Complaint filed against Colorado to allow medical pot for PTSD treatment

Several people have filed a complaint in Denver District Court against the Colorado Board of Health’s decision in July not to add post-traumatic stress disorder to medical conditions that can be treated under the state’s medical marijuana program.

Two views: Don’t disregard anecdotes about pot for PTSD

Two responses from the Colorado community about the Colorado Board of Health’s decision this month to not add post-traumatic stress disorder to the state’s list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana.

Colorado city opts against pot tax, California legalization report & more

In southwest Colorado, Durango officials nix plan for additional local pot tax. A group of Washington state military veterans are promoting medical marijuana. California issues 93-page report on the goals and conflicts of marijuana legalization in the state. A Colorado judge bans a “Bong-a-Thon” event and more.

Colorado board votes no on medical marijuana for PTSD

Colorado bid to add PTSD to medical pot list rejected

The Colorado Board of Health voted 6 to 2 — amid shouts, hisses and boos from a packed house — not to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the medical conditions that can be treated under the state’s medical marijuana program.

(Eric Gay, AP)

Praying for Texas marijuana: Boots on the ground in pot’s biggest battlefield

It’s been a mammoth month for Texas marijuana. “In a business where it’s slow to do anything,” one state legislator told us, “we’ve gone light years in the last few months.” But will any of the Lone Star State’s cannabis legislation pan out in 2015? Cannabist columnist Neal Pollack reports from Austin.

The old Evergreen Nursery will soon find a new life in hemp. (Josie Klemaier, The Denver Post)

Evergreen Nursery space becomes Ambary Gardens indoor hemp grow

An Evergreen resident is bringing a new business to the area: hemp farming. Brady Bell is operating Ambary Gardens out of the old Evergreen Nursery at 26479 Highway 74 in Kittredge, with the help of owner Steve Cohen.