2 April 2013 Colorado pot accidents spur call for childproof packaging
San Jose Mercury News
In the following two years, when medical marijuana became legal in Colorado and federal officials backed off prosecution, it had 14. Pioneering studies of emergency room charts by Colorado doctors show looser pot laws leading to childhood poisonings, ...
2 April 2013 Audit of Colorado Medical Marijuana Regulator Reveals Waste and ...
Not only did a recent state audit reveal that the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division had failed to effectively regulate and track medical marijuana, but also ...
1 April 2013 Marijuana tourism company launches in Colorado after pot legalization
Kingston Daily Freeman
Because marijuana sales to non-medical-marijuana patients are still illegal for at least a few more months in Colorado, Walker and his business partner, Matt Brown, won't actually be giving pot to tourists. Instead, the men say they will help clients ...
1 April 2013 They should be thrown out
Montrose Daily Press
It comes as no surprise that Colorado's newly created bureaucracy, the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, has proven incompetent, expensive and ineffective. Like most governmental bureaucracies, the MMED has piddled away $1.1 million on a ...
30 March 2013 Maine medical marijuana workers unionize
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) - Employees at Maine's largest medical marijuana dispensary group have unionized, but the head of the company that employs more than 40 people won't say if they'll recognize the union, officials say. The Friday announcement that ...
30 March 2013 Contentions Grow With Mass. Draft Medical Marijuana Regulations
WBUR
BOSTON — Some advocates for the medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts are concerned out-of-state companies will have an edge in opening marijuana dispensaries here, under the draft regulations just issued by the Mass. Department of Public Health ...
29 March 2013 Legislators bummed out with slowness of establishing recreational marijuana ...
The Colorado Statesman
The most recent twist came Tuesday when a state audit documented that the Department of Revenue's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division has not adequately defined the oversight activities it must perform, or determined the resources needed to ...
29 March 2013 Critical Medical Marijuana Audit Could Impact Recreational Oversight
CPR's Check and Balance
Pabon says once the committee has hard numbers, it needs to figure out how to finance enforcement to avoid some of the problems auditors found at the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division. Part of that may depend on voters
29 March 2013 Rant & Rave: Medical Marijuana Enforcement and Letting the Kids Play
5280 The Denver Magazine (blog)
A few years ago, the medical marijuana business arrived in Colorado amid much hand-wringing over how these supposedly shady businesspeople (italics added by MMJ skeptics) might be tempted to skirt the law and cultivate even more backdoor profits from ...
29 March 2013 Mass. takes next step on path to medical marijuana
NECN
Egle is part of the medical marijuana industry, as he calls it, in Colorado, and he says he wants Massachusetts to learn from the mistakes when they implemented the law there. “In Colorado when it first opened up, it was a green rush as they called it ...
29 March 2013 HR gone to pot: Why Tennessee businesses should track marijuana laws
Nashville Business Journal (blog)
State laws allowing the use of medical marijuana — and now recreational use in the cases of Colorado and Washington — are sweeping across the country, presenting a new challenge to employers looking to keep a drug-free workplace. The big question...
29 March 2013 Senate bill paves way for medical marijuana shops
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
The bill sets the framework for establishing and regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada, and it allows for those dispensaries to operate store fronts for registered medical marijuana patients. The hearing comes a week after Segerblom took ...
28 March 2013 Lawmakers to cast votes on marijuana regulations
kdvr.com
Some also took the opportunity to lambast the Department of Revenue for an audit released Tuesday that found the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, which could transition into oversight of all marijuana regulations, had been ineffective and
28 March 2013 California lawmaker looks to Colorado for medical pot guidance while report ...
San Francisco Examiner
State lawmakers looking to reform California's medical marijuana industry point to Colorado, which has a state agency tasked with overseeing the quasi-legal business, as an example to follow. But that state's cannabis-control arm has squandered
28 March 2013 Legislators criticize spending at agency overseeing medical marijuana
Denver Post
State legislators Wednesday sharply criticized the state agency overseeing Colorado's medical-marijuana industry for spending on patio furniture, $1,000 office chairs and a vehicle fleet it didn't need, all at a time it was struggling to fulfill its ...
27 March 2013 Colorado's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division Fails Audit
The Daily Chronic
The emblem of the State of Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division is seen in their offices “The division has not adequately defined the oversight activities it must perform or determined the resources it needs to implement the regulatory ...
27 March 2013 Damien LaGoy, prominent Colorado medical marijuana advocate, dies
Denver Post
A man whose fight with AIDS and Hepatitis C withered his body and made him the public face of medical-marijuana patients in Colorado has died. David "Damien" LaGoy, 53, passed away Saturday, advocates from the group Sensible Colorado announced ...
27 March 2013 Colorado Medical Marijuana System Lacks Oversight, Plagued By Money Woes ...
Huffington Post
DENVER, March 26 (Reuters) - The agency charged with regulating Colorado's medical marijuana industry has not adequately defined its mission, squandered money on capital projects and underreported tax revenues, state auditors said in a scathing report ...
27 March 2013 Auditors Critical Of Colorado's Medical Marijuana Enforcement
KUNC
Colorado's troubled medical marijuana regulation agency is up for a second day of scrutiny Wednesday in the Colorado Legislature. A scathing 89-page report [.pdf] calls the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division “distressed and directionless.”
27 March 2013 Audit Could Lead to Increased Oversight of Medical Cannabis ...
Lawmakers across the country often hold up Colorado's medical marijuana program as a model for the rest of the country, lauding the state's comprehensive set ...
27 March 2013 Burglary at Green Earth, no jokes for THC, and <i>Breaking the ...
Colorado Springs Independent
"I want this town to know what the face of medical marijuana is," she writes, ... the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy., ...
26 March 2013 Audit: Medical pot regulation in trouble in Colorado - Gazette
By KRISTEN WYATT
DENVER — Colorado's medical marijuana regulations are badly enforced and in need of dramatic overhaul, state auditors concluded in a blistering 89-page report released Tuesday. The audit detailed a seemingly directionless pot regulation ...
25 March 2013 Colorado audit: Adequate medical marijuana oversight doesn't exist
Denver Post
The state division that enforces Colorado's regulation of the medical marijuana industry has neither adequately defined its role nor determined what resources it needs, a state audit released Tuesday found. Auditors found that Colorado's often cited ...
25 March 2013 Colorado reviews troubled medical pot enforcers
KKCO-TV
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's medical marijuana regulations are due for a critical look Tuesday from auditors who have been called to investigate why the agency is so troubled. The Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division has had to lay off staff and leave ...
25 March 2013 Robbery at medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado
Examiner.com
At around 9:30am this morning, a Colorado Springs medical marijuana dispensary was the victim of a burglary. The dispensary, named Green Earth Wellness Center, is located at the corner of Glen Eyrie Circle and North 30th Street. Police were on the ...
25 March 2013 Marijuana growers in Colorado face challenges
Washington Post
Sales associate Crystal Guess packages up a patient's order inside a Good Meds medical cannabis center in Lakewood, Colo. The pot industry in Colorado is undergoing a massive makeover as it prepares to begin selling marijuana legally under state law.
24 March 2013 Medical marijuana's unrealized regulatory goals
Denver Post
State statute allows the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division to contract with a laboratory for independent testing to determine whether products contain molds, pesticides or other substances. The division, however, did not address testing in its ...
24 March 2013 Medical marijuana dispensaries: High-tech tracking system unfulfilled
Denver Post
In July 2011, the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division signed a $636,000 contract with a Florida company to build the system using Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, technology. About nine months later, the project was shelved because of ...
24 March 2013 Burglars raid Colorado Springs medical marijuana dispensary, liquor store ...
The Denver Channel
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Springs police say burglars broke into a liquor store and a medical marijuana dispensary Sunday. Frank & Jack's Liquor and Green Earth Wellness Center, a medical marijuana dispensary, are located in the same ...
24 March 2013 24-7 verification of medical marijuana patient status still not ready
Denver Post
One portion of 2010 legislation that tightened regulation of medical marijuana in Colorado was designed to fix that. Nearly three years later, theColorado Department of Public Health and Environment is still working on developing a system that will ...
24 March 2013 Colorado Springs toke show a private affair | springs ... - Gazette
Trichome Health Consultants, a Colorado Springs medical marijuana dispensary, will throw its “All You Can Toke Comedy Show,” a private party on March 31 ...
23 March 2013 Group Forms To Oppose Colorado Marijuana Stores - Cannabis News
Cannabis News – Medical Marijuana, Hemp, Marijuana News, Cannabis ... citizens' group opposed to a large-scale recreational marijuana industry in Colorado ...
22 March 2013 Medical Marijuana Debate Lights Up In Florida
WFSU
“Marijuana helps a lot of people with cancer….depression…a lot of bad things that marijuana can cure. Other drugs have side effects and all that and some ...
21 March 2013 Marijuana Training Program Approved In Colorado
Insurance Journal
A marijuana proposal aimed at training people who work in medical marijuana businesses awaits the governor's pen in Colorado. The Senate voted 23-12 Tuesday to create a “responsible medical marijuana vendor” designation. The optional designation ...
21 March 2013 Feds Ignore Their Own Agency's Findings Around Medical Benefits Of ...
THE Weed Blog
Apparently curing cancer does not fit the definition of “medical.” This is not the first time we have heard claims of the anti-cancer effects ofcannabis.
20 March 2013 Colorado lawmakers question proposed marijuana business rules
Denver Post
A task force that suggested policies for lawmakers recommended the industry be vertically integrated like medical-marijuana businesses — meaning stores would have to grow what they sell. But two lawmakers questioned whether that runs against the ...
20 March 2013 Atlanta cannabis conference focuses on decriminalizing drug laws
Creative Loafing Atlanta
Can Cannabis cure Cancer?: Rebecca Forbes of the American Cannabis Coalition shared her personal experience with medical marijuana and claimed that it ...
20 March 2013 Cannabis Capitalists Aim High With Legal Colorado Weed
Albany Tribune
Last year Colorado saw around $200 million in retail sales in medical marijuana, and many expect this Rocky Mountain state's roughly 500 medical pot dispensaries to get first crack at licenses to operate retail outlets for recreational cannabis once
20 March 2013 Ex-City Council candidate creates controversy
Colorado Springs Independent
... Indy and the Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council, he described his position on marijuana to the Gazette this way: "We need to banmarijuana retail ...
19 March 2013 Bill sets up medical marijuana shops in Nevada
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
Segerblom on Friday will take members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to Phoenix, where they will visit a dispensary and look into how medical marijuana laws work in Arizona. Another bill introduced in the Assembly would exempt medical marijuana ...
19 March 2013 Pot rules remain murky for dispensaries, law ... - The Gazette
That was the pitch the Colorado Springs City Attorney's Office made last week to a medical marijuana grower seeking the return of up to $3 million worth of pot ...
18 March 2013 Colorado MMJ illegal in Kansas, court rules
Westword (blog)
As a resident of Colorado, Cooper lawfully obtained medical marijuana there. Cooper came to Kansas with his medical marijuana and intended to stay here for several weeks visiting family and friends before returning to Colorado. A law enforcement ...
17 March 2013 Marijuana faces an uncertain future in northern Colorado communities
Greeley Tribune
When the Colorado Legislature passed House Bill 1284 and allowed for local control over licensing and banning medical marijuana, it was clear pot was not welcome in Windsor's town limits. After a series of special elections, the industry was virtually ...
16 March 2013 Novartis lung cancer drug gets key FDA designation
Yahoo! New Zealand News
Marijuana may do better with lung diseases. Ngoo Nam • 10 hours ago There had been rumors that smoking marijuana cures lung cancer in the early stages of ...
15 March 2013 Medical marijuana: Colorado's tight regulation sets example for Oregon
OregonLive.com
Colorado allows commercial production of medical marijuana and monitors it at every stage: from large-scale cultivation facilities, to makers of marijuana-infused foods, to the 500 retail outlets where the drug is sold. The seed-to-sale monitoring ...
14 March 2013 SUNRISE: Colorado drought may force water restrictions
Colorado Springs Gazette
Denver Water, Aurora Water and Colorado Springs Utilities are ... The Denver medical examiner identified the body of 53-year-old Gary Sheats on Wednesday.
13 March 2013 Minnesota medical marijuana push to wait until 2014
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
Heather Azzi of Minnesotans for Compassionate Care, a pro-marijuana policy group, said Wednesday that bills to permit marijuana for medicalreasons will be introduced in the next week or two. But Azzi says they won't move through Legislature this year.
13 March 2013 Council approves new pot ordinance | made, colorado ... - The Gazette
By BARBARA COTTER
Council tackles a few recreational pot issues with new law | made, colorado, underscore, recreational, message, council, wants, springs, new, few.... People who have their cards for medical marijuana are allowed to possess up to 2 ounces.
12 March 2013 Colorado Physicians Tend To Not Recommend Medical Marijuana, Agree More ...
Huffington Post
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) says that of the 520 Colorado physicians who were anonymously surveyed, "46 percent did not support physicians recommending medical marijuana." Only 19 percent actually recommended ...
12 March 2013 New legislative group to draft recreational marijuana bills ... - Gazette
Dan Nordberg, R-Colorado Springs, was one of four lawmakers on the task ... Unlike other states that permit medical marijuana, Colorado's industry has not ...
11 March 2013 Hawaii: Medical Marijuana Measures Approved by House
Hawaii: Medical Marijuana Measures Approved by House Two pieces of legislation that would improve Hawaii's medical marijuana program, House Bills 667 ...
10 Feb 2013 More from the Amendment 64 task force
Denver Business Journal (blog)
Here's some additional information on Colorado's Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force's work to establish the rules and regulations for the state's newest industry. The material was trimmed from my story in today's print edition. The task force on Feb.
9 Feb 2013 Minutes For Amendment 64 Marijuana Task Force |
Complete list of minutes for Colorado Amendment 64 Marijuana Task Force.
9 Feb 2013 Marijuana task force backs DUI bill in legislature...
Colorado Springs Gazette
Under existing regulations for medical marijuana, the industry must be vertically integrated, meaning from seed to sale the same people manage the transaction. The establishment is meant to prevent the drug from disappearing for non-medical purposes or
8 Feb 2013 Colorado Marijuana Task Force Endorses Firing Employees For Off-The-Job Pot ...
Huffington Post
Activists hope to create a law permitting marijuana in Colorado and Washington's workplaces. However, like their medical-marijuana predecessors, these measures don't require employers to accommodate marijuana use. In fact, Amendment 64 says it ...
7 Feb 2013 Amendment 64 task force meets to outline plan for recreational ...
DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper's task force on Amendment 64 is meeting Tuesday to continue its work on implementing all of the voter-approved elements ...
6 Feb 2013 Marijuana: Governor's counsel sees alleged Amendment 64 conflicts of interest ...
Westword (blog)
In mid-December, we shared complaints from a marijuana activist about alleged conflicts of interest in regard to one member of the governor's Amendment 64 task force. More recently, the activist raised concerns about another task force member -- and ...
5 Feb 2013 Amendment 64 Task Force - Recommendations Update - Weedist
Colorado's Amendment 64 Task Force submitted some recommendations, including requesting a change in federal banking policy.
4 Feb 2013 Amendment 64 task force continues to draw heat
Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
Back in December, we talked to local marijuana advocate Mark Slaugh about concerns he had with a member of Gov. John Hickenlooper's task force that was created to implement Amendment 64. Tamra Ward, the CEO of business-advocacy group Colorado ...
3 Feb 2013 Amendment 64 public information session on campus
The Scribe
“The governor, shortly after the passage of Amendment 64, formulated the Amendment 64 task force,” Siaugh responded. “This is a group of experts that have come across from all fields and over the spectrum from staunch prohibitionists to advocates and ...
2 Feb 2013 Denver City Council Holds Amendment 64 Task Force Meeting ...
Outspoken Sheriff In High Country Opposes Assault Weapons Ban Outspoken Sheriff In High Country... DeVotchKa Set For Big Concert That Benefits Bonfils ...
1 Feb 2013 Clock Ticking For Denver To Figure Out How To Deal With Amendment 64
CBS Local
DENVER (CBS4) – The city of Denver, like many other communities, is now trying to figure out how to handle the state's new law legalizing marijuana. The city council held its first Amendment 64 Task Force meeting on Tuesday
27 Jan. 2013 Erie, Broomfield move to temporarily ban marijuana-related businesses
The Daily Camera
... week each moved to temporarily ban marijuana-related businesses in the wake of Colorado's Amendment 64. The Erie Board of Trustees approved a moratorium ...
27 Jan. 2013 Erie, Broomfield move to temporarily ban marijuana-related businesses
The Daily Camera
... week each moved to temporarily ban marijuana-related businesses in the wake of Colorado's Amendment 64. The Erie Board of Trustees approved a moratorium ...
26 Jan 2013 Palisade's Temporary Ban For Marijuana Clubs
KREX News Channel 5
Palisade is the only area in the Grand Valley where Medical Marijuana is sold. The town is now following other Western Slope towns, and have put a ban until ...
25 Jan 2013 Denver City Council Holds Amendment 64 Task Force Meeting ...
Outspoken Sheriff In High Country Opposes Assault Weapons Ban Outspoken Sheriff In High Country... DeVotchKa Set For Big Concert That Benefits Bonfils ...
24 Jan 2013 BakerHostetler Attorney Appointed To Amendment 64 Task Force
Law Week Colorado
The task force is charged with developing the regulatory scheme that will govern the implementation of Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana for recreational use in Colorado. The Tax, Civil Law, Funding and Resource Issues working group is one of ...
23 Jan 2013 Clock Ticking For Denver To Figure Out How To Deal With Amendment 64
CBS Local
DENVER (CBS4) – The city of Denver, like many other communities, is now trying to figure out how to handle the state's new law legalizing marijuana. The city council held its first Amendment 64 Task Force meeting on Tuesday.
22 Jan 2013 Marijuana rule-breaking after Amendment 64 not a problem at resorts, says ski ...
Westword (blog)
In a post about the first meeting of the Denver City Council's recreational marijuana committee, chairman Charlie Brown shared anecdotes he's heard about public pot smoking at ski areas since Amendment 64. But a spokeswoman for Colorado's ski industry ...
21 Jan 2013 Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force - Colorado.gov
Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force. Regulatory Framework Working Group. Meeting Notice. Friday, January 18, 2013. 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.. Colorado ...
14 Jan 2013 With passage of Amendment 64, Colorado becomes one of two ...
By Chandler Baker & Keile Kropf, staff writers Following last fall's election as many Americans celebrated Barack Obama's re-election, Coloradomade history in ...
13 Jan 2013 Activist on launch of A64 Shadow Task Force
Westword (blog)
On the day Governor John Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64, he also announced the formation of a task force intended to make recommendations about the measure's implementation. Since then, some observers have complained about the task force's ...
12 Jan 2013 Colorado, K9 Alerts And Amendment 64: What's The Point ...
Scott Alexander Meiner | 1.9.2013 In light of Amendment 64-s language legalizing possession of small quantities of marijuana, Coloradans ponder the...
10 Jan 2013 Weighing the benefits, dangers of marijuana
Colorado Springs Gazette
In the years he has prescribed it at his practice, Reimers has seen marijuana work wonders for many who have failed to respond well to pharmaceutical therapies. “Its medical effects are fantastic,” said Reimers, a Colorado Springs urologist. “It ...
9 Jan 2013 Pioneers in 'Green Rush' can face difficult legal road
Colorado Springs Gazette
Since Kappelmann's acquittal last June, however, a half-dozen medical marijuana defendants have taken their fight to trial and won, said Colorado Springs defense attorney Clifton Black, who argues the message from juries is clear: that regulatory ...
8 Jan 2012 Colorado's First Marijuana Den Shut Down in Landlord Dispute ...
News & Information about Medical Marijuana Laws .... Denver Post: “The first recreational pot den to open in Colorado has already closed its doors, after a ...
8 Jan 2012 Woman robbed of medical marijuana - Colorado Springs Gazette
Woman robbed of medical marijuana | marijuana, police, east, bag, woman, robbed, told, bought, facility, ran.
7 Jan 2012 Acquitted Medical Marijuana Grower to Police: Return My Plants or Pay $3.3 ...
The Daily Chronic
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — A medical marijuana grower who was acquitted on drug cultivation charges in December wants the Colorado Springs police department to return the plants they seized in a March 2012 raid, or reimburse her over $3.3 million in ...
6 Jan 2012 Colorado laws a starting point for regulating marijuana
Yakima Herald-Republic (press release)
Washington's new marijuana law, approved by voters in November, creates a market for social use — vastly bigger than the medical marijuana market regulated in Colorado. There is nothing like it anywhere. In Colorado, regulators had to broker a shotgun ...
5 Jan 2012 Colorado gets ready for newly legal marijuana
Daily Caller
This seed-to-sale system — every step of which is subject to inspection by state agents — ensures the marijuana sold in the state's several hundred dispensaries
4 Jan 2012 Bad Business Practice: Rush to Open 1st Colorado Marijuana Club ...
Image of Medical Marijuana in Colorado. Well that was fast. The first Colorado business targeting recreational marijuana users has already closed, thanks to an ...
3 Jan 2012 Three public Springs meetings in January on ... - Second Reading
Possession of up to an ounce of marijuana and up to six marijuana plants is already legal. ... WHO: Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council. Posted in: ...
2 Jan 2012 THC University: Passage Of Colorado's Amendment 64 Spawns Marijuana ...
Huffington Post
THC University is the first of its kind in Colorado but other marijuana industry training programs have sprouted up in states like California where medical marijuana is legal, the most well-known being Oaksterdam which was raided by federal agents in ...
1 Jan 2012 Medical Marijuana caregiver gets federal sentence
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
Schmidt was charged after a May 2011 raid of his medical marijuana business. During the search of Sleeping Giant Caregivers, law enforcement officers seized 289 marijuana plants, marijuana ready for distribution, assorted edible products containing ...
31 Dec 2012 Year in review: A look back at 2012 in the Pikes Peak region
Colorado Springs Gazette
Mayor Steve Bach has brought a new look to Colorado Springs government. .... which legalizes marijuana possession and sales for recreational use
26 Dec 2012 El Paso County Moves to Undermine Amendment 64 | The Colorado ...
El Paso County Commissioners took the first step in bucking Amendment 64 this week. With the exception of Commissioner Peggy Littleton, the board gave the ...
25 Dec 2012 Lathen says Amendment 64 campaign was 'deceptive' - City Desk ...
Amendment 64, which Colorado voters approved in November, decriminalizes the consumption
24 Dec 2012 Older men are usually top marijuana users - The Milford Daily News
The four states that report medical marijuana data by age found users tend to be older. The average age of a medical marijuana patient in Colorado is 41; ...
23 Dec 2012 Colorado Set To Amend Medical Marijuana Business Rules | Hail ...
Colorado's MMED is set to rewrite the medical marijuana business rules. Medical marijuana business owners continue to operate with uncertainty concerning ...
22 Dec 2012 In Colorado Getting Down to Business of Marijuana - Medical ...
Six weeks after voters made Colorado one of two states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, a task force started to determine how the state will regulate ...
21 Dec 2012 OUR VIEW: Leave marijuana regulation to states (poll - Colorado ...
The memo led entrepreneurs and investors to open hundreds of medical marijuana stores in Colorado. Two short years later, in April of 2011, Colorado U.S. ...
20 Dec 2012 El Paso County forges ahead on pot ban
Colorado Springs Gazette
So far, only two other governments — Douglas County and Parker — have banned retail marijuana operations, according to a recent presentation from the Colorado Springs City Attorney's Office. Colorado Springs is taking a wait-and-see ... “When we were ...
19 Dec 2012 What Legal Marijuana Means For Colorado: Common Questions And Answers ...
Huffington Post
The administration has cracked down aggressively on the medical marijuana industry in states like California and Colorado, despite its legality in those states. A majority of Americans want the Department of Justice to leave pot smokers alone in the ...
18 Dec 2012 In Colorado, Getting Down to Business of Marijuana
New York Times
Christian Sederberg, a Denver lawyer who is on the task force and whose law firm helped draft Amendment 64, said he thought Colorado was well positioned to settle on new regulations, given that medical marijuana was already legal here. Still, Mr.
17 Dec 2012 Man sues Larimer sheriff over destroyed medical marijuana plants after acquittal
The Coloradoan
Kaleb Young, 34, had been growing the plants in a Wellington home in compliance with Colorado's medical marijuana laws and during a warrant search in September 2010 had shown deputies paperwork authorizing him to do so, according to the lawsuit.
16 Dec 2012 Mixed reaction greets Obama's remarks on legal marijuana
Colorado Springs Gazette
“Awesome,” said an employee at one of Colorado Springs' medical marijuana dispensaries. The Colorado Springs Police Department and El Paso County Sheriff's office were a little more subdued. “Now that possession of less than an ounce is legal, as well ...
15 Dec 2012 Colorado pot legalization: 30 questions (and answers)
Denver Post
19, 2012 photo, seedling marijuana plants are displayed for sale for those who posses a medical marijuana card, inside a dispensary in the small Rocky Mountain town of Nederland, Colorado. (Brennan Linsley, Associated Press). marijuana to another adult.
14 Dec 2012 Medical marijuana faces tough road in Minnesota | Minnesota Public ...
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes, and Colorado and Washington recently legalized marijuana ...
13 Dec 2012 Pot shops hit with calls since Monday
Colorado Springs Gazette
Luke Bonow, co-owner of Altitude Organic Medicine south of downtown Colorado Springs, said people have been seeking marijuana for recreational use. “There were more right after the election,” he said. “They'd come in and say, 'We're here to buy some ...
12 Dec 2012 Colorado Medical Marijuana Industry Braces for Changes as MMED ...
Medical cannabis businesses in Colorado will have to adjust to significant changes yet again as the state prepares to rewrite rules governing dispensaries, ...
11 Dec 2012 Will medical marijuana facilities go extinct?
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
When recreational marijuana does become available, Fodge thinks pot tourism will draw smokers to Colorado similar to Amsterdam. However, with increased availability, he believes the quality of product will likely decline. He plans to separate the ...
10 Dec 2012 Marijuana legalized with Hickenlooper's proclamation
Colorado Springs Gazette
The region has had a burgeoning medical marijuana industry since 2010 after the state and local governments eased regulations. The move Monday made it legal for any adult to possess small ... Colorado Springs is studying the issue and an El Paso County ...
9 Dec 2012 Czech lower house approves medical marijuana
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
PRAGUE (AP) - The lower house of Parliament has approved legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment. ... Medical marijuana use is legal in a number of European countries and parts of the United States.
8 Dec 2012 If medical marijuana bill passes, what can Illinois expect? - RedEye
... of Columbia in permitting medical marijuana use while Colorado and Washington ventured even further, legalizing the psychoactive herb for recreation .
7 Dec 2012 Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division releases proposed MMJ biz rule changes
Westword (blog)
The Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division has released the set of rules personnel hope to change over the next year in order to streamline the state medical marijuana industry. See the full document below. The seven page list, issued late yesterday, ...
6 Dec 2012 CBS News Poll Finds 59% of Americans Favor States Handle Marijuana – Not Feds...
eNews Park Forest
Last month, voters Washington State and Colorado decisively adopted ballot initiatives to legalize and regulate marijuana under state law for recreational use for people age 21 and older. ... All marijuana – medical or not – remains illegal under ...
5 Dec 2012 Arizona judge upholds medical marijuana law
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
PHOENIX (AP) - A judge has ruled that Arizona's medical marijuana law is constitutional and that federal drug laws don't stand in the way of public officials implementing the state law. Judge Michael Gordon of Maricopa County Superior Court says ...
3 Dec 2012 No medical marijuana moratorium yet for ... - The Aspen Times
The trustees directed the staff to include language to prevent medical marijuana centers from trying to convert to “retail” marijuana outlets. Colorado voters on ...
2 Dec 2012 Mad Men and Marijuana Pot investors
The Seattle Times
Two Seattle-based Yale MBAs emerge as the button-down straight men on the business frontier of marijuana, as legalization in Washington and Colorado turbocharged pot into a mainstream business opportunity. By Jonathan Martin. Seattle Times ... "Now ...
1 Dec 2012 Colorado deputy AG says his office will defend Amendemtn 64 - Pot vote
Our Colorado News
Medical marijuana is currently legal in 19 states as well as in Washington, D.C. According to Blake, U.S. Attorney John Walsh has only engaged in enforcement against Colorado dispensaries if they are violating the drug-free school zone laws. Walsh has ...
30 Nov 2012 Is Your Company's Drug Policy Going to Pot?
PayScale (blog)
During the 2012 election, voters in Colorado and Washington were faced with an interesting decision: Should recreational marijuana use be legal? Many states continue to legalize medical marijuana, while others are considering similar measures for ...
29 Nov 2012 Laws cannot stop marijuana use - Colorado Springs Gazette
City officials pondered local prohibition of medical marijuana but decided against it. City and ... Stacy Moore · Top Commenter · Colorado Springs, Colorado ...
28 Nov 2012 Will the Feds Crack Down on Pot or Look the Other Way?
Businessweek
Currently 18 states and Washington, D.C., allow the sale and use of medical marijuana. Now that Washington and Colorado have approved its recreational use, others likely will follow. Half of Americans support legalization, says Gallup, and the ...
27 Nov 2012 MMED launches redundant caregiver registry
Westword (blog)
After a long delay, the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division has begun implementing a private caregiver registry -- despite caregivers being handled by a separate government agency. State law crafted in response 2010's House Bill 1284 requires ...
26 Nov 2012 Petition would protect Colorado pot law - The Denver Post
Colorado has had legalization of medical marijuana on the books since 2000, but the industry started thriving only in the past few years in part because the ...
25 Nov 2012 OUR VIEW: Laws cannot stop marijuana use Amendment 64
Colorado Springs Gazette
Legalization passed by 10 votes in El Paso County, and we can say with near certainty that analysis of precincts within Colorado Springs will show relatively strong support. Conservatives have a long history of supporting ...
24 Nov 2012 The Bu$ine$$ Of Medical Marijuana
The National Cannabis Industry Association reports that the medical marijuana industry in 10 Colorado cities generated more than $10 million for government ...
23 Nov 2012 Marijuana in Colorado: Legalized but Regulated
In enacting regulations, DOR is expected to look to Colorado's already existing rules on medical marijuana dispensaries. The medical marijuana regulatory ...
22 Nov 2012 Washington and Colorado Voters High on Marijuana, But Will the ...
Massachusetts's voters approved medical marijuana, and Arkansas simultaneously rejected a similar proposition. Washington and Colorado now face major ...
21 Nov 2012 Colorado writing the book on regulating medical marijuana - Local ...
Colorado's system for regulating medical marijuana dispensaries offers a model to states like Washington. But it's unclear if the federal government will stand by ...
20 Nov 2012 Medical marijuana businesses thrive under Colorado's ...
From cameras to electricity bills to heating and cooling, the high cost of running a medical marijuana business weeds out a lot of Colorado entrepreneurs who ...
19 Nov 2012 Viewpoint: Marijuana, Market Forces and Why Colorado's New Pot Law Could ...
TIME
Colorado has made the possession of marijuana legal, but hasn't figured out much else. Looking at it from a classical economics perspective, the legitimization of marijuana raises the issue of what happens to the demand, quality, supply and price of a ...
18 Nov 2012 Hickenlooper asks again for federal pot response - Colorado ...
DENVER — Colorado officials asked again Wednesday for a federal ... has also turned a blind eye to many medical marijuana users and sellers. .... Gazette, how do we get in touch with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder so that us individuals can send him our opinions? ... Mike Sullivan · Colorado Springs, Colorado ...
17 Nov 2012 New medical marijuana initiatives haven't convinced insurers
Washington Post
Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration denied a request to reclassify the drug, following an evaluation by the Department of Health and Human Services. Proponents of medical marijuana argue that research shows marijuana to be effective or show ...
16 Nov 2012 2 medical marijuana bills head to Iowa Legislature
San Francisco Chronicle
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bills that would decriminalize marijuana and approve its medical use may be headed for the Iowa Legislature after voters in Colorado and Washington decided that adults should be allowed to possess small amounts of taxed and ...
15 Nov 2012 Opponents of Colorado Legalization Selling "First to Legalize" Merch
Huffington Post (blog)
I'm still working of fixing our problems with bad medical marijuana case law that came about BECAUSE A20 was written so poorly 12 years ago and now have to work on dealing with the FACT that Colorado nor Washington state have actually LEGALIZED in ...
14 Nov 2012 Pot of gold: Medical marijuana law seeds industry in Massachusetts
MassLive.com
Meanwhile in Colorado, there were more than 400 dispensaries in operation last year. But dispensaries represent just one potential business opportunity. Those directly growing and selling medical marijuana will need legal advice, and one law firm with ...
13 Nov 2012 Loveland voters favored legal pot
ReporterHerald.com
Despite saying "no" to medical marijuana two years ago, Loveland voters joined others statewide in turning out in favor of the broader state constitutional amendment legalizing possession, use and sale of marijuana. A vote breakdown by Larimer County ...
12 Nov 2012 Colorado's Amendment 64 passed, so now what?
Rocky Mountain Collegian
Many citizens in Colorado may be asking themselves “now what?” after voters in Colorado passed Amendment 64 Tuesday night. The amendment, which will be signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper within the next 30 days, legalizes the possession, use ...
11 Nov 2012 Colorado just legalized pot. Now what?
USA TODAY
Q. Will the federal government stop Colorado from legalizing marijuana? A. That's unclear. Law enforcers say it's possible; marijuana supporters say it's unlikely. Denver lawyer Sean McAllister, who helped frame the Amendment 64 language, said the ...
11 Nov 2012 Passage of Amendment 64 brings more questions than answers
Colorado Springs Gazette
“Millions of dollars will be spent litigating this poorly crafted, poorly thought out, poorly designed ballot initiative,” predicted Senate Majority Leader John Morse, D-Colorado Springs. He was speaking of Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana ...
11 Nov 2012 Amendment 64's Brian Vicente on how act might be challenged ...
Westword (blog)
Vicente characterizes the amendment's approval, by a roughly 53-47 percent margin, as "a very meaningful victory for the people of Colorado. They've taken a positive step forward in establishing a smart marijuana policy in the state. They really ...
10 Nov 2012 With Marijuana Legalized, Colorado Enters Into Drug-Policy Uncharted Territory
Huffington Post
Betty Aldworth, center, a director of the Yes on 64 campaign responds to questions about the legalization of marijuana at a news conference at Civic Center Park in Denver on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Co-directors Brian Vicente, left, and Mason Tvert ...
9 Nov 2012 Amendment 64: Attorney General/marijuana critic John Suthers would defend it ...
Westword (blog)
None other than Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, arguably the most vocal critic of marijuana-policy liberalization among major Colorado officials. "The Office of the Attorney General will defend Amendment 64, as we do all Colorado laws," notes ...
8 Nov 2012 Amendment 64 Opponents Speak Out On Legal Weed: Hickenlooper Says 'Don't ...
Huffington Post
Colorado's Amendment 64 -- which won with 54 percent of the vote in favor, 46 percent opposed -- had vocal opponents during the run up to the election and many of those are sounding off in the wake of the unprecedented passage of the marijuana ...
7 Nov 2012 Hickenlooper reaching out to feds on Colorado marijuana legalization
ReporterHerald.com
Brian Vicente speaks during a news conference for Amendment 64 on Wednesday. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post). Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday he is trying to speak with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about how the federal ...
6 Nov 2012 Colorado makes history! legalizes marijuana with the passing of Amendment 64!
Rocky Mountain Collegian
Shouts erupted from Fort Collins resident Brie Hawley's table at Avogadro's Number Tuesday night as the results of Amendment 64's passing made history. With this legislation, marijuana will now be legalized and regulated in Colorado similar to alcohol ...
6 Nov 2012 Use and regulation of marijuana to be addressed by Colorado Amendment 64
University of Northern Colorado The Mirror
This Election Day, candidates and amendments will pass the final test: the American people. Along with the national and local elections, Colorado will vote on Amendment 64 – use and regulation of marijuana. In short, the Colorado Ballot Initiative says ...
5 Nov 2012 City of Steamboat Springs plans ahead for potential Amendment 64 passage
Steamboat Pilot & Today
He said the moratorium would allow the council and Steamboat residents to take time to consider what they want for their community should the amendment to the Colorado constitution pass. “This is all a big if — if Amendment 64 passes,” Rae said.
4 Nov 2012 Amendment 64 Colorado Top 5 Most Important Ballot Issues for Civil Liberties
PolicyMic
The focus during this election has primarily been on whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will win the presidential election. However, there are 176 state-wide ballot initiatives in 38
3 Nov 2012 Marijuana: Economic stimulant, or just a can of worms?
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Amendment 64 could transform the business, legal and economic environment in Colorado — changing marijuana into a cash crop worth millions. Or it could create a regulatory and legal nightmare for state and local governments, while bringing the wrath ...
2 Nov 2012 Can Colorado create a legal market for marijuana?
Washington Post (blog)
Back in 1932, Colorado voters took to the polls and approved Amendment 7, a bill that legalized alcohol consumption and ended prohibition. Now, 80 years later, the state is weighing Amendment 64, a voter proposition that would similarly legalize marijuana.
1 Nov 2012 Pot shop regulations hazy if Amendment 64 passes in Colorado
Denver Post
The subtitle for Amendment 64 in the Colorado voter guide is "Use and Regulation of Marijuana." While the use side is clear — the amendment legalizes marijuana use and possession of up to an ounce for people over 21 — the regulation half is more murky
30 Oct 2012 Local business owners ponder implications of Amendment 64
Aspen Times
Colorado's Amendment 64 could be a game changer for those in the business of selling medical ENLARGE. Colorado's Amendment 64 could be a game changer for those in the business of selling medical marijuana in Aspen and around the state. AP file ...
29 Oct 2012 Colorado medical-marijuana advocates ponder Amendment 64's impact
Denver Post
It has been 12 years since Colorado voters endorsed a big change in marijuana laws by passing a medical-marijuana initiative in 2000. But now that Colorado voters are considering Amendment 64, another big change in marijuana laws, some ...
28 Oct 2012 Colorado's Marijuana history; Keeping the Gold at home…
The Mountain -Ear
The medical marijuana issue is no different. As the elections draw near, some players in Colorado's Marijuana politics are preparing for a final move in a 'chess game' where Colorado's citizens have already lost a great deal, and outside interests are ...
27 Oct 2012 Colorado revenue boost from marijuana legalization uncertain
Denver Post
A report this year by the National Cannabis Industry Association, a trade group for medical-marijuana dispensaries, found that dispensaries in 10 cities in Colorado in 2011 paid about $10 million in state and local sales tax. Carnegie Mellon professor ...
26 Oct 2012 Businessmen Bank on Marijuana as Colorado's Green Rush Approaches in the ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Businessmen Bank on Marijuana as Colorado's Green Rush Approaches in the Medical Marijuana Industry with Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP) Leading the Charge. Published: October 25, 2012. 2012-10-25T20:44:24Z. Hemp, Inc. Tweet · 0 Comments E-mail Print ...
25 Oct 2012 Newsweek Magazine Cover Spurs 'Green Rush' in Colorado for the Medical ...
PR Web (press release)
According to the article in Newsweek magazine, "If current polls hold, voters in Washington State and Colorado will vote to legalize marijuana..." Red Dice Holdings President and Managing Director of Dixie Elixirs, Tripp Keber presented their state-of ...
24 Oct 2012 States consider moving beyond medical marijuana
USA TODAY
2012 - Now that medical marijuana is permitted in about one-third of the nation, advocates hope to move beyond therapeutic uses with ballot questions in three states that could legalize pot for recreational use. Voters in Colorado, Washington state and ...
23 Oct 2012 Marijuana 'Green Rush' Not As Sheltered From Federal Prosecution ...
ThinkProgress
... success of Colorado's medical marijuana industry, dubbed the “green rush. ... But at the local level, Boulder DA Stan Garnett tells 60 Minutes that you ...
22 Oct 2012 Medical marijuana: Will Colorado's "green rush" last?
Washington Post
Medical marijuana: Will Colorado's "green rush" last? Medical marijuana: Will Colorado's 'green rush' last? Personal Post · Email · Tumblr · Reddit · Stumbleupon · Digg · Delicious. Oct. 22, 2012. Denver, Colo., has more medical pot dispensaries than ...
21 Oct 2012 Medical Marijuana: Will Colorado's "green rush" last?
CBS News
When people go to the polls two weeks from now they won't just be voting for candidates, in some states, they'll be passing judgment on social issues. In Oregon, Washington and the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado it's the legalization of marijuana ...
20 Oct 2012 Medical marijuana: Is it working?
Morning Sentinel
Gradual changes to state law in the past three years have deregulated medical marijuana to the point that there is no way to know how many people are using it, how many doctors are certifying patients for it, and whether the number of users is growing ...
19 Oct 2012 Boulder council gives initial approval to medical marijuana rule ...
Changes to Boulder s medical marijuana regulations -- including an increase in licensing fees, limits on advertising and new rules for manufacturers of infused ...
18 Oct 2012 Medical marijuana and meat: USDA targets edibles
Examiner.com
As a result, personnel of Colorado's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division have begun to remove the aforementioned products though they have refused to comment on the details of their rationale and investigation. Part of the duty of the USDA is to ...
17 Oct 2012 Tony Ryan, Former Denver Cop: 'Regulating Marijuana Will Allow Law ...
Huffington Post
That's the theme of the second ad from the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol camp: that marijuana does not lead to violent crime and that by allowing law enforcement to stop focusing on pot busts and instead freeing up their resources to be ...
17 Oct 2012 Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division e-mail snafu causes backup in MMJ ...
Westword (blog)
Colorado law requires that all deliveries to and from dispensaries and grow houses be registered with the Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division. The logic behind this rule? If a grower headed for a dispensary is pulled over while transporting ...
16 Oct 2012 Medical Marijuana Advocates To Appeals Court: Drug Enforcement ...
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- The Drug Enforcement Administration "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in denying a petition to reclassify cannabis as a less harmful substance, a lawyer for medical marijuana advocates told a federal appeals court on Tuesday. Arguing ...
16 Oct 2012 Medical marijuana advocates want drug reclassified
The Associated Press
Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration rejected a petition by medical marijuana advocates to change the classification, which kept marijuana in the same category as drugs such as heroin.
16 Oct 2012 Marijuana backers courting conservatives - Colorado Springs Gazette
By KRISTEN WYATT
Most Republicans still oppose legalization. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney vows to enforce federal law. When Ryan told a Colorado Springs TV station in September that medical marijuana was "up to Coloradans to decide," his campaign ...
16 Oct 2012 Voting to legalize marijuana
NBCNews.com
Voters in three states will decide next month on whether to become the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use and doing so would put Colorado, Washington and Oregon in direct conflict with the federal law. ... all the hysteria works in ...
15 Oct 2012 MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Conviction for G3 Holistic co-founder
Press-Enterprise
A 2009 Department of Justice memo said federal law enforcement would not be used “on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.”
15 Oct 2012 Kentucky's 2013 Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Memorial Act
State-Journal.com
The states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia, have removed state-level
15 Oct 2012 Boulder council considers updates to medical marijuana rules ...
A fifth of the marijuana-growing operations in Boulder provide product to out-of- town dispensaries and don t generate sales tax revenue for the city.
15 Oct 2012 Marijuana Ballot Initiatives in Other States May Impact Hawaii
Hawaii Reporter
Recreational Marijuana. Hawaii voters should also keep an eye on potentially trend-setting ballots in Colorado, Oregon and Washington State where marijuana is currently legal for medical purposes. Now, in all three states, propositions to legalize and ...
14 Oct 2012 Medical pot law poses challenge for Maine police
Seacoastonline.com
"There is a constant tension between the medical marijuana program and the ability for law enforcement to regulate criminal activity," said Ken Albert, director of the Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services, which manages the Maine Medical Use ...
14 Oct 2012 Oakland Sues Obama Administration over Loss of Tax Revenue Due to Medical ...
AllGov
Oakland also claims that without a legal source of marijuana, many users with resort to illegal sources, which will lead to an increase in crime and the need for increased law enforcement expenses. In addition to depriving the city and county of much ...
13 Oct 2012 PTSD sufferers should keep access to medical cannabis
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
New Mexico's decision to allow post-traumatic stress disorder as a condition that can be treated with medical marijuana is helping sufferers across the state cope with their symptoms. Some 3,300 patients are taking advantage of that access, using ...
13 Oct 2012 Cannabis catch-22: PTSD patients could be dropped from state's medical program
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Critics of medical cannabis often cite the lack of scientific research as a reason to prohibit patients with PTSD from accessing that treatment. Colorado and Arizona's health departments have denied
12 Oct 2012 Medical marijuana case going before court
Press Herald
Based in Oakland, Calif., home for the nation's medical marijuana movement, Americans for Safe Access is challenging the Drug Enforcement Administration's continued classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug. Schedule I drugs,
12 Oct 2012 Marijuana: If it's legal, how can you still get arrested?
Washington Times
In California and Montana, the federal government has forced numerous medical marijuana dispensaries to close and has prosecuted growers, users and distributors. In Colorado, the Department of Justice has forced at least 23 medical marijuana ...
12 Oct 2012 Amendment 64: What does it mean for you, for Colorado?
ReporterHerald.com
Amendment 64 does not change existing state medical marijuana laws, which allow licensed Colorado residents to use medical marijuana.
12 Oct 2012 Court To Review Marijuana's Medical Benefits
Huffington Post
Drug Enforcement Administration, the court will be presented with scientific evidence regarding the medicinal effects of marijuana, and is expected to rule on whether or not the Drug Enforcement
11 Oct 2012 Marijuana sales get higher in Springs in September - City Desk ...
The city of Colorado Springs' sales tax collections from medical marijuana businesses totaled a record high of 2132 in September, an increase of 51.7 percent ...
11 Oct 2012 Medical Marijuana sales tax collections in Colorado Springs jump to record 'high'...
By BILL RADFORD
THE GAZETTE. Colorado Springs sales tax collections jumped 8.95 percent in September from a year earlier, the largest year-over-year gain since March, the city reported Thursday. The September collections, totaling $10.56 million, reflect purchases made in August. The September ... Medical marijuana: Sales tax collections on medical marijuana businesses in September soared 51.65 percent from a year earlier to a record $112,132, the fourth record set this year
11 Oct 2012 Seven Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Shut Down By Police Operation
Gazette Newspapers
Law enforcement officials arrested more than 40 individuals for owning or operating a marijuana dispensary. Officials said that each of these businesses will be forwarded to the Business Licensing Section for review. Three of the seven locations were ...
11 Oct 2012 Seven Long Beach medical marijuana sites raided by police, DEA
Long Beach Press-Telegram
LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Police Department and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency raided seven medical marijuana dispensary sites Wednesday afternoon, making more than 40 arrests, according to police.
11 Oct 2012 City Fights for Marijuana Dispensary
Wall Street Journal
This Northern California city is fighting to protect its biggest medical-marijuana dispensary—which generates more than a $1 million in local tax revenue annually—from a federal crackdown on pot shops. Oakland sued ... Oakland's lawsuit, filed in U.S ...
11 Oct 2012 Trustees deny medical marijuana business permit
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Following a heated debate, the town trustees on Tuesday voted 4-3 to deny an application by CMED owner Michael Weisser to operate his medical marijuana center here. CMED has been in operation for more than two years at ...
10 Oct 2012 Judge upholds Kent's ban on medical marijuana collective gardens
Kent Reporter
Steve Sarich, a medical marijuana supporter who filed the lawsuit against the city in June in an effort to prohibit the city from enforcing its ban on collective gardens, said he also expected the ruling. "We were disappointed but not surprised," said ...
10 Oct 2012 Medical marijuana patient numbers climb back over 100k in July
Westword (blog)
New data released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows that in July, the number of medical marijuana patients in this state finally climbed back over the 100,000 mark. That's the first time this has happened since September ...
9 Oct 2012 Amendment 64 Colorado Marijuana - Up In Smoke
Wet Mountain Tribune
Proponents of Ballot Amendment 64, which would amend Colorado's constitution to allow the recreational sale, use and possession of marijuana, make some compelling arguments: the measure could create as much as $20 million or more in additional tax
9 Oct 2012 Council, commissioners oppose marijuana amendment
Colorado Springs Gazette
Calling Amendment 64 “a bastardization of the Colorado Constitution, the council voted 5-1, with council President Pro Tem Jan Martin opposed and City Councilman Tim Leigh refusing to vote on the matter. “I wasn't afraid of medical marijuana ...
9 Oct 2012 Colorado's medical marijuana patients increase
Latest statistics from Colorado show that the number of medical marijuana patients in the state has increased to 101,220 in July. That's a huge difference from ...
9 Oct 2012 Amendment 64 Colorado - Legalizing marijuana not good for us
The Coloradoan
Under the current law, medical marijuana card carriers can possess up to 2 ounces of marijuana (120 marijuana cigarettes). According to a story in the Denver Post, “Colorado patients, caregivers and dispensaries all have diverted medical marijuana
8 Oct 2012 Medical marijuana advocates hope lawsuit relaxes US drugs policy
The Guardian
Four states have filed petitions to reschedule the drug, including Washington, Rhode Island, Vermont and Colorado. The drug remains illegal under federal law, although medical marijuana is legal in 17 states. Government authorities have re-enforced the ...
8 Oct 2012 After Connecticut Legalizes Medical Marijuana, Now What?
Litchfield County Times
While he believes in the market, “our hope is that medical marijuana would be priced to cost,” Rubenstein said, adding that “black market prices are generally higher than competitive prices.” ... “Colorado licenses about 300 producers. Connecticut will ...
7 Oct 2012 Marijuana at a tipping point
HeraldNet
Cotton candy infused with THC is available as an edible alternative to traditional smoking of marijuana at the Medical Marijuana Patients Network in Mukilteo. Leftover marijuana on a scale at the Medical Marijuana Patients ... Slack, who has worked for ...
7 Oct 2012 Workplace Drug Use Policies and Colorado's Medical Marijuana Law
How should Colorado employers deal with employees who are bona fide medical marijuana users? • Do employees risk losing their jobs by using medical ...
6 Oct 2012 Marijuana cures Cancer - scientists
They did find out that Marijuana cures cancer. Moreover, there are space restrictions in the title that would make "Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In ...
6 Oct 2012 Medical Marijuana Privacy
UpperMichigansSource.com
The Medical Marijuana Act allows patients who meet qualifications to grow up to 12 plants at a time. The rules also allow a caregiver to have five patients and grow 12 plants for each. According to the Daily Press, local law enforcement expressed ...
6 Oct 2012 Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division cuts out middle man in legal cannabis ...
Westword (blog)
Because if we've learned one thing over the past several years in Colorado, it's that medical marijuana doesn't work like any other industry, for no reason whatsoever. That's why. An interesting back-and-forth was posted September 20 on the state ...
5 Oct 2012 Guest opinion: The real world impacts of marijuana prohibition
Daily Camera
In contrast, regulation has worked in Colorado. The Center for Disease Control recently released a study saying that since the regulated medical marijuana dispensaries came into existence in 2009, teen marijuana use in Colorado has gone down -- not up.
5 Oct 2012 Medical Marijuana Banned From All Section 8 Housing
WABI
Augusta - Mainers who receive the section 8 housing subsidy, and are also legally participating in Maine's medical marijuana program, will have to stop one or the other soon. This after the Maine State Housing Authority board voted 4-3 last night to ...
5 Oct 2012 Amendment 64 Could Threaten Colorado Medical Marijuana Paradise
The fate of Amendment 64 passing in Colorado has an unlikely bunch of people very nervous: owners of the state's medical marijuana dispensaries.
4 Oct 2012 2012 National Marijuana Business Conference List Of Speakers
THE Weed Blog
He co-authored most of the medical marijuana laws currently on the books in 16 ..... technology for the Rocky Mountain News and the Colorado Springs Gazette ...
3 Oct 2012 Ore. pot measure struggles as Wash., Colo. thrive
The Spokesman Review
The owner of this medical cannabis “resource center” in Eugene faces felony charges after police raided his business and two residential properties he owns while investigating allegations of illegal pot dealing and money laundering. (Full-size photo ...
3 Oct 2012 MEDICAL MARIJUANA: What's a business person to do?
Press-Enterprise (blog)
State law allows medical marijuana cooperatives. But cities and counties use zoning ... And the Drug Enforcement Administration periodically shuts down dispensaries, saying pot clearly is illegal under federal law, period. So while lawmakers, lawyers ...
2 Oct 2012 No, Mitt Romney will not legalize pot
Washington Post (blog)
Romney also was hazy about the future of Colorado's medical marijuana industry, which reaps more than $5 million a year in state sales taxes, saying his administration would enforce federal drug laws, that prohibit marijuana for any use. “I oppose ...
2 Oct 2012 In the weeds: Fed response to Colorado vote to legalize marijuana tough to predict
The Colorado Independent
While no one can say what the feds will do if 64 passes, they have not completely looked the other way on medical marijuana. In Colorado, the Department of Justice has forced at least 23 medical marijuana dispensaries to close or to move at least 1000 ...
1 Oct 2012 Milestone medical marijuana case goes to court
Times-Standard
Drug Enforcement Administration. ”Medical marijuana patients are finally getting their day in court,” said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access, the country's leading medical marijuana advocacy group. ”What's at stake in this case ...
30 Sept 2012 Other Views: Clear up laws on medical marijuana
Monterey County Herald
Late last year, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. affirmed the Obama administration's long-standing policy of taking a hands-off approach to states that had legalized medical marijuana, saying federal resources wouldn't be expended on ...
30 Sept 2012 Police Chiefs, Drug Investigators Say Medical Marijuana Is Out Of Control
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado's medical marijuana industry has come under fire as the state's police chiefs rip the regulations in place and say the situation is out of control. They say laws can be broken daily and the situation is making Colorado a ...
29 Sept 2012 Possible cure for cancer, aggressive types, found in weed
In an ironic twist of fate, a couple researchers in California found a possible cure for aggressive cancers and it's a non-toxic chemical found only in cannabis (aka ...
29 Sept 2012 Medical Marijuana Raids Plaguing Oregon
THE Weed Blog (blog)
Surely, Washington County folks would prefer their law enforcement resources to be utilized fighting crimes against people and property than preventing patients from safely accessing medical cannabis from their local resource center. (Hat tip to Russ ...
28 Sept 2012 Medical Marijuana Providers Gerald and Jeremy Duval Face Years in Prison
Opposing Views
"The Duvals' case is another tragedy from President Obama's war on medical marijuana," said Steph Sherer, Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country's leading medical marijuana advocacy group. "This type of enforcement is ...
28 Sept 2012 Video: Marijuana activists debate Amendment 64
Westword (blog)
6) A64 does nothing to prevent the federal government from enforcing federal law in Colorado. Don't you think this will give people a false sense of security, like the medical marijuana law (Am. 20) did? 7) Am. 64 creates a new constitutional crime ...
28 Sept 2012 Keywords: Drug War, Marijuana
Huffington Post
In any case, in a recent Colorado poll, 61% of those polled are in favor of legalizing marijuana. Meanwhile, in Washington state, where medical marijuana is already legal, I-502 would put a 25% sales tax on marijuana, with 40% of that going to the ...
27 Sept 2012 Marijuana kills cancer?
NOW LEBANON
After 20 years of research, a couple of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco say they may have found a way to stop cancer from spreading and even cure it. How? While one of them studied ID-1, the gene that causes cancer to ...
27 Sept 2012 Feds Target Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Shops
Christian Broadcasting Network
One so-called medical marijuana collective in Chinatown was shut down after the Drug Enforcement Administration served a search warrant. Agents say it was the largest operation in downtown Los Angeles. "They seized their marijuana, cash and in at least ...
27 Sept 2012 Tigard medical marijuana dispensary raided by Washington County police
OregonLive.com
The Human Collective, which opened in April 2010, is the third medical marijuana dispensary targeted by Washington County law enforcement officials since 2011. Medical Marijuana. Continuing coverage of medical marijuana by The Oregonian's Noelle ...
27 Sept 2012 LETTERS: Pro and con wrong on pot amendment; Cole is excellent; and pay the ...
Colorado Springs Gazette
23), it's fascinating to read how two conservatives present medical marijuana from polarized points of view. I disagree with Tom Tancredo and John Suthers for different reasons. Tancredo's argument for the legalization of marijuana in Colorado is based ...
26 Sept 2012 Feds target LA in medical marijuana crackdown
FederalNewsRadio.com
Los Angeles Police officers assist Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA agents serving a federal warrant to shut down a Marijuana dispensary operating in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Prosecutors filed three lawsuits Tuesday ...
26 Sept 2012 Medical marijuana gardens suffering after lengthy, hot summer
Westword (blog)
Ry Prichard, founder of Colorado-based KindReviews.com, gets into medical marijuana dispensary gardens regularly to photograph flowers in bloom for his website, and he's seen the damage firsthand. This summer wasn't unique just for the heat, ...
25 Sept 2012 Marijuana: A case against legalization
Houston Chronicle (blog)
“Legalization of marijuana: When, not if,” by Baker Institute nonresident drug fellow Gary Hale, former chief of intelligence in the Houston Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration. “Regulations work: Lessons from California's experience ...
24 Sept 2012 New Study Says Marijuana Could Stop Cancer from Spreading
Opposing Views
In addition, under prohibition, those who use cannabis are often frightened to tell doctors or researchers that they do. Any study of this type would need money to be done right. And there's just not much money out there for this kind of work. A cure ...
24 Sept 2012 Patients have no constitutional rights to medical marijuana, state court rules
American Medical News
Patients have no constitutional rights to medical marijuana, state court rules. The Montana Supreme Court reverses a district court opinion that had halted enforcement of new regulations on medical cannabis. By Alicia Gallegos, amednews staff. Posted Sept.
24 Sept 2012 SUNRISE: Marijuana legalization effort draws big donors
Colorado Springs Gazette
"We're trying to bring that money, but we haven't been successful so far," said Paul Stanford, Measure 80's sponsor who owns a chain of medical marijuana clinics around the country. "They say our poll numbers aren't that great." In Colorado, committees ...
24 Sept 2012 Some dispensary owners worry about impact of legalization of marijuana in ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today
Steamboat Springs — Some local medical marijuana dispensary owners are concerned that legalizing marijuana in Colorado actually could jeopardize their ability to supply pot to patients. Colorado residents will vote Nov. 6 on Amendment 64. If approved ...
23 Sept 2012 Voters Weigh Eased Pot Laws
Wall Street Journal
"Attitudes have shifted," said Brian Vicente, a lawyer for medical-marijuana providers who is one of the authors of the Colorado measure, known as Amendment 64. "We have seen support for marijuana prohibition slowly erode every year as the public ...
23 Sept 2012 Ballot Question: Doctors, police oppose medical marijuana
MetroWest Daily News
U.S. Attorneys General have said they will continue to enforce federal laws, despite a 2009 memo by Attorney General Eric Holder that some interpreted as a relaxing of the policy on medical marijuana. Pro-marijuana groups Thursday protested across the ...
23 Sept 2012 Putting a lid on LA's pot dispensaries
Los Angeles Times
The legal landscape of medical marijuana has shifted drastically, in many directions, over the last several years. Court rulings and enforcement patterns are bound to remain volatile for some time to come, because like it or not, marijuana remains a ...
23 Sept 2012 Possible breakthrough cancer treatment with marijuana
The University of Hawaii Kaleo
Both researchers reiterate these possible cancer-curing benefits are not gained through smoking, but require a more pharmaceutics-based approach. For more information on this recent medical breakthrough check out this Huffington Post article.
22 Sept 2012 Some dispensary owners worry about impact of legalization of marijuana in ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today
Steamboat Springs — Some local medical marijuana dispensary owners are concerned that legalizing marijuana in Colorado actually could jeopardize their ability to supply pot to patients. Colorado residents will vote Nov. 6 on Amendment 64. If approved ...
22 Sept 2012 Pitkin County gives marijuana shops time to obtain licenses
Aspen Times
Prompting the action was a letter to the county from the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue, which is processing applications for two operations in unincorporated Pitkin County. The applicant for both of them ...
21 Sept 2012 Raids shut down large suppliers of medical marijuana
Bend Bulletin
Federal law enforcement officials have said they're not interested in going after people who are in compliance with state medical marijuana laws but will prosecute people using those laws as cover for illegal drug trafficking. Southern Oregon and ...
21 Sept 2012 Court rules Wal-Mart can fire legal medical marijuana user
Daily Caller
FILE - In an April 20, 2005 file photo, a University of Colorado freshman, who did not want to be identified, joins a crowd smoking marijuana during a "420" gathering at Farrand Field at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo
21 Sept 2012 Police: Burglary Suspect Caught Red-Handed
KKTV 11 News
A crook was caught red-handed burglarizing a medical marijuana dispensary, according to Colorado Springs police. Officers were sent to Discreet Treats on the 200 block of South Academy around 12:25 a.m. after the suspect triggered the burglary alarm, ...
20 Sept 2012 Pot could be tax windfall, but skeptics abound
The Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?" It's a bit more complicated than that in the three states — Colorado ...
19 Sept 2012 Amendment 64: To Legalize Pot or Not...
KUNC
Colorado voters approved the use of medical marijuana back in 2000. Now they're being asked to approve its recreational use. This is actually the second time the legalization question has appeared on the ballot, a similar measure failed six years ago.
19 Sept 2012 'Bona fide' Doctor/Patient Relationship Defended In Colorado Medical Cannabis ...
THE Weed Blog (blog)
He began to use marijuana with his patients as a direct extension of this treatment, as the indications for medical marijuana matched the symptoms of narcotic withdrawal in his patients. In addition to marijuana certification, Dr. Townsend continues to ...
19 Sept 2012 Marijuana campaign calls governor's statement 'hypocritical'
Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
In Colorado, Amendment 20 has revolutionized how America treats medical marijuana - Amendment 64 could be the match that lights the bonfire and end Colorado's experiment with marijuana rights. Sad but true, in federal courts, the FEDS win. Be careful ...
18 Sept 2012 Two break into pot shop with rocks...but take nothing
KXRM
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs Police officers are looking for two suspects who were caught on video breaking into a medical marijuana dispensary. According to officers, the two suspects used large rocks to break through the glass entry ...
