Despite the state of the economy, the medical marijuana issue seems to be what has really lit a fire under Colorado senators. Today they passed a bill that would bar doctors from writing recommendations inside medical marijuana dispensaries. It also requires that doctors review a person’s medical history and give them a full exam [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 25, 2010
I came across Jason Lauve’s story in the Boulder Weekly this weekend. It got me thinking about a couple of things. First, is this idea of government by the people. When the citizens of Colorado approved Amendment 20, legalizing medical marijuana, I wonder if the electorate stopped to consider all of the practical implications of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Great Colorado Pot Debate is heating up, and where there’s smoke, well there might just be someone enjoying a big fatty to relieve his serious medical condition. Over the weekend Colorado State Senator Chris Romer wrote an article for the Huffington Post about the state of negotiations taking place between the pot advocates and opponents. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 17, 2010
Who would have thought ten years ago that one day you would be able to walk into a store in a strip mall and pick up some righteous bud? Not me. Makes me wonder if that kid from woodshop class that tried to sell me some when I was a senior in high school has [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
In response to overwhelming boom of medical marijuana dispensaries, Monday night the Denver City Council passed a set of regulations for the new industry. The new regulations require the licensing of medical-marijuana dispensaries, impose 1,000-foot buffers between the shops and schools or child-care facilities, bar on-site marijuana consumption, mandate certain security procedures and prohibit felons from [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 31, 2009
An Arapahoe county judge has told the city of Centennial that it could not shut down a medical marijuana dispensary, disagreeing with the city’s position that it could not use federal law as a pretext to shut down the dispensary. According to an article in the Denver Post: The rationale Centennial used in forcing the dispensary to [...]
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