Medical Marijuana In Colorado: Judge Voids Board Of Health Decision
DENVER — A judge overturned tight restrictions Tuesday on Colorado medical marijuana providers, saying state health officials had ignored the ne...
DENVER — A judge overturned tight restrictions Tuesday on Colorado medical marijuana providers, saying state health officials had ignored the ne...
Westword | Westword | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver
On November 5, medical-marijuana advocates filed a motion to void a state Board of Health ruling striking its previous definition of caregiv...
Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready's marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report. Ready was arrested ...
Westword | Westword | Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver
During the emergency Colorado Board of Health hearing Tuesday that struck from state rules what, exactly, it means to be a marijuana caregi...
The New York Times | Andrew Adam Newman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver
AFTER Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced in March that he would end the Bush administration practice of frequently raiding medical marijuan...
Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy
Pot Side Effect: Spending money on rolling papers. Savitex Side Effect: Discovering that by folding old rolling papers just so, you can create lovely origami.
Shan Wells | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver
When even old George Will thinks Mary Jane is riding the Freedom Express, you know that national legalization can't be too far away.
Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver
Update: The AP reports that the Colorado Board of Health has voted to eliminate the regulation that defines a 'care-giver' as anyone who supplies medi...
Jessica Corry | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver
While some regulation of any industry may be appropriate at times, medical marijuana is being unfairly villainized by those who disagree with the state's voters
Tony Newman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media
Montel Williams, who hosts the nationally syndicated daily radio show Montel Across America, is being recognized for sharing his own story as a medical marijuana patient and advocate.
Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver
The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that selling medical marijuana to licensed patients does not qualify someone as a "primary care-giver," a...
Rich Robinson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
It is time to cast aside all of the misinformation and propaganda about what marijuana is and what it is not. At least we are on the right path.
nytimes.com | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California -- and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federa...
Glenwood Springs Post Independent | Robert Allen | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver
SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado -- Sheriff's deputies recently searched a Summit County home where nearly 200 marijuana plants are under cultivation, but the ...
The Denver Post | Tom McGhee | Posted 10.25.2009 | Denver
Real estate brokers say that Colorado's medical-marijuana law has sparked a land rush, as entrepreneurs lured by a growing number of licensed users se...
David Sirota | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
Why do we as a country encourage the consumption of drugs that are far more harmful than some of the drugs, like marijuana, we outright criminalize?
Tony Newman | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
For as long as I can remember, the conventional political wisdom had been that elected officials, especially Democrats, can't touch drug policy reform with a ten foot pole.
The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver
Saying the will of the voters isn't being followed, state Sen. Chris Romer plans to introduce a medical-marijuana bill next year clarifying regulation...
Erin Rosa | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver
DEA agents in Denver have a sordid history when it comes to backing up their claims, and their most recent allegation that medical marijuana dispensaries are being supplied by 'cartels' is no different.
The Denver Post | Mike McPhee and Victoria Barbatelli | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver
Demand for medical marijuana in Colorado has grown so fast in the past few months that it has outstripped the production of legal "grow" operations an...
AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media
DENVER — The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 1...
The Denver Post | Jordan Steffen | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says that if an Obama administration plan not to arrest medical-marijuana users and suppliers is going to work,...
Huff TV | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC today to talk about the Obama administration's new policy on marijuana prosecutions. The White...
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
A bill to legalize medical marijuana that narrowly passed the Illinois Senate in May faces an uncertain future in the General Assembly in spite of wha...
AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver