Keep the marijuana in the trunk, Colorado law enforcers say
When it comes to a new Colorado law that covers having marijuana in vehicles, lawyers and law enforcement officers have some advice: Don’t try to decipher it.
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Athletes and Pot: Legalized marijuana in a league of its own
It was the morning of a 2010 playoff game, and one of the Nuggets had just smoked some nuggets. As the team practiced, the player was so high that Rex Chapman, a team executive at the time, had to pull him aside to get him to focus.
Colorado venues balance pot-friendly attitudes with legal reality
A recent flier for a “4/20-friendly” comedy and burlesque show at Herman’s Hideaway featured marijuana-leaf logos, sponsorship from the Daily Doobie newspaper and a note that the “smokeout starts at 7:10 p.m., show at 8:30.” The promise of consequence-free pot consumption is more than a marketing tactic, show co-organizer Cameron V.
Denver council gives initial OK to decriminalizing pot for ages 18-21
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
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.
Marijuana laws around the world: What you should know
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.
From seed to smoke, Uruguay testing legalized pot
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.
Uruguay OK’s first national market for legal pot
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.
Anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal looks to legalization of pot
Prohibition was repealed 80 years ago today, and some of Denver’s most-beloved places were swiftly created to help erase the stigma of alcohol.
Views differ on benefits, downfalls of marijuana
There are hundreds of strains of marijuana—each containing hundreds of different chemicals—but only one molecule makes much difference, scientists say.
Pot: Hundreds of names, one key ingredient and far-reaching effects
There are hundreds of strains of marijuana — each containing hundreds of different chemicals — but only one molecule makes much difference, scientists say.
