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Acree amends brownie killer bill to stave off Cap’n Chronic and...

Rep. Cindy Acree, R-Aurora, said Tuesday, that she will amend a bill that many fear will make edible marijuana products in the state illegal.

Medical marijuana teen says everything would change if lawmakers needed MMJ

Bill Smith, the teenage medical marijuana patient whose quest for an education The Colorado Independent has chronicled over the past month, made the TV news again last night in Colorado Springs.

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.

Colorado Springs teenage medical marijuana patient thankful for ‘small victory’

The teenage marijuana patient in Colorado Springs says he considers it a “small victory” that he is now able to go back to school on the days he has to come home to take a medical marijuana THC pill or lozenge. The boy and his father are still adamant, however, that state law needs to be changed so that he can bring his lozenges to school.

Courts smack down marijuana patients

Friday was not a good day for medical marijuana patients, with two separate court cases being denied by one state court and one federal court in Michigan.

Colorado teen marijuana case attracts more TV coverage; district says hands...

A Colorado Springs school district spokesperson told the Colorado Independent this morning that the district's hands are tied by state law in terms of how it handles the case of a student with a prescription for medical marijuana.

Cannabis Council reaches out to help Colorado Springs medical marijuana teenager

Mark Slaugh, membership director of the Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council, today wrote to Rep. Mark Barker, R-Colorado Springs, and Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs to urge legislative action on behalf of a teenage medical marijuana patient being denied access to his medicine by Harrison School District 2.

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.
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