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War on Marijuana

Matt Ferner

Lawmakers Pass Historic Legal Weed Regulation, Tax Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.08.2013 | Denver

On the final day of the legislative session, Colorado lawmakers finally passed two historic bills to implement recreational marijuana legalization in ...

Too Stoned To Drive Bill Advances, Appears Poised To Become Law

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.07.2013 | Denver

A controversial measure which sets a THC-blood limit for Colorado motorists -- a concept which has failed six times in the last three years in the sta...

Amendment 64 Repeal Effort Fails

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.07.2013 | Denver

A last-minute effort by some Colorado lawmakers to repeal Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana for recreational use in the state last November, was...

Pot Magazines Could Be Treated Like Porn In Colorado

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.02.2013 | Denver

DENVER — Marijuana magazines are under scrutiny in Colorado, where lawmakers might require stores to put them behind the counter. The unusual p...

Colorado Lawmakers Propose A 25 Percent Tax For Legal Weed

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.08.2013 | Denver

Buyers of recreational marijuana in Colorado could pay a 25 percent tax on their legal weed if voters approve of the rates that state lawmakers have p...

Colorado Lawmakers Advance Legal Weed Tax Bill

AP | By KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 04.30.2013 | Denver

DENVER (AP) — Marijuana as a potential tax bonanza has Colorado lawmakers wrestling with a question both sides say they don't know how to answer: Ho...

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Legal Weed Law Repeal 'Unconstitutional': Election Law Firm

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.29.2013 | Denver

A repeal effort that is reportedly being considered by some Colorado lawmakers may not be an option according to a top election law firm who says that...

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Drug Warrior: Everyone Involved In Legal Weed Is A Criminal

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.26.2013 | Denver

Tom Gorman, director of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program, has been called a "drug-war soldier" for good reason -- he be...

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When It Comes To Weed, High Taxes Are Supported

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.26.2013 | Denver

Although Coloradans are known to reject increased taxes when it comes to even popular state services -- take K-12 education improvement, for example -...

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Amendment 64 Repeal Effort Being Considered?

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.26.2013 | Denver

The backers of Amendment 64 have announced a news conference for Friday morning to denounce what they are saying is an effort by an anti-legalization ...

High Times Holds 'Cannabis Cup' In U.S. For 1st Time On 4/20

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.19.2013 | Denver

The Rocky Mountain High may never come down again after this April 20th marijuana smoke-a-thon in Denver. The "420" marijuana holiday is expected ...

Legal Weed Draws Tourists To Colo., Wash., For 4/20

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 04.15.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming w...

Boulder's Pipefitter Turns 40, Changes With The Times

The Boulder Daily Camera | Alicia Wallace | Posted 04.15.2013 | Denver

On Jan. 29, 1991, Bonnie Dahl thought for certain that her Boulder business and her future were doomed. The co-owner of The Pipefitter on University ...

Denver Mayor Wants Ban On Pot Clubs, Marijuana Moratorium

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.10.2013 | Denver

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, a vocal critic of marijuana legalization in Colorado, advised Denver City Council on Monday to ban marijuana clubs in t...

State Lawmakers Consider Alarmingly High Tax For Legal Weed

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.08.2013 | Denver

Could high taxes on legal weed force Coloradans to buy on the black market? It seems possible as state lawmakers are considering the possibility of ta...

Too Stoned To Drive? Marijuana DUI Bill Passes State House

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.02.2013 | Denver

A bill that sets a legal limit for THC in a motorist's bloodstream passed in the Colorado House on Tuesday. Under House Bill 1114, drivers caught w...

Pro-Weed Lawyer Will NOT Seek 4/20 Event Permit For CU-Boulder

The Boulder Daily Camera | BRITTANY ANAS | Posted 04.02.2013 | Denver

Rob Corry, a Denver attorney who has been a prominent voice for marijuana legalization and the rights of medical marijuana patients, said he and his c...

Marijuana Bars Test Limits Of Legal Weed Laws

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 03.26.2013 | Denver

TACOMA, Wash. — John Connelly leaned forward on his barstool, set his lips against a clear glass pipe and inhaled a white cloud of marijuana vap...

Colorado Farmers Eager To Legally Grow Hemp

The Greeley Tribune | Eric Brown | Posted 03.24.2013 | Denver

LOVELAND -- Mark Daly drove from Wyoming to Loveland and back Thursday with hopes of resurrecting a business he lost about 12 years ago. Like Daly, m...

Legal Weed Faces Uncertain Future In Northern Colorado

The Greeley Tribune | JASON POHL | Posted 05.18.2013 | Denver

Just a few miles separate Windsor's quaint Main Street from Fort Collins' Old Town. The two communities share lifestyles and affluence and often mirro...

City Defends Decision To Restrict Pot Use At Businesses

The Boulder Daily Camera | John Aguilar | Posted 05.14.2013 | Denver

Lafayette has defended its right to put a stop to the consumption of marijuana at The Front Tea & Art Shop in Old Town, claiming its recreational pot ...

CU Will Shut Down Boulder Campus Again On 4/20

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 03.11.2013 | Denver

It looks like one of the the biggest "420" pot parties in Colorado will be shut down again in 2013, despite recreational marijuana having been legaliz...

Boulder Considers Legal Weed Business Moratorium Until 2014

The Boulder Daily Camera | Erica Meltzer | Posted 05.07.2013 | Denver

As Boulder heads toward a possible moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses until 2014, medical dispensaries are hoping the city won't take too...

'Potrepreneurs' Ready To Seize Opportunity In Legal Weed Biz

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 03.06.2013 | Denver

LACEY, Wash. -- Kim Ridgway and her wife, Kimberly Bliss, can well envision the shop they plan to open – where they'll put the accessories, the ...

Vet Faces Jail Time For Using Marijuana As Treatment For PTSD

The Greeley Tribune | Whitney Phillips | Posted 05.03.2013 | Denver

Former U.S. Navy Corpsman Jeremy Usher came home in 2003 from Iraq and Afghanistan to sleepless nights and panic attacks, with vivid flashbacks of com...