Tag: Medical Marijuana
DEA to burn Bartko’s bud
What happened to the 224 luscious weed plants that Highlands Ranch pot farmer Chris Bartkowicz lavished money and attention on and that landed him...
Feds: There’s no medical marijuana except our medical marijuana
Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, a medical marijuana advocacy group, has said the federal charges filed against Highlands Ranch resident pot grower...
As Obama makes case for Bennet; pot advocates make case against...
DENVER-- One year and a day after signing his $787 billion federal stimulus bill into law with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (and a host...
As Romer bill advances, detractors warn of remaining rights infringements
Denver Senator Chris Romer's revamped medical marijuana bill has won advocates in the legislature and among people in the industry looking for clear rules that they can depend on as they build their businesses. The bill passed easily through committee with some modification Wednesday, but pot users and advocates see the proposed law as overreaching. They say it attempts to address general and anticipated complaints by unnecessarily stepping on specific voter-approved Constitutional rights through restrictions and fees.
Colorado cop pot-plant quandary: Does confiscating lead to cultivating?
What happens to valuable pot plants in a Colorado medical marijuana bust? Sheriffs no longer take plants away, Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr told...
Top pot advocate Corry threatens to draw up rival legislation
DENVER-- As Gov. Bill Ritter wrapped up his State of the State address inside the capitol Thursday, Colorado's foremost pot attorney, Rob Corry, spoke to a crowd of medical marijuana patients, caregivers and advocates rallying across the street. Corry told the crowd of roughly 200 that he planned to submit a just-drafted patient-centered bill to counter any move on the part of lawmakers this session to pass what he views as pro-law enforcement-pro-government proposals presently under consideration.
Arrest at Denver pot rally punctuates racial profiling complaints
DENVER-- Less than 30 minutes after Colorado Progressive Action co-executive director Carlos Valverde, Jr., spoke on the sad reality of racial profiling in drug-related...
Denver council attempts to rein in proliferating pot clinics
What seemed an interminable Denver City Council meeting last night ended as expected: the council established new rules regulating marijuana clinics. Since the fall,...
White snuffs bill aimed at granting state control over marijuana growth...
State Sen. Al White (R-Hayden) has scrapped plans for a bill this session that would have set up a state medical marijuana growing and...
Denver council will seek to structure city’s budding pot business
Lingering legal questions and ambivalent feelings on the part of Colorado's citizenry have made launching a medical marijuana dispensary a significant business risk. But that hasn't stopped a rapidly growing number of medical marijuana entrepreneurs from opening clinics around the state. Real estate developer Ed Kieta, for one, is betting big, having sunk more than $60,000 into the high-end "wellness center" he's opening in the Highland neighborhood of Denver. Kieta likes the fact that he's getting in on the ground floor of the industry, but he hates that the rules governing the industry are murky and incomplete. Kieta is therefore looking forward to the Denver City Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday that aims to put up zoning restrictions and set out basic regulations for the record.