4:20 Digest: Profiled for Colorado license plates and more (3-31-14)
Are out-of-state police unfairly pulling over drivers with Colorado license plates? One man thinks so, as he says in a recent lawsuit.
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Colo.-produced CBD oil roils debate on pot reform
A Colorado marijuana innovation is changing the way lawmakers in even the most conservative parts of the country talk about cannabis and is poised to create a rapid expansion in the number of states that have legalized marijuana in some way.
Uruguay to track pot by genetic markers
Uruguay’s drug czar says every legal marijuana plant in Uruguay will be registered and tracked using radio frequency tags, and that state-grown marijuana will be cloned to include genetic markers, making sure that what’s grown here, stays here. That’s a much tougher tracking system than those imposed in Colorado and Washington, which recently legalized marijuana use.
Employment law vs. legalization
Colorado employees and employers are caught in a legal tug-of-war between Colorado state laws that say medical and recreational marijuana is legal, and the federal laws that still prohibit it. This raises many difficult questions, both for working professionals and for employers.
Medicinal Oasis (recreational review by The Ombudsman)
The peculiar tropical/desert motif that adorns the exterior of Medicinal Wellness has slightly confused me as I drove past the shop on Evans over the past few years. The latest addition of Christmas light-covered metallic palm trees completed the eccentric package and had me even more curious to go inside.
Hemp soon to be growing in Weld County
Three Weld County applicants have permission to grow hemp under Colorado regulations that took effect this year. Colorado is among 10 states that allow hemp cultivation despite federal drug laws.
Rep. Coffman to Congress: Get pot banking bill moving
Rep. Mike Coffman is urging action on legislation that would allow legalized marijuana businesses to use commercial banks. Republican Coffman is one of the co-sponsors of the proposal, which is stuck in a House of Representatives subcommittee.
New Utah law OKs medical pot for kids — will Colo. help?
Parents of Utah children with severe epilepsy are cheering a new state law that allows them to obtain a marijuana extract they say helps with seizures, but getting it involves navigating a thorny set of state and federal laws.
Colo. lawyers get official OK to work with pot businesses
The Colorado Supreme Court approved a rule change Monday that eliminates the threat of ethics sanctions for lawyers who work with marijuana businesses — even though those businesses are breaking federal law — so long as the lawyers don’t help businesses also break state law.
Pot plants cost Denver thousands in bridge project; money mystery remains
The city of Denver has been trying for months to track down the owners of a marijuana dispensary — targets of a federal drug investigation — to give them more than $23,000. The money is what’s left of the sum Denver agreed to pay VIP Wellness Center to relocate one of its grow locations early last year to make way for a massive construction project.
Point-counterpoint: Are rec pot’s low tax numbers worrisome? NO
If the lower estimated tax revenue numbers in Colorado are accurate, does that weaken the case for legalization? Not in the least. The possibility of increased tax revenue was never the main reason for legalizing marijuana.
Colo. marijuana regulators reverse roles, join industry
At least three influential officials at the state agency that regulates marijuana business have found work doing cannabis industry consulting after leaving the division, the latest sign of the industry’s growing allure in Colorado.
Growing problem for Uruguay: Not enough pot
In about a month, Uruguay’s revolutionary new cannabis law will go into effect, and the government will be growing and selling marijuana. However, it’s not going to be producing much of its own cannabis any time soon. So, where is the official stash going to come from in the meantime? Maybe Canada.
Congress says “meh” to marijuana banking bill
As cannabis workers carry cash by the briefcase throughout Colorado, the lack of interest in Washington suggests that federal legislation to green-light banking practices for the marijuana industry is headed nowhere fast.
Cannabist Q&A: Mental health, medical cards, growing
Handling readers’ marijuana questions. In this installment, medical strain recommendations for mental health; using an out-of-state medical card in Colorado and getting started as a grower.
Arvada City Council votes for permanent ban on pot shops
Mayor Marc Williams and other city council members said the decision to place a permanent ban on recreational marijuana sales in Arvada was an easy one.
Weed Sport: Struggle in wind-chopped water yields a revelation
On this day the winds had climbed through the hill country, turning up splashing waves and making our river expedition a wavy affair. This was all new for my friend, who had never paired weed with physical activity.
Disparities in background checks by FBI
The FBI is refusing to run nationwide background checks on people applying to run legal marijuana businesses in Washington state, even though it has conducted similar checks in Colorado—a discrepancy that illustrates the quandary the Justice Department faces with regulating a drug that’s long been illegal under federal law.
Congress gets new cannabis pitch: It’s good business
The delegation from the National Cannabis Industry Association made a point of dressing well for its day on Capitol Hill, sporting mostly dark suits, lots of ties and plenty of the group’s signature lapel pins, which feature a sun rising over vibrant fields of pot. Marijuana advocates are asking Congress to remove some of the obstacles that stand in the way of their fledgling businesses.
Marijuana convictions: Colorado court rules some cases can be overturned
A woman convicted in 2011 of a marijuana offense that is now legal in Colorado is entitled to have her conviction retroactively thrown out, the state’s second-highest court ruled Thursday.
Vegetable gardeners, pot growers boosting hydroponics supply
Hydroponic and indoor grow operation supply companies have been opening and expanding since medical marijuana laws in Colorado allowed individuals to grow plants for personal use.
A short (short) history of American pot reform
Colorado may be the first state to legalize and regulate the selling of marijuana for recreational use, but other parts of the U.S. began whittling away at anti-marijuana laws as early as the 1970s.
New school construction will be green in more than one way
A portion of Colorado marijuana excise taxes is earmarked to help the state’s aging public school facilities. Colorado’s green revolution of both kinds – energy and weed – will help repair and replace the buildings, with an average age of more than 40 years old.
Cannabist Q&A: Worker’s comp, out-of-state return purchasing, 1970’s genetics
The Q&A handles readers’ questions on all marijuana matters. In this installment, topics include worker’s comp and how employers drug test; how soon an out-of-stater can purchase more pot; and someone seeking marijuana strains of the 1970s.
Weed Sport: It’s easy to lose oneself in cycling’s rhythms, but it’s not complete
As we sweated through our bike jerseys, my friend Sean mentioned that this is the first time he has ever understood this city. We had just biked 12 miles, out of Denver, past Glendale and into the scant suburbs. The edibles had only taken forty-five minutes to hit.
