medical marijuana businesses in Colorado. As CBS4...

Fake Medical Marijuana Shop Sold Much More Than Pot

Posted 01.04.2012

Peter Mattaroo and Kristine Bauer, a Colorado Springs couple, have been arrested after police say they discovered an unlicensed medical marijuana disp...

Pot Activists Gather Nearly Double The Signatures For Legalization Measure

Posted 01.05.2012

As the state seeks reclassification of medical marijuana to a schedule 2 drug, Colorado pot activists are seeking full recreational use legalization, ...

Is A Federal Marijuana Crackdown Coming To Colo.?

Posted 01.12.2012

Could a large scale medical marijuana crackdown be coming to Colorado like the one seen in California? That's exactly what a law enforcement official ...

10 Years In Japanese Prison For Pot-Infused Treats?

Posted 11.22.2011

Tim Wilson, a 25-year-old chemical engineering student at the Colorado School of Mines, is facing up to 10 years in Japanese prison because a friend s...

Fort Collins Medical Marijuana Workers Go Union

Posted 12.18.2011

The workers at seven Fort Collins medical marijuana dispensaries have voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), Colorado’s ...

Pot Growing Operation Floods Apartment

Posted 11.20.2011

Michael Leago, a 28-year-old Boulder man running a home medical marijuana growing operation, was ticketed for “prohibited acts of marijuana” after...

WATCH: Montana PBS Clears The Smoke On Medical Marijuana

Posted 10.25.2011

Medical marijuana has seen an erratic history of late: An appeals court in Michigan recently restricted access to medical marijuana there; Montana vot...

Last MMJ Business-Friendly Bank Closes Accounts

Posted 10.25.2011

Colorado Springs State Bank, Colorado’s last bank that was openly doing business with medical marijuana sellers, has decided to close all of those a...