2 May 2013 Progressives Now Want “Psychedelic Medicine” - Right Side News
Right Side News
Now the progressives want easy access to “psychedelic medicine,” including LSD and Ecstasy. Working with the George Soros-fundedmarijuana movement, which has achieved enormous “progress” in the various states, especially Colorado, a group called ...
1 May 2013 Letter: Research and find marijuana benefits
The State Journal-Register
He was willing to take my mother to Mexico to get marijuana, praying it would cure her cancer. Unfortunately my mother died before they were able to make ...
30 April 2013 California conservative defends state's pot law in Congress
Los Angeles Times
Since 1996, when California became the first state to legalize the drug's use for medical treatment, 17 other states and the District of Columbia have approved medical marijuana measures. Last year, Colorado and Washington state voters opted to allow ...
29 April 2013 marijuana cures lung cancer
Evidence that marijuana is hidden helpful in curing cancer, helping with altzheimers, Breast Cancer Brain Cancer Melanoma and all in the interests of big capital
28 April 2013 Court says pot smokers can be fired, even in Colo.
The Columbian
Coats, a quadriplegic medical marijuana patient, was fired from his job in 2010 as a telephone operator at Dish Network after testing positive for marijuana. The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the firing of Coats, saying that there is no ...
27 April 2013 Judge says federal law trumps Colorado's on medical marijuana
GOPUSA
DENVER -- A severely disabled man fired because of his after-hours medical-marijuana use has no legal recourse because the drug remains banned under federal law, a Colorado court ruled Thursday. A three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals ...
26 April 2013 Marijuana tax debate stalls in Colorado
Denver Post
The Colorado repeal effort wouldn't apply to medical marijuana, which voters approved in 2000. Ruling Democrats said Friday they doubt lawmakers would send pot legalization back to voters this year. "That's almost like saying to voters, 'Vote for this ...
25 April 2013 MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Bill would regulate pot stores statewide
Press-Enterprise
Ammiano's bill would create a Division of Medical Marijuana Regulation and Enforcement in the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The division would regulate “the cultivation, manufacture, testing, transportation, distribution, and sale of ...
24 April 2013 Moratorium placed on marijuana-related businesses - Raton Range
Raton Range
Downs called the CML report “a scathing review” of the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, which is charged with regulating medical pot use, adding that there's a good chance that same division would be assigned to regulate recreational pot use.
23 April 2013 Pot Smokers Can Be Fired For Smoking Medical Marijuana In Colorado
International Business Times
Colorado may have recently voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use last year, but pot smokers can still legally be fired for testing positive for marijuana, because it is still illegal under federal law. According to a state appeals court ...
22 April 2013 Colorado Recreational Pot Sales: Medical Marijuana Shops Get Head Start
Huffington Post
Colorado's medical marijuana shops will get a head start on the application process for retail marijuana licensing. Lawmakers gave existingmedical marijuana shops a nine month exclusive though they lobbied for more time. The new measure, House Bill ...
21 April 2013 Colorado May Tax Pot Sales 40% as Lawmakers Design Rules
Bloomberg
The lack of state enforcement forces local law enforcement officials to investigate medical marijuana operations on their own, testified Annmarie Jensen, a lobbyist for the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police. “Because we haven't had sufficient ...
20 April 2013 Pot taxes face review in Colorado
Albany Times Union
DENVER (AP) — Medical pot shops will get a head start when Colorado opens recreational pot sales next year. And marijuana felons will be allowed to work in the industry after five years. That's according to a measure adopted Thursday in a state House ...
19 April 2013 Ind. family moves to Colo. for daughter's medical marijuana ...
Erica and Joe Rollins left Greenville, Ind. six weeks ago out of desperation. Their daughter Emily, almost 4, suffers from Epilepsy.
18 April 2013 One Marijuana Bill Dies; Another Moves Forward
Law Week Colorado
Converts the existing Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division into the Marijuana Enforcement Division and limits the number of licenses issued and caps the total amount of marijuana grown in the state or at any individual grow facility. - Creates four ...
17 April 2013 California Medical Marijuana Regulation Bill Passes State Assembly Committee
Huffington Post
DeAngelo explained that Colorado's recent vote approving full-scale legalization was bolstered by the state's well-regulated medical marijuanaindustry. "States that have a positive experience with medical cannabis, like in Colorado, that tends to lead ...
16 April 2013 Marijuana: Bill that would transfer MMJ patient fees for drug counseling gutted
Westword (blog)
Instead, the reworked version would untether the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division and local municipalities. Currently, the MMED has to wait until a municipality has finished licensing a medical marijuana business before the state can ...
15 April 2013 Colorado driving-while-stoned bill goes up in smoke once again
Daily Caller
Yet ever since Colorado's medical marijuana industry took firm root in 2010, lawmakers have felt the need for a numerical way of measuring pot smokers' level of intoxication, assuming that as marijuana use becomes less taboo, more people would be
14 April 2013 NTRR Broadens Scope of Medical Marijuana Initiative to Include International ...
Wall Street Journal
With nations such as Italy, Canada, the Czech Repudblic and more following the example of states such as California and Colorado by legalizing the use of medicinal cannabis, the global market for MMJ products and services is growing fast. The U.S ...
13 April 2013 Colorado Moving Closer to Legalizing Recreational ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The MMED (Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division) that currently oversees businesses dispensing medical marijuana would take over regulating all personal pot shops in Colorado and be renamed the Marijuana Enforcement Division. House Bill 1318 ...
12 April 2013 MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Panel passes bill to create regulation office
Press-Enterprise (blog)
Medical Marijuana California would get a Division of Medical Marijuana Regulation and Enforcement under legislation that cleared its first committee Tuesday. Assembly Bill 473 would create the division in the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to ...
11 April 2013 California Marijuana Regulation ABCs Still Hazy in Ammiano Bill 473
East Bay Express (blog)
“This bill would create the Division of Medical Marijuana Regulation and Enforcement within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The bill would grant the division all power necessary to, among other things, establish statewide standards for ...
10 April 2013 Colorado's Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Bills Filed - The Daily Chronic
The Daily Chronic
The bills also rename the state's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division to the Marijuana Enforcement Division, who will regulate both medical and recreational marijuana sales. House Bill 1317, while taking into account some input from the Amendment 64
9 April 2013 Marijuana regulation bills introduced, will be heard next week
kdvr.com
Perhaps the most controversial piece of the main bill, House Bill 1317, would transition the agency that currently oversees medical-marijuana dispensaries, the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division
8 April 2013 Dogs should be given medical marijuana too says one veterinarian who 'dosed ...
Daily Mail
Now that several states, including Colorado and Washington, have legalized marijuana use, one veterinarian says that dogs dealing with chronic pain and other debilitating conditions should be allowed to benefit from the medicinal effects of cannabis.
7 April 2013 Somewhat mysterious player shakes up marijuana influence game in Colorado
Denver Post
Marijuana interests — led by medical marijuana business groups and dispensaries — already have paid at least $137,475 to lobbyists in the fiscal year that began in June, a Denver Post analysis found. And the real battle has not begun: Bills in the ...
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 ...
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 Does Cannabis Cure Cancer? | Culture Magazine | Medical ...
The CULTURE interview with Dr. Donald Abrams Chief of Oncology and Hematology for San Francisco General Hospital Dr. Donald Abrams has emerged as a ...
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 Lawmakers mull marijuana limit for drivers
Colorado Springs Gazette
“We needed it before with the proliferation of medical marijuana,” Waller, of Colorado Springs said. “We're seeing traffic accidents and fatalities go up as it relates to marijuana being a factor. We need this legislation with the passage of Amendment ...
7 Feb 2013 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Closing | COmmj.com | Colorado ...
Throughout Colorado Springs medical marijuana dispensaries are closing. After three years, it appears the “Green Rush” has come and gone in many Colorado ...
6 Feb 2013 Colorado's Medical Cannabis Program Faces Revised Regulations
Colorado's medical cannabis program is in the process of undergoing a revision of its initial set of rules and regulations that were implemented back in 2010.
5 Feb 2013 Colorado, Washington first to treat marijuana like alcohol
Tennessee Tech Oracle
Proponents of legalized marijuana are hopeful the Justice Department yields. Despite some notorious arrests of medical marijuana patients and suppliers, the federal government has mostly allowed medical marijuana businesses to operate in Colorado, ...
4 Feb 2013 Can Marijuana Cure Cancer?
Memphis Flyer (blog)
Can Marijuana Cure Cancer? Posted by Bruce VanWyngarden on Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:04 PM. Researchers are finding new evidence that the cannabinoids found in marijuana can help inhibit the growth of cancer cells and fight side effects of the disease.
1 Feb 2013 Colorado medical-marijuana rules rewrite seeks efficiency, simplicity
Brush News Tribune
In a draft of new rules for medical-marijuana businesses, rulemakers have pulled the Internet-connectivity requirement for surveillance systems. "It is not technically or financially feasible," state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division spokeswoman ...
2 Feb 2013 More on El Paso County's marijuana ban | CannaBiz | Colorado ...
The Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council (csmcc-net.org) will have its quarterly mixer at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Warehouse Restaurant and ...
28 Feb 2013 Colorado Rulemakers Revamping Parts of State's Medical ...
Based on industry feedback and an order from Governor Hickenlooper, Colorado's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division (MMED) has started to amend many ...
27 Jan 2013 Half of medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado Springs have ...
Half of medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado Springs have closed. By Lance Benzel ... Read the rest of this report at Gazette.com · Copyright 2012 The ...
26 Jan 2013 Colorado Medical Marijuana Tech Agency Cannapages.com Announces ...
PR.com (press release)
Cannapages.com, Colorado's leading online cannabis industry resource, will throw the "Party of the Year" in honor of their third birthday, January 27th. The company expects 750-1000 local cannabis enthusiasts, along with members of the cannabis media ...
25 Jan 2013 Winter 2013: MMJ Centers | Events | Colorado Springs Independent
A list of medical marijuana centers, with information on their top products, member specials and more
24 Jan 2013 '31' Medical Marijuana Business Applications in Colorado Since End ...
For two years, Colorado barred entrepreneurs from starting cannabis dispensaries, cultivation sites and infused product companies under a state-wide ...
mmjbusinessdaily.com/.../31-medical-marijuana-business-appli...
23 Jan 2013 Half of Springs' MMJ businesses have shut their doors ... - The Gazette
By LANCE BENZEL
Three years after a statewide medical marijuana boom brought scores of dispensaries to Colorado Springs, their ranks here have dwindled by half, city licensing figures show — culled by steep financial barriers, strict regulations at the state ...
21 Jan 2013 DA bows out of fight over medical marijuana evidence – Colorado ...
DA bows out of fight over medical marijuana evidence. Colorado Springs Gazette El Paso County prosecutors are taking a new tack in the battle over medical ...
19 Jan 2013 Judge again blocks parts of medical marijuana law | koaa.com ...
The revised law allowed those with medical marijuana cards to grow their own pot or find ... Colorado Springs and Pueblo | Continuous News and Weather ...
16 Jan 2013 Colorado Preps for Recreational Marijuana
Stateline
The passage of the new law raises a lot of questions, especially for the established medical marijuana community. While marijuana advocates cheered Amendment 64's passage, Colorado's current medical marijuana providers, arguably the nation's most ...
15 Jan 2013 El Paso County to take up pot business ban Tuesday ... - Gazette
By BOB STEPHENS
News. Font Size. enlarge. CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE. Bud tender Kelley Schaffer trims buds Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Southern Colorado Medical Marijuana indoor farm in Colorado Springs. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) ...
14 Jan 2013 Weighing the benefits, dangers of medical marijuana
Longview Daily News
... of medical marijuanaBy Stephanie Earls / The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) ... When Dr. Margaret Gedde prescribes edible marijuana
13 Jan 2013 Colorado's Marijuana Muddle
New York Times
Certainly, there will be a bigger workload for Denver's Craig Claiborne of cannabis, who began reviewing Colorado's medical marijuana dispensaries for the alternative newspaper Westword in 2009. Last month the critic, who writes under the pseudonym ...
12 Jan 2013 LETTERS: Marijuana case; Go get 'em, Mr. Mayor; and more
Colorado Springs Gazette
... moment to thank The Gazette for printing the Jan. 7 story on medical marijuana. ... came down to Colorado Springs and started shooting churchgoers here.
11 Jan 2013 Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA): Marijuana: Colorado Springs owes ...
Medical Marijuana, Inc. MJNA Stock Message Board: Marijuana: Colorado Springs owes $3.3M-plus after dispensary prosecution.
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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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: ...
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
29 Dec 2012 Amendment 64 Update: Local Marijuana Leader - A64 a Boom for Business - The enactment of Amendment 64 has certainly opened the floodgates to new commercial interest in Marijuana.
26 Jan 2013 Colorado Medical Marijuana Tech Agency Cannapages.com Announces ...
PR.com (press release)
Cannapages.com, Colorado's leading online cannabis industry resource, will throw the "Party of the Year" in honor of their third birthday, January 27th. The company expects 750-1000 local cannabis enthusiasts, along with members of the cannabis media ...
25 Jan 2013 Winter 2013: MMJ Centers | Events | Colorado Springs Independent
A list of medical marijuana centers, with information on their top products, member specials and more
24 Jan 2013 '31' Medical Marijuana Business Applications in Colorado Since End ...
For two years, Colorado barred entrepreneurs from starting cannabis dispensaries, cultivation sites and infused product companies under a state-wide ...
mmjbusinessdaily.com/.../31-medical-marijuana-business-appli...
23 Jan 2013 Half of Springs' MMJ businesses have shut their doors ... - The Gazette
By LANCE BENZEL
Three years after a statewide medical marijuana boom brought scores of dispensaries to Colorado Springs, their ranks here have dwindled by half, city licensing figures show — culled by steep financial barriers, strict regulations at the state ...
21 Jan 2013 DA bows out of fight over medical marijuana evidence – Colorado ...
DA bows out of fight over medical marijuana evidence. Colorado Springs Gazette El Paso County prosecutors are taking a new tack in the battle over medical ...
19 Jan 2013 Judge again blocks parts of medical marijuana law | koaa.com ...
The revised law allowed those with medical marijuana cards to grow their own pot or find ... Colorado Springs and Pueblo | Continuous News and Weather ...
16 Jan 2013 Colorado Preps for Recreational Marijuana
Stateline
The passage of the new law raises a lot of questions, especially for the established medical marijuana community. While marijuana advocates cheered Amendment 64's passage, Colorado's current medical marijuana providers, arguably the nation's most ...
15 Jan 2013 El Paso County to take up pot business ban Tuesday ... - Gazette
By BOB STEPHENS
News. Font Size. enlarge. CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE. Bud tender Kelley Schaffer trims buds Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Southern Colorado Medical Marijuana indoor farm in Colorado Springs. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) ...
14 Jan 2013 Weighing the benefits, dangers of medical marijuana
Longview Daily News
... of medical marijuanaBy Stephanie Earls / The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) ... When Dr. Margaret Gedde prescribes edible marijuana
13 Jan 2013 Colorado's Marijuana Muddle
New York Times
Certainly, there will be a bigger workload for Denver's Craig Claiborne of cannabis, who began reviewing Colorado's medical marijuanadispensaries for the alternative newspaper Westword in 2009. Last month the critic, who writes under the pseudonym ...
12 Jan 2013 LETTERS: Marijuana case; Go get 'em, Mr. Mayor; and more
Colorado Springs Gazette
... moment to thank The Gazette for printing the Jan. 7 story on medical marijuana. ... came down to Colorado Springs and started shooting churchgoers here.
11 Jan 2013 Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA): Marijuana: Colorado Springs owes ...
Medical Marijuana, Inc. MJNA Stock Message Board: Marijuana: Colorado Springs owes $3.3M-plus after dispensary prosecution.
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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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 2013 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: ...
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
29 Dec 2012 Amendment 64 Update: Local Marijuana Leader - A64 a Boom for Business - The enactment of Amendment 64 has certainly opened the floodgates to new commercial interest in Marijuana.
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 ...
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 ...
18 Sept 2012 How Colorado may change America
Daily O'Collegian
But it's really no wonder support for legal weed has risen in the state. After all, crime rates have decreased in the state since medical marijuana was made legal. From 1991 to 2000, the year medical marijuana was made legal in Colorado, an average of ...
18 Sept 2012 No Right to Medical Marijuana, Says Montana Supreme Court
Wall Street Journal (blog)
On Tuesday, the court held there is no fundamental right for the use of medical marijuana, or any drug that's prohibited under federal law. In a 6-1 decision, the Montana Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that blocked enforcement of a state ...
17 Sept 2012 Silt-area medical marijuana growing facility OK'd
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
In November 2010, Garfield County voters were asked to decide three ballot questions related to medical marijuana, which was legalized by Colorado voters in 2001. Local voters decided to prohibit
16 Sept 2012 Local police chiefs balk at move to allow medical marijuana
Attleboro Sun Chronicle
Fraud and diversion of marijuana intended for medical purposes to other users has become an issue, particularly in Colorado where medical marijuana has been legal since 2010. Last year, Colorado officials held up 4,200 applications from patients ...
16 Sept 2012 A West Coast Marijuana Revolt?
Oregon Catalyst
Colorado's Attorney General John Suthers, who also opposes legalization, says that he is not as concerned about the effects on public safety as he is on public health. “Since we've had [medical marijuana] dispensary distribution, the number of kids in ...
15 Sept 2012 Town puts brakes on two medical pot centers
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
CARBONDALE, Colorado — The town board of trustees on Tuesday held up a decision on one medical marijuana dispensary permit and reversed a previous approval for another dispensary over apparent concerns about the town's medical marijuana ...
15 Sept 2012 Highlights of Marijuana Industry Study on Impact of Medical ...
The Colorado medical marijuana industry has generated more than $181 million in revenues since 2010 and last year employed 4,200 state-licensed workers.
15 Sept 2012 Carbondale trustees to consider another medical marijuana permit
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
CARBONDALE, Colorado — A medical marijuana center on the north side of town wants its formal approvals to operate as a dispensary and cultivation facility and is applying for the necessary permits from the Board of Trustees. The CMED MMJ Center, ...
14 Sept 2012 New Laws Would End DEA Shutdowns of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
U.S. Politics Today
Yet despite calls for federal authorities to respect state laws that have instituted a legitimate treatment for patients, the DEA has continued enforcement actions against the commercialization of medical marijuana in California. Several bills before ...
14 Sept 2012 Citizens disengaged, divided on municipal marijuana dispensary question
The Coloradoan
Larimer County ranks seventh out of 64 Colorado counties with 5,016 registered medical marijuana patients, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Boundaries prohibiting dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools and ...
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14 Sept 2012 Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Ban Adds Layer to Drug Policy
Independent Voter Network
Since President Nixon, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I substance and thus federally illegal. Yet with 17 states and even Washington DC legalizing medical uses of the plant over the last 15 years despite the federal ban, the Drug ...
13 Sept 2012 Commentary: Medical marijuana and taxes
Boulder Weekly
Fourteen years before any medical marijuana laws existed, US Tax Code was amended because a convicted coke dealer had successfully deducted guns, boats, and bribes. Ever since ... Aware of the threat, Colorado dispensaries have tread carefully.
13 Sept 2012 DEA Chiefs Ask Holder to Oppose Marijuana Legalization
Main Justice
The November election includes legislation in Colorado, Oregon and Washington state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The former DEA leaders said in a letter that there is a direct conflict between federal ... Republican Vice Presidential ...
13 Sept 2012 Governor Voices Opposition to Bill That Would Legalize Marijuana in
John Hickenlooper and medical marijuana in Colorado. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (pictured) has come out against a marijuana legalization measure ...
12 Sept 2012 Personal Stories And Struggles With Medical Marijuana Access
THE Weed Blog (blog)
The overall trend toward easing legal restrictions on marijuana use is positive, both with expanding medical marijuana access, and decriminalization in more states. And 3 states – Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, have marijuana legalization ballot ...
11 Sept 2012 Marijuana: Argument over blue-book wording draws lawsuit
Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
Medical Marijuana Marijuana: Argument over blue-book wording draws lawsuit. Posted by Bryce Crawford on Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:25 PM. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the proponents of Amendment 64, the coming ballot question that will ...
10 Sept 2012 How Paul Ryan Took Three Different Positions On Medical Marijuana In One ...
ThinkProgress
And, in 2006, he voted against a bill that would prevent the Justice Department and DEA from going after medical marijuana users who complied with state laws. Yet when the GOP candidate traveled to Colorado on Friday, an important swing state where ...
9 Sept 2012 Marijuana May Fight Cancer Better Than Chemo, So Why Is It Still 'Wrong'?
The Stir
marijuana plant The cure for cancer may be a ways off, but a young biologist in Madrid identified a plant with quite a bit of promise at slowing the disease. Yes, it's the very same plant that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency considers at the top of ...
8 Sept 2012 Kent medical marijuana store closes because of DEA letter
Kent Reporter
Kent Reporter, file photo. Charles Lambert has closed Evergreen Association of Collective Gardens in Kent after receiving a letter from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration threatening to close the medical marijuana dispensary
7 Sept 2012 Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division's next available appointment: February ...
Westword (blog)
Want a job working in the MMJ industry in Colorado? Well, get comfortable, because it might be a while before you can even start
7 Sept 2012 Marijuana Usage Down Among Colorado Teens, Up Nationally: Study Shows
Huffington Post
"To put it simply, teen marijuana usage has been going down in Colorado since the passage of our comprehensive medical marijuana regulatory model," Mike Elliott, executive director of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group, told The Huffington Post ...
6 Sept 2012 Marijuana patient uses pounds of marijuana for ounces of cancer "cure"
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
A local leukemia patient who was acquitted earlier this summer of felony drug charges says wants his seized medical marijuana back. Police took over 50 marijuana plants and between five and six pounds of pot from Bob Crouse as evidence when he was ...
5 Sept 2012 Montana Medical Marijuana Activist Receives 5 Years Probation
eNews Park Forest
Although federal criminal law does not have an exception for the medical use of marijuana, a memo issued by the Department of Justice in 2009 reflected that the enforcement of federal criminal laws against those complying with state medical marijuana ...
5 Sept 2012 Boulder seeks input on medical marijuana rule changes
Colorado Daily
Current city ordinance bans medical marijuana businesses within 500 feet of schools and day-care centers. However, federal law provides for additional penalties for drug dealing within 1,000 feet of a school, and the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office has ...
5 Sept 2012 Marijuana Deadline: 'We're Moving Forward with Enforcement,” says Huizar
Patch.com
6 deadline to do that approaches, people on both sides of the medical marijuana debate are understandably apprehensive. In an interview with Eagle Rock Patch editor Ajay Singh, Huizar suggests that although the City Council's ban is likely to be ...
4 Sept 2012 Medical marijuana: Active patient numbers rise even as many people leave ...
Westword (blog)
The number of active patients on the Colorado medical marijuana registry rose from May to June, finishing just shy of 100,000 patients. But new data released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this week shows that while the ...
4 Sept 2012 Police say nothing stolen during marijuana dispensary break-in
KXRM
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Two men broke into a Colorado Springs medical marijuana dispensary early Wednesday morning but didn't steal anything, according to police. Colorado Springs Police officers said the two forced their way into the Discreet ...
4 Sept 2012 Police arrest owner of Eugene medical marijuana club
The Register-Guard
... Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team served a search warrant last Thursday night at Kannabosm, a business at 401 W. 11th Ave. that provides marijuana to people who are allowed to use the drug under the state's voter-approved medical marijuana ...
4 Sept 2012 Medical Marijuana Businesses Face Risks, From Raids To Audits
Huffington Post
"If you don't like change, this is not the industry to be in," said Lunsford, who was forced to close her Colorado business selling medical marijuana-infused topical creams because she couldn't comply with state and federal regulations, submit payroll ...
3 Sept 2012 Arkansas is first Southern state to test medical marijuana law
Baxter Bulletin
Medical marijuana has never come before voters in the South partly because of the difficulty of getting such initiatives on the ballot. And conservative legislators throughout the region have not backed the efforts. That's why the Washington-based ...
3 Sept 2012 Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS): Proof Marijuana CURES Cancer
Cannabis Science, Inc. CBIS Stock Message Board: Proof Marijuana CURES Cancer
2 Sept 2012 Arkansas lawsuit aims to throw out medical marijuana proposal
Examiner.com
Opponents of Arkansas' potential marijuana program also cite ongoing issues with the illegal portions of the medical marijuana industry in California and Colorado as reason to stop the proposal in its tracks while the most upfront rationale remains the ...
1 September 2012 Arkansas lawsuit aims to throw out medical marijuana proposal
Examiner.com
Opponents of Arkansas' potential marijuana program also cite ongoing issues with the illegal portions of the medical marijuana industry in California and Colorado as reason to stop the proposal in its tracks while the most upfront rationale remains the ...
31 August 2012 Problems for medical marijuana patients cropping up
AZFamily
PHOENIX -- When Arizona voters legalized medical marijuana in 2010 the intent was to help patients, but now some medical marijuana patients say parts of the law are doing more harm than good. First, there's the portion of the law that requires the ...
31 August 2012 'Medical' Marijuana Regulation Lacks Funding in Colorado ...
What's worse, [Attorney General John Suthers] says the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division doesn't have enough money to regulate the industry, recently ...
30 August 2012 Medical marijuana group acts like it has a friend in new Oregon attorney general
The Republic
Don Morse, director of a Washington County medical marijuana dispensary, hugged the 61-year-old former judge. More than once, participants referred to the state's top law enforcement official simply by her first name, the Oregonian newspaper
30 August 2012 San Jose Landlord Asks Court To Shut Down Largest Medical Marijuana ...
ThinkProgress
Harborside Health Center, the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the world, has vowed to fight a lawsuit filed last month by a U.S. Attorney General threatening to seize their two California locations. ... after “individuals whose actions are in ...
30 August 2012 Arkansas: Medical Marijuana Act Qualifies For November Ballot
eNews Park Forest
Montana voters will decide on Initiative Referendum 124, which seeks to repeal amendments enacted by lawmakers in 2011 to restrict the state's 2004, voter approved medical cannabis law. Colorado voters will decide on Amendment 64, which immediately ...
30 August 2012 Medical Marijuana Ad Ban In Denver Is 'Appropriate,' Medical Marijuana ...
Huffington Post
While many hurdles remain, new data shows that Colorado's medical marijuana regulatory framework is decreasing traffic fatalities, suicides, crime, and teen marijuana usage in our state (studies posted at www.mmig.org). To prove to our communities that ...
29 August 2012 Medical Marijuana Advocates File Signatures To Overturn Los Angeles ...
THE Weed Blog (blog)
With plenty of time to spare, medical marijuana advocates filed more than 50,000 signatures today in an effort to overturn a recently passed ban on dispensaries throughout the city. Despite a loud outcry from patient advocates, the Los Angeles City ...
29 August 2012 Choosing sides on the marijuana amendment
Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
Medical Marijuana Choosing sides on the marijuana amendment. Posted by Bryce Crawford on Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at ... "The State of Colorado, as well as our nation, have successfully walked the path from prohibition to regulation in the past: Eighty years ...
29 August 2012 Drug Enforcement Administration sets its sights on Washington state
Examiner.com
Further speculation into the DEA's actions leads to the status of Washington's medical marijuana legislation, one that is often hailed as the most unregulated system in the country. In sharp contrast to the laws in place in states such as California ...
28 August 2012 Politicians Ignore Failed 'War on Drugs' at Their (and Our) Peril
Huffington Post
While President Obama made unambiguous pledges to respect state medical marijuana laws during his first presidential campaign, he has overseen an unprecedented Justice Department crackdown on state-legal medical marijuana providers, particularly in ...
27 August 2012 Medical Marijuana Group Endorses Obama for Re-Election
Politicker
Currently Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada,
27 August 2012 U.S. Attorney Shuttering More Colorado Medical Marijuana Centers ...
U.S. Attorney John Walsh issued letters this month to 10 medical marijuana centers throughout Colorado, ordering them to shut down or move because they are ...
26 August 2012 Oregon medical marijuana backers trying again to add PTSD to list of ...
OregonLive.com
Two previous attempts to add PTSD to Oregon's program have failed, and Colorado and Arizona officials recently rejected efforts to add the condition to their medical marijuana programs. Law enforcement in Oregon generally opposes the expansion of the ...
25 August 2012 Different Types Of Medical Marijuana
Huffington Post
Positions on the efficacy of medical marijuana vary, but thousands of patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, and other diseases claim marijuana provides them relief from devastating symptoms such as intractable nausea, vomiting and chronic pain. .... 2 ...
25 August 2012 Medical cannabis relaxes patients
El Defensor Chieftain
There are 17 legal medical marijuana states — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, D.C. and Washington.
24 August 2012 Drug Enforcement Administration sends shut-down letters to medical marijuana ...
Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald
The following is a statement from Matthew G. Barnes, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Division: “Today, the DEA sent notifications to operators and property owners of publicly accessible marijuana storefronts to ...
24 August 2012 DEA Tells Washington Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Near Schools To Shut ...
Huffington Post
On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent letters to the owners and landlords of 23 of the state's medical marijuana businesses, stating the properties were subject to prosecution and seizure if they didn't shut down operations within the ...
24 August 2012 Medical Marijuana Officially Qualifies for the Ballot in Arkansas | Just ...
Regional NAACP Endorses Amendment 64 in Colorado » ... As a result, their initiative, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, will be voted on by the people of the ...
23 August 2012 Marijuana signs, billboards banned
Pueblo Chieftain
The measure allows print advertisements and radio and television ads under the condition they include the disclaimer that marijuana products are for registered Colorado medical marijuana patients only. © 2012 Pueblo Chieftain. All rights reserved.
23 August 2012 Los Angeles City Council Sics Feds On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
THE Weed Blog (blog)
It's about time politicians realize that if they wage a war on medical marijuana, their political futures may become collateral damage. For more information on the ... NAACP Conference Endorses Colorado Amendment 64. « Previous Article Pause Next ...
23 August 2012 DEA tells 23 medical marijuana storefronts to shut down
The Seattle Times (blog)
The Drug Enforcement Administration mailed letters Thursday to 23 medical marijuana businesses in Western Washington, warning they could be prosecuted and the properties seized if they are operating within a school zone. “Please take the necessary ...
22 August 2012 Industry critics see trouble with legalized marijuana
Daily Journal of Commerce
Measures to legalize marijuana are also on ballots in Colorado and Washington. In a dispute between a Colorado medical marijuana grower and a dispensary, Arapahoe County District Court Judge Charles Pratt ruled this month that Colorado's entire ...
22 August 2012 Newsflash! MMED releases list of America's 1st licensed medical marijuana centers in Colorado! Rejoice! Job well done.
"Denver dispensaries have collected the most state licenses so far, with 78 centers and marijuana-infused-product manufacturers. Colorado Springs comes in second, with about 45 centers and MIPs within its boundaries. Boulder ranks third, with fourteen licensed centers and MIPs. The rest of the licensees are scattered around the seven-county metro region and the state as a whole." By William BreathesWed., Aug. 22 2012 WESTWORDMedical Marijuana Enforcement Division Business Licensees August 14 2012
12 August 2012 CannaBiz: Initiative 40 goes quietly away
Colorado Springs Independent
The Colorado U.S. Attorney's office announced last Friday that it's issued the third wave of letters to 10 MMJ centers still located within 1000 feet of a school. Spokesman Jeff Dorschner confirms one is located in Colorado Springs, though he declines ...
11 August 2012 Measure to legalize pot could bring billions to state coffers
HeraldNet
But Steve Sarich, spokesman for the No on I-502 effort, said federal authorities are shutting down licensed medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado and California. "Why do we think the federal government will treat Washington state any different ...
10 August 2012 Steve DeAngelo Talks About Recent Medical Marijuana Events
THE Weed Blog (blog)
Also, Steve reports that U.S. attorneys have sent out 10 more letters threatening civil forfeiture of medical cannabis properties in Colorado, and four such letters have been issued in Eastern Washington State. These actions indicate a nationwide ...
9 August 2012 City sales tax collections rise modestly in July
Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs sales tax collections edged up in July, ... MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Sales tax collections from medical marijuana businesses rose 41.71 percent ...
8 August 2012 Colorado state court ruling on medical marijuana says MMJ illegal.
Colorado state court ruling on medical marijuana says MMJ illegal. : The idea log The Denver Post editorial board shares commentary and opinion on issues of interest to Coloradans. Colorado.
7 August 2012 State stocks up on pot enforcement SUVs
KXRM
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division is giving enforcement vehicles to other state agencies after leasing more vehicles than it has workers. According to KCNC-TV, enforcement officials signed an eight-year lease for two dozen ...
6 August 2012 Arizona Will Award 4 Medical-Marijuana Dispensing Licenses in Mesa
Cannabis Culture
The City Council immediately began wrestling with where to allow dispensaries after Arizona voters in 2010 gave razor-thin approval to Proposition 203, which allows the sale of medical-grade marijuana to people who have a doctor's permission to use it ...
6 August 2012 Overnight crime hits 3 marijuana dispensaries - Colorado Springs ...
SUNRISE: | library, peak, photos, free, pikes, colorado, coloradosprings, sites, ... andrewgibsongazettecom. Police were summoned to three medicalmarijuana ...
5 August 2012 10 medical marijuana stores in Colorado warned to close or face ...
DENVER - U.S. Attorney John Walsh is ordering 10 marijuana stores in the Denver area and southern Colorado to close or face seizure of their property.
4 August 2012 US Attorney: Boulder included in latest round of marijuana dispensary shut ...
Colorado Daily
The Hill Cannabis Club co-owner Michael Mathis weighs medical marijuana for a customer in April at his dispensary on Broadway in Boulder. The Boulder dispensary closed in May after receiving a shut-down letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office. (Jeremy Papasso / Daily Camera file photo). U.S. Attorney John Walsh today sent out letters to 10 more Colorado marijuana dispensaries located within 1000 feet of schools, ordering them to close their businesses or move -- the third such wave of letters issued by his office.
3 August 2012 Colorado Marijuana Dispensaries Shut Down, Built Too Near Denver-Boulder ...
CKHID ONLINE
Medical Marijuana dispensaries in Colorado are legal. However, they must operate within respectable boundaries. One of these 'borders' have been crossed by at least 10 dispensaries, leading to US attorney warning for all. "Everyone who is operating a ...
3 August 2012 Democrat Barbara Lee Looks to Protect Landlords of Medical Marijuana ...
Opposing Views
More than 300 such letters have been sent to property owners across California as well as in Colorado and other medical marijuana states. Though the number of actual prosecutions is far fewer, the intimidation caused by the threats has resulted in the ...
3 August 2012 10 Colorado Medical Marijuana Shops Warned To Close
KKTV 11 News
For the third time, the U.S. Attorney for the district of Colorado has warned medical marijuana shops to close because of their proximity to schools. In this mailing, 10 stores were warned to close by September 17. The U.S. Attorney reports each is located within ...
2 August 2012 Weekly Wrapup: Future of Medical Marijuana in California After LA ...
By now, most of the medical cannabis community is aware of the chaotic developments in Los Angeles last week, when local officials voted in favor of a ban on ...
1 August 2012 Medical Marijuana Case On Therapeutic Value, Rescheduling To Be Heard In ...
Huffington Post
Drug Enforcement Administration, a case that could have major implications for the rescheduling of marijuana out of Schedule I, a category that also includes heroin and LSD. Schedule I drugs are described as substances that have “a high potential for abuse, ...
1 August 2012 Medical Marijuana: Do States Know How to Regulate It?
Colorado's decade-long debate over how to manage medical marijuana has produced a tightly controlled approach that more states are starting to emulate.
1 August 2012 County amends medical pot policy - Colorado Springs Gazette
Houghton said county policy differs greatly from the medical marijuana policy adopted by Colorado Springs. Contact Bob Stephens 6360276 Twitterbobgstephens ...
31 July 2012 Arizona Governor Defends Medical Marijuana Program | Cannabis ...
By Marius Soska
Jan Brewer (R-AZ) to shut down the state's medical marijuana facilities, which are allowed to seek permits under a 2010 state law, because medical marijuana is not permitted under federal law. Although public support for medical marijuana is currently at an all-time high, the Department of ... May 11 2012. Two Arizonans lent a medical-marijuana company in Colorado $500000, but the company didn't pay them back. Feds Warn Arizona Over Medical Marijuana. ABC15. Mar 20 2012 ...
31 July 2012 Arizona county prosecutors fear DOJ will target the states' MMJ industry
Examiner.com
... in 2010, allows dispensaries to operate under license, thirteen county prosecutors have urged Governor Jan Brewer (R) to halt the state's medical marijuana program for fear of federal backlash, as seen in California and also on a smaller scale in Colorado.
30 July 2012 Woman files counterclaims in medical marijuana lawsuit
Aspen Daily News
The sheriff's office contacted the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and, later, the medical marijuana enforcement division of the Colorado Department of Revenue, which investigated the case. The result of that probe was not available. In September 2011 ...
29 July 2012 Number of Colorado Medical Marijuana Patients Up in May
Colorado has 98910 registered medical marijuana patients as of May 31, 2012, according to the latest report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and ...
28 July 2012 Okla. state senator continues push for medical marijuana, acknowledges uphill ...
The Republic
A push is underway to have a medicinal marijuana state question on the November ballot in neighboring Arkansas, and voters in Washington and Colorado are expected to vote in November on whether to legalize small amounts of marijuana. Medicinal ...
27 July 2012 An inside look at companies in trouble from Daily Bankruptcy Review
Wall Street Journal (blog)
A marijuana grower in Colorado, a state that also issues medical-marijuana licenses, tried to file for Chapter 11 earlier this year. But the case came and went from the bankruptcy court without any explanation about whether it could be there
26 July 2012 What Will Los Angeles' Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Mean?
Daily Beast
In 1996, the public voted in favor of the Compassionate Care Act, and in 2004 the state authorized non-profit cooperatives to sell medical marijuana. Supporters ... Yes, and there is potentially an even greater one in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. In each ...
26 July 2012 Medical marijuana registry stats up again, but far below previous peak
Westword (blog)
As of the end of May, there were 98910 red card-holding medical marijuana patients in the state according to MMJ registry numbers released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That's up from the previous report, released in June.
25 July 2012 How effective has the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act been?
UpperMichigansSource.com
Voters approved the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act in 2008. Since then, some law enforcement officials have criticized the law as being too lax when it comes regulating the distribution of medical marijuana licenses. "In law enforcement we have seen ...
25 July 2012 Colorado Medical Marijuana Patient Numbers Rise for 6th Straight ...
The number of patients in Colorado with valid medical marijuana cards hit 98910 in May, a 2% increase from April and the sixth consecutive monthly increase.
25 July 2012 Los Angeles officials vote to ban marijuana shops
Huffington Post
LOS ANGELES — A countdown to the closure of hundreds of medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles is set to begin after a drawn-out legal battle led the city council to vote unanimously to shutter the shops – but it may not be over. After Mayor Antonio ...
25 July 2012 LA City Council Approves Medical Marijuana Shop Ban
NBC Los Angeles
The dispensaries were allowed after state voters in 1996 passed Proposition 215 permitting medical marijuana use. Huizar called for support for his ban by pointing to confusion about how authorities should enforce existing law. "LAPD has been asking us for ...
25 July 2012 Marijuana Legalization Could Set Up State-Federal Showdown
Governing (blog)
“The genie is out of the bottle,” says Colorado Rep. Pat Steadman, who drafted legislation to create the state's medical marijuana regulatory structure in 2010. His state currently has more than 100000 medical marijuana patients and nearly 600 licensed ...
24 July 2012 “Blood Diamonds” Author Greg Campbell Goes Inside Medical Marijuana with ...
East Bay Express
The Colorado-based freelance journalist obtained a medical marijuana card in 2009 and started growing the maligned herb as research for Pot, Inc. What emerges is a compelling, fact-filled-yet-breezy eye-level account of day-to-day life in the world of legal ...
23 July 2012 Mason Tvert Responds To Author Jonathan Caulkins' Dire Forecast For ...
Huffington Post
The Colorado Department of Revenue is currently implementing a system of medical marijuana regulation that entails tracking all marijuana from 'seed to sale.' The same agency will oversee the regulation of non-medical marijuana if Amendment 64 is ...
22 July 2012 Medical Marijuana Academy Opens in Colorado Springs
by Wyatt Miller, Independent
KC, whose Colorado Springs-based Business Academy offers seminars to entrepreneurs interested in medical cannabis, can barely contain his excitement over the local industry finally plunging into a normal, if highly regulated, market. "For two years people have been waiting for that moratorium to lift, and wondering what's going to happen, so they've watched the market," KC continues in his interview at the Independent. "The good news is, the rules are there. Standards are established."
21 July 2012 Truth In Trials Act, Medical Marijuana Protection Bill, Proposed By Bipartisan ...
Huffington Post
... Marijuana, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Truth In Trials Act, Medical Marijuana Congress, Medical Marijuana States, Slideexpand, Politics News. Barney Frank Ron Paul. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill this week designed to create enhanced legal protections for valid medical marijuana patients prosecuted due to conflicting state and federal laws regarding the legality of the substance. ... Colorado
20 July 2012 Medical Marijuana: Is Pot Gaining More Ground in Washington?
Village Voice (blog)
Medical marijuana is legal in the state, but Washington voters are set to decide in November whether to decriminalize small amounts of weed. Supporters of the Shoreline developments hope the new reg will lend momentum to that ballot measure. Colorado ...
19 July 2012 Will New Jersey Ever Get Their Medical Marijuana Program Implemented?
THE Weed Blog (blog)
New Jersey Legislator Calls For A Hearing Into Governor Christie's Medical Marijuana Implementation Delays. ... “We do not want to become Colorado or California. We don't want to have that type of program here,” Chris Christie said. “I want to have a ...
18 July 2012 Comparing Marijuana Legalization Measures In Oregon, Colorado, And ...
THE Weed Blog (blog)
Oregon Joins Colorado and Washington in voting on marijuana legalization this election. ... Act does not apply to medical marijuana, which retains its current regulatory structure. Improves medical marijuana by providing protection from arrest for some ...
17 July 2012 Reader: Pitting good pot smokers v. bad pot smokers = prohibitionist victory
Westword (blog)
Our post about a federal attempt to shut down a medical marijuana superstore in California, and questions about whether U.S. Attorney John Walsh might take a similar tack in Colorado, became a busy reader forum. Here's a comment by someone who thinks ...
16 July 2012 Marijuana legalization measure qualifies for Oregon ballot
OregonLive.com
medicalmarijuana.jpg Beth Nakamura /The Oregonian An Oregon medical marijuana cardholder looks at marijuana plants from a grower in southern Oregon. It's official: Oregonians will vote this November on whether to legalize the cultivation and sale of ...
15 July 2012 Harborside's Steve DeAngelo on Medical Marijuana Crackdown: 'Death by a ...
KQED (blog)
It may not yet be time to call U.S. Attorney for Northern California Melinda Haag's enforcement actions against pot facilities over the past four months a "war on medical marijuana," but she certainly took hostilities to a new level this week by filing ...
14 July 2012 Oakland officials slam prosecutors over marijuana crackdown
Chicago Tribune
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Officials in the city of Oakland rebuked federal prosecutors on Thursday for seeking to shut down a medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's. ... But voters in Washington, Colorado, and possibly ...
Friday the 13th: U.S. Attorney John Walsh has sent out two waves of closure-threat letters to medical marijuana dispensaries near schools -- and his spokesman reveals that a third wave is coming. But could Walsh's targets in Colorado expand to so-called marijuana superstores, as has taken place in California?
13 July 2012 Medical marijuana growers face charges based on vague regulations
The state Legislature's House Bill 1284, passed in 2010, spelled out regulations for medical marijuana growers in Colorado. But two licensed growers say a ...
12 July 2012 Does Medical Marijuana Increase Teen Pot Use?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
And, purely anecdotally, I've heard from friends in Colorado who have teenage children that they're concerned about the prevalence of marijuana in the state. But a recent study casts doubt on the thesis that the legalization of medical marijuana ...
12 July 2012 Does Medical Marijuana Increase Teen Pot Use?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
And, purely anecdotally, I've heard from friends in Colorado who have teenage children that they're concerned about the prevalence of marijuana in the state. But a recent study casts doubt on the thesis that the legalization of medical marijuana ...
11 July 2012 Medical marijuana dispensaries charged in Springs sue to clarify plant count rules
Westword (blog)
In 2010, the Colorado Legislature outlined rules for the medical marijuana industry in this state with the passage of House...
10 July 2012 Boulder County medical marijuana caregiver sentenced to 9 years in federal ...
Daily Camera
A former Boulder County medical marijuana caregiver was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison on gun and drug charges today. Stylios Alton Trachanas, 41, was sentenced to 110 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Brooke Jackson in ...
9 July 2012 U.S. Medical Marijuana Researcher Says Current Federal Classification "Not ...
THE Weed Blog (blog)
Director Of Cannabis Research Center Says Classification And Political Controversy Are Obstacles To Medical Progress. ... Frustrated by the federal government's position, the governors of four states (Colorado, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington ...
8 July 2012 Cancer Patient In Colorado Found Not Guilty On All Marijuana ...
The Colorado Constitution states that medical marijuana patients can have as much marijuana as medically necessary and that it is up to the patient to decide ...
7 July 2012 Will Oregon Join Washington And Colorado In Voting To Repeal Cannabis ...
THE Weed Blog (blog)
The state legalized medicinal cannabis in 1998 with about 55% of the vote, although proposals to legalize licensed and regulated medical cannabis dispensaries did not garner enough votes to pass in 2004 and 2010. Across the country, support for ...
6 July 2012 Medical marijuana enters health care debate
DeSoto Appeal
WASHINGTON — Recognition of marijuana as a medical treatment is creeping into the national health care discussion. ... WASHINGTON — Recognition of marijuana as a medical treatment is creeping into the national health care discussion. Measures to ...
5 July 2012 MMJ patient acquitted of drug charges - Colorado Springs Gazette
A cancer patient was acquitted in El Paso County court Friday on felony drug charges related to his use of medical marijuana. The case galvanized medical ...
4 July 2012 Statewide dispensary moratorium ends, new applications slow to come in
Westword (blog)
Legislators approved the two-year moratorium as they were creating a regulatory framework for the booming industry in 2010, thinking it would give local municipalities and the newly created Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division some time to catch up.
3 July 2012 Medical Marijuana Moving Toward Ballots in More States
Kansas City infoZine
By Chelsea Boozer - Recognition of Marijuana As a Medical Treatment Is Creeping Into the National Health-care Discussion. ... In Colorado, penalties for non-medical marijuana use are similar to those for alcohol misuse. The state, along with 12 others, ...
2 July 2012 Medical marijuana dispensaries can't deduct business expenses on state tax ...
Westword (blog)
Marijuana, even of the medical variety, remains illegal at the federal level -- meaning that dispensary owners can't take business deductions on tax returns they submit to the feds. But since MMJ is legal in Colorado, shouldn't they be able to deduct ...
1 July 2012 Big Changes for MMJ Industry Sunday as Colorado Lifts Ban, Credit ...
The real fireworks this year will materialize on July 1, when two developments will alter the medical marijuana landscape: #1. Colorado will lift its two-year ...
30 June 2012 Medical Cannabis Comeback? Proposal to Overturn Fort Collins MMJ
Tags: colorado medical marijuana, fort collins dispensaries, san diego medical ... Colorado medical marijuana news, cannabis dispensary updates and MMJ ...
29 June 2012 Moms and Dads for Marijuana Regulation unveil new Colorado ...
By Eric W. Dolan
Last year, Colorado became the first state in the nation to begin issuing licenses for businesses that sell medical marijuana and marijuana-infused products. The state has also formally asked the Drug Enforcement Agency to reclassify ...
28 June 2012 Pitkin County passes medical pot regulations
Aspen Daily News
Colorado voters in 2000 amended the state Constitution to allow medical marijuana use. More recently, state lawmakers set up a system where medical marijuana growers, edible manufacturers and sellers must get approval from their local governments
27 June 2012 CT's Legal Marijuana: No Market Until 2013, Tight Restrictions ...
Hartford Courant
Five weeks after the governor signed a law ushering in medical marijuana on Oct. ... tightly regulated — unlike in California and Colorado, national experts say.
26 June 2012 Medical marijuana on the ballot again in Fort Collins
The Coloradoan
Organizers of a citizen initiative to repeal Fort Collins' ban on medical marijuana dispensaries collected sufficient signatures to place the question on the ...
25 June 2012 Study: Medical Marijuana Does Not Increase Number Of Teens ...
CBS Local
The Institute for the Study of Labor's “Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana ... University of Colorado Denver economist and study author, in a statement.
24 June 2012 Five New Marijuana Dispensaries Open in Eagle Rock
Patch.com
Colorado Quality Pain Relief Inc., 4740 Eagle Rock Blvd. The opening of these facilities raises to 15 the total number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Eagle ...
23 June 2012 New Hampshire Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Bill Despite ...
eNews Park Forest
Medical marijuana laws have been passed in the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, ...
22 June 2012 Cross-checking MMJ and gun databases off table?
Westword (blog)
Colorado Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Medina tells us that checking the medical marijuana registry against federal or state gun/concealed ...
21 June 2012 Medical Marijuana: California City Bans Prescription Pot Shops
Village Voice (blog)
... policy: San Leandro, Calif., has banned medical marijuana dispensaries and... ... Colorado's moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries gets lifted July 1.
20 June 2012 Denver Council postpones vote on medical-marijuana ad ban
Denver Post
Colorado's main medical-marijuana lobby originally pushed council to ban outdoor advertising, such as billboards and sign-twirlers, in efforts to further legitimize ...
19 June 2012 CU prof, others find no link between MMJ legalization and increased ...
Examiner.com
The researchers looked at marijuana consumption by teens in 13 states where medical marijuana is legal, including Colorado, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Maine ...
18 June 2012 Medical Marijuana Business in Colorado Can't File for Bankruptcy ...
18 June 2012 Medical marijuana patients won't be auto-flagged in criminal database
It's not really a consolation, but at least Colorado medical marijuana patients won't be treated like sex offenders in the...
18 June 2012 Medical marijuana registry numbers still on the rise after five months
Critics of medical marijuana regulations passed by the Colorado Legislature blame the decrease on rules governing the industry that went into effect in July ...
18 June 2012 CannaBiz: Amendment 64 gaining steam
The former co-owner of Southern Colorado Medical Marijuana was the only one in a group charged during 2010's so-called Beacon Street raids to take the case ...
18 June 2012 Medical marijuana patient-tracking program meeting violated Sunshine Law?
She points to this passage of Amendment 20, the measure that legalized medical marijuana in Colorado: Authorized employees of state or local law enforcement agencies shall be granted access to the information contained within the state health agency's ...
17 June 2012 Jury returns not guilty verdict in MMJ case
Kappelmann, who left her job at Hewlett Packard in Colorado Springs to open a medical marijuana dispensary, had faced up to 12 years in prison on two felonies in connection with a May 2010 raid on a Colorado Springs warehouse where she leased an ...
16 June 2012 Colorado Supreme Court Confirms that Using Medical Marijuana is Not a ...
The Colorado Supreme Court declined to hear the Beinor case, therefore upholding the appellate courts determination that the Colorado State constitution does not give a constitutional right to cannabis patients to use medical marijuana.
15 June 2012 Efforts to relax pot rules gaining momentum in US
Lawmakers from Rhode Island to Colorado are mulling medical marijuana programs, pot dispensaries, decriminalization and even legalization. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia now authorize medical marijuana and 14, including neighboring ...
14 June 2012 Will Romney's Push to Win Colorado Go up in Smoke?
The legalization crowd was huge for Obama in 2008, because he indicated that he held a benign view of medical marijuana. In the past couple years, though, the Justice Department has cracked down on state-legal marijuana establishments, upsetting many ...
13 June 2012 Holder says no effort to shut down all medical marijuana
Mr. Holder said federal officials are not going after those who are staying within the confines of their states' medical marijuana laws, but said some have "come up with ways in which they are taking advantage of these state laws.
12 June 2012 New Cannabis Opportunities Abound as Colorado Prepares to Lift ...
Colorado medical marijuana news, cannabis dispensary updates and MMJ industry developments. Colorado is on the cusp of another green rush as the state ...
11 June 2012 Report: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Not Linked to Neighborhood Crime
By Jason Koebler It's long been the argument of law enforcement and anti-medical marijuana advocates that the government-sanctioned pot dispensaries cause an uptick in crime, especially burglary and muggings. The only problem is that argument isn't ...
10 June 2012 Medical Marijuana Legalized In Connecticut
The Connecticut law is different than other states that have legalized prescription pot, such as California, Colorado, Vermont and Washington DC, according to the governor's office. Medical marijuana is abused in other states, but the Connecticut law ...
9 June 2012 CannaBiz: Industry updates
Colorado Springs' Cannabis Science (cannabisscience.com), headed by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor Robert Melamede, has
8 June 2012 Garfield County sets deadline for medical marijuana regs
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has set itself a June 18 deadline to approve land use regulations for medical marijuana growers in the county. The commissioners are required to approve zoning rules before ...
7 June 2012 Medical Marijuana proponents win a victory at the State Supreme Court
State Supreme Court says lower courts too srict in enforcing medical marijuana law, in the high court's first case on the issue.. LANSING (WKZO) -- The Michigan Supreme Court says medical marijuana users are entitled to use
6 June 2012 Connecticut Becomes 17th Medical Marijuana State
Hartford, CT -- Patient advocates applauded Governor Dannel Malloy today for signing the country's 17th state medical marijuana law. The Connecticut legislature passed HB 5389 on May 4th, despite ongoing Justice Department intimidation in medical ...
5 June 2012 Dad Cures Little Boy's Cancer with Marijuana Oil - YouTube
Dad saves his sons life with Cannabinoid Oil.flvby OnlyHempFuture2860 views ·
4 June 2012 Edible pot sales growing
DENVER, May 31 (UPI) -- A Colorado-based company that produces edible products infused with medical marijuana says it hopes to expand its business nationally. Dixie Elixers & Edibles offers THC-laced sparkling beverages, chocolate truffles, ...
3 June 2012 Denver company wants to take medical-pot elixirs national
DENVER -Smoke 'em if you've got 'em, but Dixie Elixirs & Edibles has a different idea on the best ways to ingest medical marijuana. Sipping and snacking — not toking — are the basis of Dixie's fast-growing Colorado business, which now is poised to go ...
2 Jun 2012 Cannabinoids (From Marijuana) make Cancer cells "commit suicide ...
Vaporizing Marijuana has been known to PREVENT LUNG CANCER Vaporizing means there ...
1 Jun 2012 Montana Supreme Court hears arguments in medical marijuana case
The Montana Supreme Court must now decide how the medical marijuana industry in the state will operate. District Court Judge Jim Reynolds recently ordered the state to stop to enforcing several parts of the medical marijuana law; the state can no ...
31 May 2012 Advocates Pushing to Treat PTSD with Medical Marijuana
Marijuana advocates in Colorado are trying to add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the list of conditions for which doctors can recommend medical marijuana under Colorado law. A group of protesters gathered outside the state board of health ...
30 May 2012 CannaBiz: Another try for PTSD
by Bryce Crawford @BryceCrawford In late 2010, the Colorado Board of Health denied a petition from marijuana advocacy group Sensible Colorado to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the approved list of maladies considered by the state to be treatable ...
29 May 2012 Cannabis Science Gets Set to Release "Phytiva" Its Newest Brand of Over-the ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS.OB), a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to provide insight on the upcoming release of its new ...
28 May 2012 Effort to relax marijuana penalties could reach KC
But now, because of states' legislation and voter referendums, roughly 30 percent of Americans live where penalties for pot use have been greatly relaxed, either through medical marijuana statutes or decriminalization for possession of small amounts.
27 May 2012 How Many Anti-Pot Politicians Will be Ousted Before They Realize the Will of ...
(Nationwide, well over one million Americans are now estimated to be using marijuana medicinally in compliance with the laws of their states, 17 of which now recognize the medical utility of pot.) In recent years, Colorado state officials have licensed ...
27 May 2012 Colorado Medical-Pot Lobby Seeks Denver Ban On Industry's Outdoor Ads
Colorado's main medical-marijuana lobby is pushing Denver's City Council to ban outdoor advertising, such as billboards and sign-flippers, for such businesses ...
26 May 2012 Cannabis Science Gets Set to Release "Phytiva" Its Newest Brand of Over-the ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cannabis Science, Inc. (OBB:CBIS) , a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to provide insight on the upcoming release of its' new ...
25 May 2012 Which counties are finally enacting MMJ rules?
Pitkin County attorney John Ely's fear that adopting medical marijuana regulations would put the county in direct violation of federal law. "The conduct that is contemplated in the statutes of Colorado is illegal," Ely told commissioners this past ...
24 May 2012 Summit County finalizes medical marijuana regulations
By Caddie Nath BRECKENRIDGE — Summit County government finalized a set of policies regulating the sale, cultivation and production of medical marijuana and marijuana-infused products Tuesday ahead of the final state deadline in July.
23 May 2012 Rick Simpson talks about Marijuana Cancer Cure with The Truther ...
Visit Rick Simpson's website, Phoenix Tears. Watch his documentary Run From the Cure
23 May 2012 Medical marijuana: Pot shops closed by feds can't move to new city
But the letters from US Attorney John Walsh ordering shops to close their doors because they're within 1000 feet of a school have nothing to do with local bans or the state's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division. Owners who receive a letter
23 May 2012 Advocates In Colorado Push To Add PTSD To Colorado MMJ ...
Medical marijuana advocates in Colorado are pushing for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to be added to the list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis.
22 May 2012 Marijuana (Cannabis) Cures Different Types of Cancer - YouTube
Vaporizing Marijuana has been known to PREVENT LUNG CANCER Vaporizing means there ...
22 May 2012 Why Oregon's Attorney General Election May Be Referendum on Medical Marijuana ...
Oregon AG candidate Ellen Rosenblum promises to make marijuana enforcement a low priority, but will it affect medical marijuana policy on a national level? Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. Oregon's Democratic primary for ...
22 May 2012 Poll: Wide majority of Americans now favor legalizing pot
“There is more nationwide support for regulating marijuana like alcohol than ever before. This news bodes well for Amendment 64, especially since Colorado is among the states with the most support for ending marijuana prohibition,” said Mason Tvert in ...
19 May 2012 Marijuana plants moved with state's permission, family says
Ha, Hai and Nathan Do argue in court filings that officials with the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division gave the OK for the family to transport 1200 marijuana clones from their dispensary to the warehouse in northeast Denver.
18 May 2012 New York Supreme Court Justice Urges Lawmakers To Support Medical Marijuana
The Judge then goes on to mention that he prefers to smoke a few hits of weed to relieve some of the side-effects from his cancer cures. In historical context, acknowledging a fondness for medical marijuana (or the stick icky, as I like to call it) has
17 May 2012 Watchdog Asks To Stub Pot Grower's Bankruptcy
Colorado has legalized medical marijuana and regulates it heavily. A business entity that shares CGO Enterprise's headquarters was denied a license in November to grow pot for a network of licensed retailers throughout the state.
17 May 2012 Weed Isn't Evil, It Cures Cancer! - YouTube
I used to think smoking cannabis meant serving the devil, but faced with the evidence, I've had ...
17 May 2012 Americans Support Ending Federal Crackdown on Medical Marijuana
By Seth Cline A chart showing the results of a poll asking if Americans want the federal government to stop raids targeting medical marijuana. Americans think President Obama should leave states that have legalized medical marijuana alone, ...
17 May 2012 BoCC extends medical marijuana moratorium
Starr suggested the extension with the addition of a requirement that he report to the board quarterly concerning the status of medical marijuana in Colorado. Having suggested the reporting requirement, Starr told the BoCC that
16 May 2012 Cannabis Science Receives New Photos and Information on Patient Three's ...
Also the doctor said that he is hopeful that this works, as there is no known chemo that cures this type of cancer." You can view these new photos on the Cannabis Science website
16 May 2012 Dad gives two year old son battling with Brain cancer Medical ...
That's right, he gave his two-year old son cannabis as an oil and it saved his life, ... Goddammit it can cure cancer! ... marijuana is medicine it cures everything!
16 May 2012 Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Another Anti-Medical Marijuana Candidate Bites ...
Last week, 73% of President Obama's own party in Congress voted against his policy of cracking down on medical marijuana, and the week before, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi stood up to condemn Drug Enforcement Administration raids in medical cannabis ...
16 May 2012 Marijuana DUI standard dies a 3rd time in Colorado
Some Republicans opposed the bill, arguing that the measure considered Tuesday should have targeted more than just marijuana use. Opponents tried to amend the bill to exempt state-certified medical marijuana patients
15 May 2012 15 | May | 2012 | Patients for Medical Cannabis
Marijuana vs cigarettes · Marijuana cures cancer - US government has known since 1974 · Marijuana / Cannabis Use In Pregnancy - Dr. Melanie Dreher ...
15 May 2012 Medical marijuana registry numbers climb for fourth month in a row
By William Breathes Tue., May 15 2012 at 4:20 PM The numbers show that 3747 people signed on to the medical marijuana registry between February and March. Since December, more than 12800 people have signed on to the registry
14 May 2012 Guest Commentary: Mothers and marijuana in Colorado
Denver Post
By keeping marijuana illegal, we are ensuring that the only market for marijuana, aside from the controlled sale of medical marijuana in the state, is the criminal market. One that is easily accessible in any Colorado neighborhood.
13 May 2012 $500000 Medical Marijuana Loan Up In Smoke
ABC News
That's what happened to Mark Haile and Michele Hammer, two Arizona businesspeople who in August, 2010, each loaned $250000 to Today's Health Care II (THC), a Colorado-based medical marijuana dispensary.
12 May 2012 MMCs targeted by feds closing or moving?
Westword (blog)
And the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division has been kept in the dark on the matter; a representative claims the agency was never given a complete list. The MMED only finds out about the notices if a shop owner volunteers the information ...
11 May 2012 In Colorado, a drugged driving bill won't go away for state lawmakers
The Republic
KRISTEN WYATT AP DENVER — Marijuana driving standards are becoming routine debates around the Colorado Capitol, with a drugged-driving bill headed to the state Legislature for the third time in the last two years. Gov. John Hickenlooper said it's ...
10 May 2012 Dixie Elixirs & Edibles and PhytoSPHERE Systems, Portfolio Companies of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
DENVER, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Dixie Elixirs & Edibles (Dixie), Colorado's premier Medical Marijuana infused products company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with fellow Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTN:MJNA) ...
9 May 2012 Marijuana: House Bill 1358 fails in Senate, THC DUI not dead yet?
Westword (blog)
By William Breathes Wed., May 9 2012 at 3:53 PM Representative Beth McCann's proposal to shift millions in medical marijuana patient registry fees from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment to the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division
8 May 2012 25 Colo. medical marijuana shops near schools close
KXRM
DENVER (AP) -- The 25 Colorado marijuana shops targeted in a second wave of warning letters from federal prosecutors to close or face potential legal action have all shut down. In March, the US Attorney's Office in Denver sent letters warning 25 ...
7 May 2012 Denver lawyer loses liability insurance over medical-marijuana clients
Denver Post
Toney, a former prosecutor who has taught classes on medical-marijuana law for the Colorado Bar Association, said she was surprised. Most of her work representing medical-marijuana businesses came one or two years ago, when the state's laws for such ...
6 May 2012 Buffett Is Out of Step on Medical Marijuana
Wall Street Journal
Consider tiny Cannabis Science, which says it is "at the forefront of medical marijuana research and development." The Colorado Springs, Colo., company has annual revenue of $74000, expenses of $8.4 million and a stock-market value of $30 million.
5 May 2012 Medical Marijuana Approved By Connecticut State Senate
Gothamist
Medical marijuana has been approved already in New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine. And as in other states to recently approve the very old drug, Connecticut's rules are much stricter than you'll find in, say, California or Colorado.
4 May 2012 Cannabis Science Supports House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Historic ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The people in states like California and Colorado have spoken through their ballots, the very basis of democracy. This is a presidential election year. As soon as the voting public demands medical marijuana as a condition for election, ...
3 May 2012 Marijuana: HB 1358 would fund police computer access to patient database
Westword (blog)
House Bill 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory measure passed in 2010, charges the state with developing a tracking system that funnels information from the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ...
2 May 2012 CannaBiz: MMJ passed in Pueblo
Colorado Springs Independent
by Bryce Crawford @BryceCrawford The county and city of Pueblo split ways last week when the county licensed its second medical marijuana center. Unlike the city, which last year passed zoning regulations that essentially make it impossible for a ...
1 May 2012 Three Boulder marijuana dispensaries close in face of federal deadline
Colorado Daily
However, as the medical marijuana industry exploded, especially in California and Colorado, federal enforcement has increased. State and local rules require that dispensaries not locate within 500 feet of a school. The letter advises dispensary owners ...
30 April 2012 Dispensary Catches Attempted Robber On Camera
KRDO
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A robber crashed through the ceiling of medical marijuana dispensary early Sunday morning. It happened at A Wellness Center near the intersection of Wood and Fillmore in Colorado Springs. "I would say it's definitely one for ...
29 April 2012 Cannabis Cures Cancer...And you could get rich making it a reality ...
Watch Dr. Robert Melamede talk on the subject...It could save your life one day. POT Conference: Cannabis Oil and Skin Cancer - Robert Melamede, PhD This ...
28 April 2012 Colorado Shows Medical Marijuana can be a Thriving Industry ...
We are still only a few days removed from the tremendously successful 420 weekend. Celebrations occurred around the world and Marijuana.net was fortunate ...
27 April 2012 Marijuana: Initiative 70 would make pot use a right, regulate it like tobacco
Westword (blog)
For Colibri, the key attribute is making marijuana use a right in Colorado. This issue is at the heart of two court cases involving medical marijuana. The first involves Jason Benior, a street sweeper and MMJ patient who was denied benefits after being ...
26 April 2012 Medical marijuana patient money to fund MMC enforcement under new proposal
Westword (blog)
By William Breathes Thu., Apr. 26 2012 at 10:52 AM However, Representative Beth McCann of Denver says she has a plan for medical marijuana patients to bail out the MMED using leftover money they paid to the Colorado Department of Public Health
25 APril 2012 Proposal Would Bail Out State's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division
CBS Local
DENVER (CBS4) – There's a plan to rescue the state's new Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division. The funding has dried up and nearly half the staff had to be transferred. 4
25 April 2012 Pueblo County provides safe haven for medical marijuana
Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
Unlike the city of Colorado Springs and the government of El Paso County, Pueblo and its county are of two minds concerning medical marijuana. The city of Pueblo, last year, passed zoning laws essentially making it impossible to open a center within ...
25 April 2012 CannaBiz: Growth at Cannabis Science
Colorado Springs Independent
by Bryce Crawford @BryceCrawford Colorado Springs-based Cannabis Science (cannabisscience.com), the biotech company started by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor Dr. Robert Melamede, last week purchased 50 percent of a ...
24 April 2012 Cannabis Science Provides Product Line Guidance With Summary of Products In ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Some products are currently available to patients with legal state medical marijuana access, and others are up and coming over-the-counter products that will be available to the public nationally and internationally. Cannabis Science is currently ...
23 April 2012 Stolen car crashes into medical pot shop | stolen ... - Gazette
A stolen vehicle was found unoccupied and running early Friday after it smashed into the back of a medical marijuana dispensary. Colorado Springs Police were ...
22 April 2012 Medical marijuana petition drive begins in Fort Collins
The Coloradoan
Drew Brown, co-owner of the Abundant Healing Medical Marijuana dispensary, thanks his supporters after the city shutdown marijuana dispensaries in February. Medical Marijuana proponents are launching a petition drive, asking voters to allow ...
21 April 2012 Medical Marijuana Group Seeks to Repeal Fort Collins Dispensary Ban
KUNC
An alliance of former dispensary owners, employees and medical marijuana patients will start gathering signatures tomorrow in an attempt to repeal a ban passed by Fort Collins voters in November. “With the upcoming presidential election, ...
20 April 2012 MMJ shop robbed in the Springs suspects atlarge | police ... - Gazette
Barrett Tryon The Gazette. Maggie's Farm a medical marijuana shop was ... If you have any information youre urged to call Colorado Springs police at 4447000 ...
19 April 2012 420 walk to help medical marijuana research | marijuana ... - Gazette
THE GAZETTE. Ashley Knutson is on a quest and shell be sharing that quest with others Friday during the first Cannabis for the Cure Walk in Colorado Springs ...
18 April 2012 State okays seed sales, not seed companies
Westword (blog)
... the Colorado cannabis community finally has an answer from the state. And though it doesn't technically ban seed sales, it's not exactly the one some plant breeders wanted. Medical marijuana attorney Bob Hoban, who'd requested a clarification of ...
17 Apil 2012 Medical marijuana benefits provider shutting down
The Coloradoan
A nonprofit that offers benefits for medical marijuana patients, the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America, is closing down. The founder said the decision was due to "extenuating factors and a lack of support within the medical marijuana ...
16 Apr 2012 State's Proposal To Legalize MMJ Gets Big Push
Huffington Post
Polls show that more than 60 percent of Democrats and a solid majority of Independents believe marijuana should be treated like alcohol. A broad coalition is forming in support of Amendment 64 and I am proud to say that it now includes the Colorado ...
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