Weed Between the Lines

Cannabis is all the style and now on the floor of...

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Among the most surprising things I’ve witnessed in writing Weed Between the Lines for two years now is how quickly the cannabis debate is evolving in Congress. Back then, a small group of representatives, including Colorado’s Jared Polis, were trying, with little ...

The $3 billion rathole that is the war on marijuana

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Among the reasons I voted for Amendment 64 was that I was tired of people being arrested and sent to prison for simple possession of marijuana...

Cannabis taxes a vexing decision

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Denver lawyer/activist Robert Corry has become the public face of a campaign to overturn the marijuana taxes proposed by the state legislature for adoption on the November ballot. Amendment AA would place a 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent sales tax on retail ...

Boulder backs off on ‘lab rat’ campaign

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I reported last week that the Boulder Valley School District, which I wouldn’t call a pro-cannabis organization, announced after careful consideration that it wouldn’t support Gov. John Hickenlooper’s “Don’t Be a Lab Rat” campaign to scare teenagers into not using ...

Trying to grok Congress and cannabis

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It’s impossible to understand the labyrinthine rhyme or reason behind any part of the Goliath spending bill passed by Congress to keep the government running another year. A bill that includes a rider that, for instance, would give Wall Street the same opportunities ...

It’s time to let Boulder cannabis businesses succeed

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Having lived here nearly half my life, I frequent local businesses and want them to succeed and thrive. I’m proud to support companies that call Boulder home, too, — shops and stores that are part of the fabric of the community and who call me by my first name. Chain...

Rep. Singer talks edibles, banking and lawmakers

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In part one of my interview with Rep. Jonathan Singer last week, he talked about changes the Colorado legislature made to Amendment 64 during the 2015 session. He figures lawmakers will be revising cannabis laws for a long time to come...

Country music, mainstream media and pigs on dope

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I don’t pay much attention to “trend” stories, but one that currently amuses me is the “new” inclination among country music artists to feature cannabis in their songs. Yes, it appears that some of the current generation of major country-music hitmakers are smoking a...

Is it really this hard to come up with retail cannabis...

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The city is now close to passing rules and regulations that will govern the sale of retail cannabis in Boulder. A revised set of staff recommendations returns to City Council this Tuesday, Nov. 12, for a “second” third reading. That follows an often tense “first” ...

Cannabis and the media: Back to the boogieman

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Somewhere, Dick Nixon is smiling...

Could Boulder price itself out of the pot market?

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I support taxes on sales of marijuana, but I’m scratching my head a little over the latest proposal before the Boulder City Council to place a 15 percent city excise tax on grow and infusion facilities and a 10 percent city sales tax on marijuana on the November ...

Washington takes a different path to cannabis

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The state of Washington started selling recreational cannabis last week, producing many of the same headlines that dominated the first few weeks of January sales here in Colorado. There are certainly similarities in the way the two states have approached legalization...