The Denver City Council started Monday’s meeting by allowing only 15 minutes of public comment on Amendment 64 and whether to ban recreational marijuana stores within city limits. The council decided it will not vote on the issue until the state legislature has drafted and passed a bill to implement Amendment 64, a measure approved by …
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Oct 22 2012
Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Industry on 60 Minutes
Make sure to check out last night’s 60 Minutes segment featuring Colorado’s medical marijuana industry. CBS’s Steve Kroft speaks with Denver Relief‘s, Ean Seeb, Good Meds‘ Kristi Kelly and Dixie Elixirs, Tripp Keber as well as former narcotics officer and MMED Director, Matt Cook, Boulder District Attorney, Stan Garnett, Deputy Attorney General, James Cole and University …
Oct 17 2012
NBC News Discusses Marijuana Initiatives
Here’s a recent piece from NBC news’ Tamron Hall discussing the much-anticipated November election. Hall reminds viewers that voters in three states (Oregon, Washington and Colorado) will decide next month on whether or not to become the first states in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use. She also reminds us that doing so would …
Aug 06 2012
Excessive Spending at The MMED
Checkout this piece from CBS Denver, pointing out some pretty disturbing practices over at the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division. Apparently, MMED signed an eight year lease for two dozen SUV’s that cost $30,000 a piece (costing taxpayers nearly $750,000). According to CBS4, “Requisition forms say the SUVs were critical so enforcement agents could go off …
Mar 01 2012
Update: Cash Hyde
If you’re not already familiar with the story of Montana patient, Cash Hyde, please watch this video to learn more about his amazing story… and make sure to share widely so that others might learn of the benefits of the cannabis plant as a medicine.
Feb 20 2012
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana submits final 14,000+ signatures.
via RegulateMarijuana.org: This past Friday, the campaign submitted more than 14,000 additional signatures to cure the petition to place the initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol on the November ballot. Just 2,400 additional valid signatures are needed — we should have far more than enough! — and the Secretary of State has until February 27th …
Dec 02 2011
The Top Drug War Stories of 2011
Reposted with permission from Tony Newman… 2011 has been a watershed year for the movement working to end our county’s disastrous war on drugs. Below are the top stories of the year that exemplify the momentum and give us hope that we can find alternatives to drug war madness.

