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Montana House committee passes bill to overrule Missoula’s efforts to make...

In Montana, where voters overwhelmingly approved a measure legalizing medical marijuana back in 2004, the winds of change are blowing.

Bipartisan bill would set THC limit for Colorado drivers

A bill that sets a legal limit of how much THC individuals can have in their blood before being considered too impaired to drive is making its way through the general assembly.

Video surfaces of Sonnenberg tearing up Colorado marijuana patient protection amendment

A video has been released by the 420 Coalition that captures Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, ripping up a bill amendment that would have eliminated videotaping of customer purchases of marijuana from dispensaries.

Colorado Springs teen with pot prescription tangled in red-tape nightmare

Colorado high school student misses a year of school with rare disorder, which is now under control thanks to medical marijuana--but he can't bring his pills to school.

Colorado medical marijuana advocates call for full legalization

Medical marijuana advocates Wednesday evening called for the full legalization of marijuana in Colorado, saying that until the drug is fully legal, it will always be stigmatized and patients will be subject to harassment. “No patient is really safe until it is legalized for everyone,” attorney Robert J. Corry told the crowd of patients and advocates at a meeting in Denver.

Supreme Court won’t hear marijuana case

The Colorado Supreme Court said this week it will not hear a case filed last week in an effort to overturn parts of Colorado's medical marijuana laws. Plaintiffs say they will file in District Court.

Suit filed to overturn marijuana laws

A suit filed with the Colorado Supreme Court Wednesday seeks to overturn parts of two laws passed by the legislature last year and signed by Governor Bill Ritter in June.

Colorado pot patient registry to stay confidential, officials say

The Cannabis Therapy Institute sounded a warning last week that Colorado will soon provide law enforcement agencies with random access to the state's burgeoning registry of medical marijuana patients.

NORML expert says Colorado taking right approach to pot-impairment laws

Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, told The Colorado Independent this morning that Colorado seems to...

Legislature likely to set dope-use limits for drivers

Medical marijuana is Colorado’s most popular pain medicine, but it is also still marijuana, a longtime illegal recreational drug, and so the contours of its use and regulation are shifting fast in the state. Right now, for example, there is no official standard for measuring when someone is driving under the influence of pot. But a Colorado drug task force is weighing how to measure marijuana driving impairment and lawmakers are likely to address the question in the coming legislative session.
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