by Associated Press Published: December 15,2011
Tags: marijuana, smoke out, University of Colorado
The University of Colorado, as it tries to find ways to end the annual and unsanctioned smoke-out on campus, has turned to other universities that are also plagued with large gatherings on 4/20. And while CU officials and student leaders say there are lessons to be learned from how other schools handle 4/20 events, they also [...] [...]
Hundreds of Colorado medical marijuana workers have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. The workers say the medical marijuana is a legitimate part of the retail health care, agriculture, and food processing industry. The Colorado union chapter has about 25,000 members representing grocery, pharmacy, agriculture workers, food processors, meat cutters, textile workers, and health care [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 17,2011
Tags: debate, legalizing, marijuana
Colorado’s most prominent politicians for and against legalizing marijuana are talking about the question today in Vail. Democratic Rep. Jared Polis and Republican Attorney General John Suthers are among the participants in a discussion at the Vail Symposium. Polis says the federal government should end marijuana prohibition and let states decide whether to allow the drug. Suthers [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 1,2011
Tags: marijuana, regulations
Colorado’s medical-marijuana regulators are renting office space from a lawyer whose clients include pot sellers the agency is charged with overseeing. The Denver Post reports that the state Department of Revenue’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division will pay attorney H. Alan Dill nearly $1.3 million in rent over the five-year term of the lease, which was signed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 25,2011
Tags: ballot initiatives, Democrats, gay marriage, marijuana, Obama, Republicans
Colorado’s position as a key battleground state in the 2012 presidential race comes with a wrinkle neither party seems to like: A freewheeling ballot initiative tradition that could put both legalizing marijuana and gay marriage before voters on Election Day next year. Marijuana activists have begun gathering signatures to ask voters to allow pot for recreational [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: July 1,2011
Tags: investing, marijuana, medical marijuana, MMJ, pink sheets
The medical marijuana industry believes offering penny stocks to investors is the path to legitimacy and growth. Investment analysts call that a half-baked idea. A handful of medical marijuana companies sell stock on the Pink Sheets, the unofficial name for stocks that sell over the counter, with prices usually below $2. The stocks are not listed or traded [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: May 13,2011
Tags: Legislature 2011, marijuana
A medical marijuana bill that drew a warning from a U.S. Attorney appears set to pass both chambers of the General Assembly in the waning days of the session. But whether it helps the fledgling industry — or threatens it — is open to debate. House Bill 1043 loosens some restrictions on the state’s medical marijuana industry [...] [...]
A bill to prosecute drivers under the influence of pot has been revived with teeth after it was watered down so it was just a study on the issue of marijuana impairment. The proposal scheduled to be heard this week in the Senate would set a blood-content threshold that would allow prosecutors to charge drivers with [...] [...]
A permanent Colorado ban on synthetic marijuana sold as Spice or K2 is back before a Senate committee. The committee put off a vote on the synthetic pot ban last month because of disagreement over what the penalty should be for possessing the drug. Synthetic pot was recently banned by the federal government, but the federal ban [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 20,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, K2, marijuana
A state ban on synthetic marijuana is up for a vote in the Colorado Senate. The bill that will be debated today would outlaw several chemicals used to make synthetic cannabinoids. The chemicals are widely available on the Internet and mimic the effects of marijuana in products called “Spice” or “K2.” The legality of the drug became [...] [...]
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