Weed Between the Lines
Rep. Jared Polis: Getting past Washington’s war-on-drugs mentality
The elephant in the room of all attempts by states to regulate marijuana is the current federal prohibition, which began in earnest under President Richard Nixon. Federal laws that make smoking marijuana a crime and a Justice Department dragging its feet under ...
‘Gazette’ cannabis package serves up purple haze
The Gazette in Colorado Springs last week published a package about cannabis legalization in the state under the banner “Clearing the Haze...
Cannabis Cup encapsulates the marijuana culture clash
There was plenty of weed at the Cannabis Cup celebration last weekend in Denver. Billed as the biggest marijuana party in the world, the Cup is a three-day psychedelic mash-up of counter culture, high technology and entrepreneurship, equal parts Woodstock, SXSW, ...
MIG helps make marijuana businesses work
Mike Elliott is executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group, a trade association for cannabis businesses based in Denver...
Attorneys general to Congress: Let banks work with marijuana businesses
A coalition of 38 state and U.S. territorial attorneys general, led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, sent a letter to Congress on May...
Emergency rule keeps cannabis magazines on the shelves
Probably the strangest paragraph in Colorado’s first attempt to regulate marijuana was the one that stipulated that “magazines whose primary focus is marijuana or marijuana businesses are only sold in retail marijuana stores or behind the counter in establishments ...
Vanessa
Last week was the opening week of NBA basketball, and I was glued to the couch watching the 76ers play the Raptors in Toronto....
The Supreme Court stays out of it
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado over its marijuana legalization law....
Colorado readies retail regulations while feds dither
When retail cannabis shops open in Colorado, most likely in 2014, adults will be able to buy it over-the-counter in Nederland, which recently approved an ordinance governing the sales of retail marijuana within its borders. “We passed what we feel is a solid piece of...
Boom times, they are a-changing?
Despite the fact that 33 states have legalized medical marijuana, and a handful have passed laws allowing for adult recreational use, marijuana is still...
Talking policy with Terri Robnett
I sat down to talk with Terri Robnett on the banks of Boulder Creek, and it wasn’t long before a gust of thick, dank cannabis...
Savor summer one last time this Labor Day weekend
It pains me to say this, but summer is coming to an end. All the college students are back in town, pumpkin spice lattes...
