Colorado marijuana FAQ: The do’s and don’ts of new recreational pot law
Colorado’s recreational marijuana law has left some with questions about what they can and can’t do when the first retail shops open on Jan. 1.
Mark Matthews
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Marijuana banking proposal back before Congress
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Congress members from Colorado and Washington are planning to try again to help marijuana business access banking services. A bill to be introduced Wednesday revives an effort to shield financial institutions from prosecution if they allow marijuana businesses to access any banking services.
Feds call out Colorado in releasing study on teen marijuana use
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Federal drug abuse officials called out Colorado by name Wednesday in releasing a new national survey of illicit drug use among teenagers, saying marijuana legalization efforts are clearly changing youth attitudes in a dangerous way.
Colorado lowers medical-marijuana patient fee to $15
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Medical-marijuana patient fees will be dramatically lowered to $15 annually beginning early next year, the state board of health decided Wednesday.
Louisville City Council approves retail pot laws
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LOUISVILLE — The City Council this week gave final approval to a comprehensive set of regulations to govern future pot shops in the city.
Longmont police: Garage explosion set off by THC extraction
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Longmont police believe an attempt to extract THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, caused an explosion in a James Circle garage Wednesday in south Longmont.
Study looks at marijuana demand in Washington
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Figuring out how much marijuana people use has been one of the trickiest, and most important, questions facing the bureaucrats who are setting up Washington state’s new legal pot system.
Garden City pot shops give town chance to stand out, repeat history
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GARDEN CITY — Nestled between two cities and on the edge of a bustling highway intersection, Garden City remains true to its roots as a tiny island of flowering, flourishing sin.
Lawsuit filed over pot license denial
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A woman who was denied a medical marijuana dispensary license after she was convicted for prostitution is suing Fort Collins claiming the intended sex act was a Hindu religious activity.
Denver council gives initial OK to decriminalizing pot for ages 18-21
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As the sale of recreational marijuana becomes legal in Colorado Jan. 1, the Denver City Council on Monday night voted on measures surrounding its criminalization and public display.
Denver council to vote on decriminalizing pot for 18-21 year olds
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The Denver City Council continues to approve rules and regulations on marijuana in preparation for the Jan. 1 rollout of the recreational pot industry and on Monday will have two more votes.
State facing backlog in marijuana employee licensing
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The imminent opening of recreational pot shops in Colorado is leading to backlogs in licensing employees, with dozens or hundreds of people showing up each morning at a cramped state office hoping for an appointment.
“Glee,” “Parenthood,” and “Mad Men”: Pot plays big on TV
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The abundance of marijuana on television suggests that a long-subterranean appreciation for the plant is growing, even thriving, above ground.
Legalization’s opening of medical pot research is dream and nightmare
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Desperate parents are flocking to Colorado in search of pot-derived medical treatments they consider a last resort, yet many researchers are alarmed by parallels to past miracle-cure manias later proved false.
Pot and pets: For them, a high is dangerous – so stash that stash
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There’s a buzz around Colorado now that legalized recreational marijuana will happen Jan. 1: How is it going to affect Fido and little Ms.
Denver cops barred from working off-duty security jobs at pot shops
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When recreational-marijuana shops open on Jan. 1, Denver police officers will stand outside for crowd control but won’t be allowed to step inside to provide off-duty security from within.
Colorado considers lowering medical-marijuana patient fee
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Colorado health officials want to reduce the fee that licensed medical-marijuana patients pay, in a move that could impact how many people stick with medical-marijuana after recreational pot sales start in January.
Marijuana laws around the world: What you should know
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Uruguay has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana, but that doesn’t mean there will be cannabis cafes popping up on the streets of the capital or in the popular holiday resorts on the Atlantic coast.
CDC: 221 sickened by synthetic marijuana in Colo.
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Synthetic marijuana is believed to have sickened 221 people in Colorado during an outbreak earlier this year. The Centers for Disease Control report released Thursday says health officials dug deeper into 127 cases reported in the Denver area and Colorado Springs from mid-August to mid-September.
Colorado denying more medical-marijuana business applications
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Colorado’s medical-marijuana regulators have rejected business applications at an increasing rate as they near the end of a 3-year-old backlog, according to figures provided by the state.
New investigation into raided pot businesses as one reopens
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One of the medical marijuana dispensaries raided by federal agents last month reopened Wednesday, just as state and city of Denver officials begin a combined investigation into the raid targets.
The Spot Live: Pot and politics in Colorado
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The Spot Live: New Denver Post marijuana editor Ricardo Baca – an entertainment editor and music critic who has been at The Post for nearly 12 years – joins Post reporter Jeremy Meyer and host Kurtis Lee to talk about The Denver Post’s move into more heavily covering marijuana with its own website and dedicated staff on The Spot Live.
From seed to smoke, Uruguay testing legalized pot
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Uruguay’s drug control chief, Julio Calzada, is a nervous man. As of Wednesday, he has just 120 days to deliver regulations controlling the world’s first national marijuana market.
Colorado officials, pot businesses clash over inventory tracking
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On the cusp of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, business owners and state regulators are at odds over a high-tech system that is supposed to track the substance from seed to sale.
Aurora may allow smoking pot anywhere on private property
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AURORA — Front porch, side yard, driveway, balcony? Pot smokers may be able to light up a joint in any of those places on private property in Aurora.
Uruguay OK’s first national market for legal pot
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Uruguay’s Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday to create the world’s first national marketplace for legal marijuana, an audacious experiment that will have the government oversee production, sales and consumption of a drug illegal almost everywhere else.
Denver pot committee considers whether the city is ready for Jan. 1
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Denver Councilman Charlie Brown said Monday he has significant concerns about the debut of recreational cannabis sales Jan. 1. Brown, who has led a council committee on potential pot regulations for more than a year, showed his exasperation at a meeting with Police Chief Robert White, the city’s marketer, a marijuana industry leader and the interim director of excise and licensing.
Denver limits pot homegrows to 12 plants; no front-yard smoke ban
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Denver residents will be allowed to grow only 12 marijuana plants per household for recreational use, the City Council decided on Monday.
Pot doctor convicted of illegal recommendation
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A Loveland doctor who recommended medical marijuana for an undercover officer faces possible prison time. The Coloradoan reports Monday (http://noconow.co/18iPtau) that 75-year-old Dr.
Small number of retail pot shops expected to open in Denver on Jan. 1
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Only a small number of retail marijuana shops are expected to open in Denver on Jan. 1, when the historic law begins to allow the legal commercial sale of pot.
Traffic stops turn up 85 lbs of pot worth $225K
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Deputies who stopped two vehicles traveling together in western Colorado say a search turned up about 85 pounds of marijuana with a street value of about $225,000.
So hot right now: Vape pens, pocket hookahs are all the rage
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They can look like nondescript writing pens or asthma inhalers. Some resemble lip-gloss sticks and come in the same hot pink or sparkly purple as teenage girls’ smartphone cases.
Marijuana shop owners racing to bag safety
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Child-resistant packaging is a pillar of Colorado’s rules for recreational pot shops, approved as a requirement months ago to reduce the risk of accidental ingestion by young children.
Aspen won’t have recreational marijuana stores by Jan. 1
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Those looking to buy recreational marijuana in Aspen on Jan. 1 won’t find it. In fact, it could be weeks into the new year before the first shops begin selling recreationally.
Pot clinic owner now mayor of California city
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A medical marijuana dispensary owner has been named mayor of a small Northern California city in the heart of pot country.
Steamboat dog recovering after "bad trip" from eating marijuana
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It has been more than a week since Hailey ingested suspected marijuana, and she still has not returned to being her old self.
Colombian pleads not guilty on weapons charge
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A Colombian national has pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court to a weapons charge after his arrest during raids on medical marijuana businesses.
Westwood residents plan to oppose recreational marijuana license for local bar owner
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A group of residents in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood say they plan to fight a recreational marijuana license application for one of the nearby medical marijuana dispensaries.
Man seized in federal marijuana raid pleads not guilty to weapons charge
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A man arrested in connection with major federal raids on Colorado medical-marijuana businesses pleaded not guilty Thursday to a weapons charge.
Anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal looks to legalization of pot
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Prohibition was repealed 80 years ago today, and some of Denver’s most-beloved places were swiftly created to help erase the stigma of alcohol.
Colombian tied to pot raids indicted
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A Colombian man arrested after raids on medical marijuana operations in Colorado has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of possessing a firearm after entering the country on a non-immigrant visa.
Prosecutors indict Colombian man tied to Colorado marijuana raids
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Federal prosecutors have obtained an indictment on a weapons charge against a man arrested during major raids on Colorado medical-marijuana businesses.
Pot license backlog dogs Colorado regulators
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As Colorado prepares for recreational pot sales in less than a month, state marijuana regulators are still battling an enormous backlog issuing licenses for medical marijuana.
Colorado medical marijuana business application backlog persists
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Nearly 100 Colorado medical-marijuana businesses are operating without a finalized state license, the remnants of a bureaucratic backlog now stretching back more than three years.
Denver backs off porch pot ban
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Denver officials have backed off a plan to prohibit marijuana use on front porches and in front yards. The Denver Post reports that Denver City Council on Monday rejected an ordinance that would have banned smoking marijuana on private property if it was in public view ( http://goo.gl/FfQyLx).
Denver council flips vote on front-yard pot-smoking ban
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The Denver City Council on Monday made a surprise move, reversing an earlier decision that would have banned smoking marijuana on private property if it was in public view.
$25K bond likely in marijuana raid arrest
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A Colombian man arrested after raids on medical marijuana operations in Colorado will be released on a $25,000 bond. U.S.
Federal judge grants $25,000 bond to Colorado marijuana raid suspect
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A federal judge said Monday he will allow a suspect arrested in connection with major federal raids on medical-marijuana businesses to be released on a $25,000 bond.
Denver council to make final vote on ban of pot smoking in public view
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Denver is poised to become the world’s unofficial marijuana capital when legal sales of pot begin Jan. 1, but don’t expect to see it smoked on front yards, porches or balconies if the City Council has its way.
Marijuana contaminants come under microscope
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WEST HAVEN, Conn. — The microscope at the University of New Haven, set at 10-times magnification, shows a marijuana leaf covered with dozens of tiny bumps.
