POTUS talks pot

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Weed Between the Lines

As it turns out, marijuana doesn’t like cancer

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When first experimenting in the 1970s, I immediately began reading everything I could on the subject of marijuana. And right from the beginning, what I was finding, especially the material coming from the newly minted Drug Enforcement Agency, was not in sync with ...

A sane, sensible approach to public cannabis consumption

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One of the conundrums surrounding the implementation of Amendment 64 is that while you can buy marijuana in Colorado, there aren’t many places where you can legally use it in a social setting. Citizens are pretty much limited to their homes or a friend’s house or ...

Boulder marijuana sales tax revenues on the rise

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The City of Boulder released its latest sales and use tax revenue report in July. It compares tax revenues from January to May of 2014 to the same period this year. The numbers show that Boulder is booming. Total sales tax revenue is up an impressive 6 percent from ...

Few answers in CDC report on young man’s death

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its report on a 19-yearold male student who leapt to his death from a Denver hotel window after ingesting a marijuana cookie in March 2014...

Colorado says ‘no’ to medical marijuana for post-traumatic stress

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John Evans insists that calling post-traumatic stress a disorder is like cutting yourself and calling the blood a disorder...

Rep. Singer talks edibles, banking and lawmakers

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In part one of my interview with Rep. Jonathan Singer last week, he talked about changes the Colorado legislature made to Amendment 64 during the 2015 session. He figures lawmakers will be revising cannabis laws for a long time to come...

Rep. Jonathan Singer, Jack’s Bill and TABOR restrictions

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When I interviewed Rep. Jonathan Singer last October, he was gearing up for the 2015 legislative session. It adjourned in May, and I decided to check in and find out more about what happened this time around...

It’s time to let Boulder cannabis businesses succeed

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Having lived here nearly half my life, I frequent local businesses and want them to succeed and thrive. I’m proud to support companies that call Boulder home, too, — shops and stores that are part of the fabric of the community and who call me by my first name. Chain...

Oregon’s legalization process begins

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On Wednesday, Measure 91, the first part of the ballot initiative approved by 56 percent of Oregon voters in November, officially took effect. The state, which, in 1998 became the second to pass a medical marijuana statute, joins Colorado, Washington and Alaska (...

Is Denver ready to allow limited public cannabis consumption?

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A recent survey from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment found that 13.6 percent of Coloradans admitted to using marijuana in the last month, about twice the 7.4 percent of Americans who acknowledge using cannabis on national surveys...

Coats decision leaves it up to the legislature

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The Colorado Supreme Court Monday dealt the final legal blow to a Colorado man’s plea to keep his job after failing a random drug test administered by his employer in 2010...

Getting baked on a specially smoked salmon

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So I’m on the D train rolling north on Welton Street in Denver when I come across a headline that mentions “THC-infused smoked salmon.” I’m intrigued, since it involves two of my favorite things, and even more so when I notice the Huffington Post story is about a ...