Vape pen sparks fire in security line at Denver airport
A vape pen disassembled by its owner to prevent sparking a fire did just that when it passed through an x-ray in the TSA security line at Denver airport.
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City of Denver attorney recommends licensing of first legal marijuana club
The city’s top licensing regulator has the final say on issuing the permit, however.
Proposal for Denver’s first marijuana club takes early steps
Owners of the Coffee Joint, a Denver business seeking to be among the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs, have made an initial pitch to city officials.
First marijuana spa in U.S. applies to operate in historic Denver mansion
Utopia All Natural Wellness Spa and Lounge submitted its application for a Denver social marijuana use license this week — with a little help from a powerful Colorado law firm.
Denver cannabiz-focused credit union gets OK from Federal Reserve — with conditions
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City on Feb. 2 conditionally granted a master account to The Fourth Corner Credit Union.
MassRoots now headquartered in Denver co-working space, repaying its debt obligations, CEO tells shareholders
The firm is also eyeing a listing on the Canadian stock market and has a “renewed focus on fundamentals,” Founder and CEO Isaac Dietrich said during a shareholder update call.
Denver hydroponics retail chain expands to New England, improves positioning in legal cannabis states
The acquisition of East Coast Hydroponics is expected to add $5 million in annual revenue and continues GrowGeneration’s strategy of positioning the company’s brand in legal cannabis states, officials said.
Denver DA files charges against Sweet Leaf budtenders allegedly involved in “looping” marijuana sales
The Denver District Attorney’s Office on Thursday announced charges filed against 10 Sweet Leaf Marijuana Center budtenders arrested following a Denver Police investigation of alleged illegal marijuana sales at the dispensaries.
MassRoots facing eviction from its Denver headquarters
If the firm doesn’t pay rent totaling $39,742 by Thursday, it will be evicted from the office that has served as its headquarters, according to a notice posted by the property manager.
Op-ed: Denver should re-think the overly strict rules for social marijuana venues
Op-ed: Denver’s voter-approved pilot program for businesses to allow recreational cannabis use is off to a slow start due to over-regulation.
13 Sweet Leaf budtenders swept up in Denver police raids
The criminal activities alleged include sales of cannabis in violation of Colorado law, which stipulates that adults over the age of 21 can buy and possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana at a time, according to Denver police.
Police raid eight Sweet Leaf Marijuana Center locations in Denver and Aurora
The criminal activities alleged include sales of cannabis in violation of Colorado law, which stipulates that adults over the age of 21 can buy and possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana at a time, according to Denver police.
Coffee shop wants to be Denver’s first legal marijuana club
A business called Coffee Joint wants to set up the city’s first pot club in an industrial area off I-25.
Denver marijuana regulators’ oversight improved, but still lacking tax transparency, auditor says
The Denver Office of Marijuana Policy has implemented some suggestions made last year by the city’s auditor, who called for more transparency on tax spending.
With Denver’s ban on 4/20 rally organizer upheld, lawyer vows to fight any similar marijuana event
“We invented the 420 rally,” Miguel Lopez’s lawyer said. “It’s us or nobody.”
Denver doctors say 11-month-old boy’s deadly heart condition was likely related to marijuana
An 11-month-old Colorado boy’s death from a heart condition was likely related to ingestion of marijuana, two Denver doctors have concluded, but the precise link remains unclear.
Denver approves smoking and vaping ban for its downtown street mall
The Denver City Council approved a public smoking and vaping ban on the 16th Street Mall 9-0 Monday night, ending a weeks-long debate about how best to ensure that police don’t enforce the new restrictions unfairly.
Second judge agrees Denver can’t ban drug users from parks without hearing
A second judge ruled this week that the Denver Parks and Recreation’s temporary ban of drug users from parks violates the right to due process.
GPS tracker on Denver marijuana shop’s stolen cash led police to four alleged robbers
Denver police arrested two men suspected of terrorizing a Denver marijuana dispensary’s customers and employees during a July armed robbery before the pair allegedly joined two other suspects and robbed the same store again less than a month later.
There’s a battle brewing for control of Denver 4/20 rally
A Colorado cannabis entrepreneur is making a play for control of the Denver 4/20 rally after its controversial aftermath this past April.
Proposed smoking, vaping ban for downtown Denver passes first hurdle
A proposed outdoor smoking ban for Denver’s 16th Street Mall advanced easily through City Council to a final vote that will be held next week.
Proposed ban on smoking, vaping for Denver’s 16th Street Mall discriminates homeless, advocates say
A proposed ban on smoking and vaping for the 16th Street Mall isn’t about public health, opponents allege, it’s about creating another means to push homeless and impoverished people out of Denver’s public spaces.
Denver man sentenced to 80 years in prison for death of teen stealing his marijuana grow
A Denver man who shot two boys — killing one and paralyzing the other — when they attempted to steal marijuana from his yard was sentenced to 80 years in prison.
DARE gets a modern makeover, but Denver schools aren’t convinced it works
Two decades after Drug Abuse Resistance Education was declared dead, it and similar drug and alcohol prevention programs are back in Colorado classrooms.
Denver gets a little help from other states, nations as it hosts annual marijuana regulatory conference
Denver once again will play both host and marijuana authority to policy makers from around the globe seeking to learn the nuts and bolts of cannabis legalization.
