Apothecary Dumped MMJ Registry Forms?

It was the last thing Harold Morton expected to find while taking some recyclables out to the alley behind his home. When he walked past a Dumpster, he saw it in a cardboard box: a thick blue binder.

"I picked the book up and I opened it and right away. I noticed the top of each page; medical marijuana registry forms. The next thing I noticed is there is all these people's personal information on each one of those sheets," Morton said.

The forms were inside plastic sleeves and contained social security numbers and dates of birth, along with patient names, addresses and telephone numbers. The binder contained the personal and medical information of dozens of patients.

The forms were on letterhead identified as Apothecary of Colorado, a dispensary in Denver.

Adam Stapen, an attorney for Apothecary of Colorado, says their patient records are "kept under lock and key to protect privacy of patients."

He says the current owners purchased the dispensary on July 1 and it is possible the patient records are from before that.

While the Colorado Department of Revenue is charged with overseeing medical marijuana dispensaries, they have no statutory authority regarding the handling of patient records. The state legislature would need to pass a statute creating such authority.

"This is really upsetting that patient personal information, their medical records, could be so carelessly discarded and left for others to find. Not only does it raise the specter of identity theft, but is also compromises people's personal medical information," Pat Steadman, a Colorado state senator representing Denver, said. "This is something the legislature probably will be debating come next month."

Morton was going to deliver the binder to the Denver Police. He says his concern is for the patients with information in the binder.

"I thought people should know all this information was loose, lying in an alley in Denver," Morton said. "I've had problems in the past with identity theft myself and that was my first thought, that all of these people's identities could or already have been stolen."

Did Apothecary of Colorado knowingly trash these documents?

MMJ Recommendation For A Pregnant Women Has Doctor Fighting For His License

A Colorado physician suspected of recommending medical marijuana to a 28-weeks pregnant woman without conducting a thorough physical examination is fighting to keep his license.

A panel of the Colorado Medical Board last month ordered an emergency suspension of the license of Dr. Manuel De Jesus Aquino of Denver, pending a full investigation and finding, officials said.

Sheila H. Meer, the doctor's attorney, said she filed an answer Wednesday to the complaint made by the attorney general's office against her client.

"We will vigorously defend it," Meer said of Aquino's license, without commenting on the specific allegations made by the state. She said a hearing is scheduled for early March.

Reached by telephone Wednesday evening, Aquino declined to comment on specifics of the case.

A spokesman with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies said the civil case is about the standard of care, rather than the issue of medical marijuana.

"Being able to practice medicine is a very serious thing," said Chris Lines. "This doctor is way out of line in terms of caring for his patients."

A proper doctor-patient relationship involves more than a brief check-up, he added.

According to the complaint, the female patient was seen by Aquino in January at the Back to the Garden Health and Wellness Center in Denver.

The 20-year-old woman knew she was pregnant and sought a medical marijuana recommendation, the complaint said, adding that "pregnancy is a contraindication for the use of medical marijuana."

Aquino did not ask the patient if she was pregnant, she did not tell him, and Aquino failed to perform a thorough physical examination, according to the complaint. He did ask for and was given the reason -- unspecified in the complaint -- why the patient sought medical marijuana.

The patient was not asked to fill out a prior medical history form or come for follow-up visits, and spoke with Aquino for about three minutes, the complaint alleges. "Respondent did not provide Patient A with counseling regarding the risks of medical marijuana use during pregnancy," the state alleges.

Aquino signed a form indicating the woman might benefit from medical use of marijuana, the complaint states.

The woman gave birth on April 8 and had a positive urine drug screen for marijuana, according to the allegations. "Patient A's infant was drug exposed and had some initial feeding difficulties," the complaint says.

The complaint doesn't indicate whether the mother was accused of wrongdoing.

Back to the Garden Health and Wellness Center had no comment Wednesday.

Aquino could face various forms of discipline, according to the complaint. His alleged failure to do a full inquiry of the patient's medical history "fails to meet the generally accepted standard of medical practice," Assistant Attorney General Philip Davis contends.

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Colorado Works On Setting THC Driving Limit

A new proposal could set the driving
THC threshold at 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood.

Colorado could soon establish tough new measures to crack down on those who toke and drive.

Under a proposal expected to be introduced at the Capitol early next year, the state would create a threshold for the amount of THC — the psychoactive component of marijuana — drivers could have in their blood. Anyone who is stopped and tests above that limit would be considered to be driving while stoned.

Drivers suspected of being impaired by marijuana or other drugs already have to submit to a blood test or face a suspension of their licenses. But the proposed law would set a standard at which the law would presume a driver impaired by marijuana.

"It will bring some clarity to the issue of whether you are or are not impaired under the influence of marijuana," said state Rep. Claire Levy, a Boulder Democrat who is likely to be one of the proposal's sponsors in the legislature. ". . . There isn't a bright line right now."

State law already bans driving while under the influence of drugs, but law enforcement officials say the law is vague on how they should establish a suspect is high. That — plus the concern that the state's medical-marijuana explosion could lead to more impaired driving — led members of a subgroup of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to examine the issue, said Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson, a commission member.

"It became clear to us that marijuana is an area that had not been given due consideration," he said.

Gauging impairment

The proposal, which the full commission endorsed last month, sets the THC threshold at 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood. Robinson said research shows that level is indicative of impairment. Anyone over the threshold would be presumed to be impaired, in the same way any driver with a blood-alcohol content over 0.08 percent is considered to be too drunk to drive.

Sean McAllister, a lawyer who serves on the commission's drug policy subgroup, said the research doesn't take into account the tolerance level of frequent users. He said he worries that the proposal could unfairly affect medical-marijuana patients, who may be able to have higher THC levels without impairment.

But, he said, he agrees something needs to be done, and he said he advises patients to wait at least four hours after using marijuana before driving.

"No responsible advocate of legalization believes that people should be driving high," McAllister said.

David Kaplan, the state's former top public defender, said he shares concerns over the 5-nanogram level and whether "there was a strong enough correlation on what impact it has on your driving behavior."

Still, Kaplan, who is the vice chairman of the commission, said he supports the process by which the commission came to its proposal.

Other states set limits

If the proposal is adopted, Colorado would not be the first state to set a maximum THC limit for drivers. A number of states have zero-tolerance policies for drivers with THC in their blood. A handful of states, including Pennsylvania, have a 5-nanogram limit for marijuana or its metabolites, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML.

Marijuana advocates and law enforcement officials often clash over how big of a problem stoned driving is.

A report last month from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration found that at least one in five drivers who were killed in car crashes in 2009 subsequently tested positive for drugs. THC or some other form of marijuana showed up in 1,085 of the 21,798 drivers killed. In Colorado, THC or some other form of marijuana showed up in 26 of the 312 drivers killed that year.

The commission's proposal will likely be turned into a draft bill and introduced in the legislature during the early part of next year's session, which starts in January. Because it has the backing of the commission, its sponsors are optimistic it will receive a warm reception.

State Rep. Bob Gardner, a Colorado Springs Republican who is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which would likely be first to vote on the proposal, agreed.

"I think there's a lot of support for that idea," he said.

3 Soldiers Break Into MMJ Dispensary

Three U.S. military soldiers were busted early Saturday during an attempt to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado, local police said.

The bumbling trio, who are active duty soldiers from Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, managed to break into the Rocky Road Remedies facility, but became trapped after the pot shop’s doors locked from the inside, police said.

Security footage of the break-in showed three people dressed in black suits and masks scampering around the shop in a panic, running between rooms, climbing through windows and trying to smash their way out.

Unfortunately for the soldiers, police officers next door on another call were tipped off by the store’s alarm and found the men trapped inside.

Darius Thomas, 23, Cory Young, 22, and Ramone Holling, 22, were arrested on suspicion of second-degree burglary, ABC reported. They are being held on $10,000 bail.

Renze Waddington, the shop’s owner, said the three didn’t snatch anything because he locked all the cash and pot in a safe overnight, Colorado's KDVR-TV reported.

Fort Carson has a population of more than 10,500 people and is home to several Army units, including combat teams of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, as well as a Special Forces group, an engineer battalion and units of the Army and Navy reserves and National Guard.

Waddington said despite the break-in, he won’t hold a grudge against the military.

"I respect people in the military, and I don't really want to shine a bad light on the military,” Waddington told KDVR. “I think it's isolated characters."

$8 Million & Growing: Colorado Medical-Marijuana Business License Fees

Medical Marijuana is proving to be
a legitimate cash cow for the state
of Colorado.

Colorado has collected more than $8 million dollars in fees from medical-marijuana businesses this year. That's up from $7.3 million on Aug. 1, when the state reported having recieved a total of 2,071 license applications from folks hoping to grow, manufacture and sell pot under Colorado's new regulations for the industry.

But what's really notable is how the amount garnered from medical-marijuana businesses has surpassed the amount of revenue the state has brought in from license and permit fees for other types of more established industries, often by vast margins.

Here's how the revenue numbers compare so far for the 2010-11 fiscal year (which ends next July 1), according to data compiled by the state comptroller:

MEDICAL MARIJUANA LICENSE: $8,079,750

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSE: $1,284,718

DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE LICENSE: $2,042,419

RADIOLOGICAL LICENSE: $769,069

DEALER (GAMING) LICENSE: $921,309

BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS: $297,508

CHIROPRACTIC LICENSE: $74,293

DIV OF WILDLIFE USE PERMITS: $10,970

DIVISION OF INSURANCE LICENSES: $1,547,351

HEALTH LICENSES: $879,197.84

CHILD CARE LICENSES: $275,310.00

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

Follow filmmaker Adam Scorgie as he demystifies the underground market and brings to light how the marijuana industry can function while remaining illegal. Through growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie examines the cause and effect nature of the business - an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal.

This is the best current documentary on the subject of pot prohibition and marijuana stigmas! Very well produced, I gotta give props to the director here...many points scored for producing a modern, entertaining, and well-arranged film. Grant you this film is biased on its recurring theme of "let's legalize already" and somewhat misleading with its title of business behind pot (only some of the movie is devoted to that specifically) but this is the most modern, edgy, and entertaining documentary I've seen for some time.

It pits both sides of the legalization argument and shows how many of the anti-legalization/anti-marijuana arguments are completely false and based merely on ignorance, prejudice and lack-of-facts.

Whether you are for marijuana prohibition or against it, this film inspires what should be a national discussion of the topic. This film is a MUST SEE for all interested in this topic. An important film for convincing arguments on the subject and perfect mix of humor, entertainment, and education. BUY NOW

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Review: Durban Poison from Kind Pain Management

Name: Durban Poison
From: Kind Pain Management (Lakewood, CO)
Type: Sativa
Price: $50/eighth (includes tax)

Durban Poison is a landrace strain hailing from Durban, South Africa. It was stabilized there before seeds hit the global market. This sample was purchased from Kind Pain Management (KPM) in Lakewood, Colorado and is one of their house-strains. The first time I went to KPM they were all of out of their Durban Poison, which usually makes me flag that strain for the next visit. When I came back for round two it was in-stock and I was stoked. I grabbed it early on in the day, but did not get chance to puff on it until later that evening.

Durban Poison grows in long, dense buds, which is atypical from most sativas. This can be a detractor for sativas as dry, airy buds tend to fall apart when handling. This was not the case with the Durban Poison from KPM. These buds held together until I was ready to slay them. Breaking the nugs into my bowl was easy as if they just crumbled into keef ready for me to smoke.

The aroma from the broken-up buds was wonderful. It was sweet and fresh, reminding me of dryer sheets. It also had a slight backing of an aniseed or licorice flavor as well. Very nice. The stems were proportionate in size and snapped when bent, indicating a thorough drying process. The smoke itself was smooth and the taste matched the smell completely. When smoked they burned down to almost no ash which shows they were flushed properly.


This Durban Poison was a quick hitter; I was feeling the high behind my eyes almost as soon as I exhaled.

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Coloradans Send Mixed Message On Medical Marijuana

Colorado voters take on the MMJ Dispensary issue

Ten years after Coloradans across the state voted to legalize marijuana for certain medical conditions, voters sent a mixed message on whether to allow dispensaries in their cities and counties.

In June, Gov. Bill Ritter signed a law that allows cities and counties to ban dispensaries within their borders. Jurisdictions have two options under the new law -- cities can either ban dispensaries at city councils' discretion or ask voters whether they want to ban dispensaries within their city limits.

More than 40 Colorado jurisdictions voted on local rules on medical marijuana this election.

According to Sensible Colorado, voters in Eagle, El Paso, Alamosa, Costilla and Park counties approved dispensaries. Sensible Colorado also said the cities of Fraser and Minturn approved dispensaries. The group said voters in Garfield County voted for licensed, commercial medical marijuana grows, but not dispensaries.

Voters in Aurora, Loveland, Broomfield, Jamestown, Windsor, Olathe, Paonia and Mesa County appeared to have voted for bans on dispensaries, according to published reports and various county clerk websites.

"Unfortunately, certain municipalities voted to ban dispensaries-- effectively cutting off safe access to medicine for patients in those communities," said Brian Vicente of Sensible Colorado, a medical marijuana advocacy group.

November 2nd Vote Could Shutdown Dispensaries

El Paso County District Court ruling this week could set a precedent for municipalities to start voting initiatives that would prohibit future and existing medical marijuana business, the lawyers fear.

El Paso County District Judge Timothy Simmons ruled Wednesday that a controversial ballot initiative can remain on the ballot, despite the claim 16 medical marijuana business tends to have the initiative removed from the ballot. Advocates argue that the initiative violates the state constitution after voters legalized medical marijuana in 2000.

Advocates argue that the new rules allow the state of municipalities to regulate medical marijuana centers, but does not allow municipalities to ban medical marijuana centers after their approval first.
Simmons agreed that it would be improper for the court to intervene by imposing a pre-election legal action. He denied the motion to stop the votes from the same.

"Voters have a right to believe that their votes will be counted and they will know that the results and the elections will mean something," Simmons said in its ruling in accordance with the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Medical marijuana advocates fear that the decision could set a precedent for other municipalities across the state to launch similar initiatives voting. There are currently 13 countries in Colorado is considering a ban on medical marijuana centers in accordance with the Americans for safe access. El Paso is the most unique, because the initiative will also close all existing operations.

18 other selected cities in Colorado are considering a ban on medical marijuana centers in accordance with the Americans for safe access.

The lawyer representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit said it was time for municipalities to consider medical marijuana centers of business, like any other business in Colorado.

"They want the right to continue to operate its business with the same authority they received from their government when they first opened their doors," said attorney Bob Hoban. "The actions of the district is an unconstitutional attempt to reflect the adoption of regulations. They can not say yes to this thing, take the money of our clients, and then reverse course on a whim."

Advocates are hoping, however, that if the El Paso County bans medical marijuana centers and close the existing centers that existing business owners will be eligible for cash assistance for the destruction of their business.

Steve Hammers, a plaintiff in the case, said that it would be "devastating" for the county to close his business.

"When in American history, it was acceptable to start a business, invest, and then force them to close?" He asked. "It is frankly illegal regulation, allowing building permits, collect fees, and then vote to ban the industry."

BREAKING: Denver Dispensary Robbed

Breaking News: Denver Dispensary Robbery

Denver police arrested one man and called out SWAT officers to look for another after a medical marijuana dispensary was robbed at gunpoint tonight.

In addition to money and marijuana, the robbers stole an employee's car, but quickly abandoned it and fled on foot, said police spokesman Sonny Jackson.

The store at Cherry Street and East Colfax Avenue is about four blocks east of Colorado Boulevard.

A description of the second man, who remains at large, was not immediately available after the robbery at about 8 p.m. The name of the dispensary has yet to be released but from our investigating, we are guessing that this was The Clinic.

We will update this article with more info as it becomes made available.

Lower MMJ Fees for Colorado's Poor

The Colorado State Board of Health on Wednesday approved a program through which poor medical-marijuana patients can apply to the state registry for free and not have to pay sales tax on their cannabis purchases.

But the standard the board approved for determining who is poor enough to qualify for the program upset medical-marijuana advocates, who said some indigent patients will still be stuck with a bill. And even some board members expressed frustration that the health department — which has received millions of dollars in application fees since the medical-marijuana program began — couldn't put together a program that includes more patients.

"I just think with however many millions of dollars, we could have done a better job," said board member Joelle Riddle.

The program was prompted by a bill passed in the legislature this year telling the health department to come up with a way for indigent patients to avoid paying the $90 fee when they apply to the state's medical-marijuana registry. Patients who qualify also will receive a special mark on their registry cards that shows they don't have to pay sales tax.

To determine who qualifies, the department decided to rely on other measures of indigence, such as whether the patient receives Supplemental Security Income or food stamps. Ann Hause, the department's director of legal and regulatory affairs, said the health department doesn't have the staffing to do unique evaluations of patients.

"We thought we needed to start somewhere, and this is where we decided to start," she said.

But medical-marijuana advocates said the standard misses some poor patients, including those who receive Social Security disability payments, veterans and others.

Damien LaGoy, a medical-marijuana patient with HIV, said he makes $14 a month too much to qualify for the necessary programs to receive a fee waiver. Each month, LaGoy said, rent, food, health and marijuana payments leave him with too little money left over to afford the application fee.

"In two days, my license expires," LaGoy told the State Board of Health. "I don't have the $90. I have $1.15 in my bank."

The board, on a split voice vote, approved the department's proposal but vowed to revisit the issue to see whether the standards should be expanded.


Read more: Colorado OKs medical-pot help for poor - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/marijuana/ci_16392197#ixzz13IMaFmwM

Christopher Bartkowicz Agrees To 5 Years In Prison

Christopher Bartkowicz, right, arrives at the federal
courthouse in Denver on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010.,
with his attorney Joseph Saint-Veltri, left, where he
plead guilty to federal charges stemming from
growing marijuana at his residence.

A suburban Denver pot grower who tried unsuccessfully to set up a federal-state showdown on medical marijuana agreed to a five-year prison term Thursday and was handcuffed in court after pleading guilty on federal drug charges.

Christopher Bartkowicz, 37, pleaded guilty to three drug charges, including cultivation, after federal drug agents raided his Highlands Ranch home in February and seized hundreds of pot plants growing in his basement.

The raid by the Drug Enforcement Administration came after a Denver TV station promoted a story in which Bartkowicz bragged about how much money he would make growing pot under Colorado medical marijuana rules.

Bartkowicz was originally scheduled to plead guilty in April. But he changed his mind on a plea deal and decided to pursue a defense that was based on recent signals from the White House not to pursue federal marijuana cases in states that allow medical marijuana.

Federal prosecutors sought to block Bartkowicz's argument. U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer last month sided with the government, ruling that Justice Department memos about drug prosecutions aren't legal clearance to violate federal drug laws.

After Bartkowicz was blocked from using Colorado's marijuana law in his defense, as well as barred from bringing up the possible medicinal value of marijuana, he pleaded guilty.

Under Thursday's plea deal, which isn't final until Brimmer approves it Jan. 28, Bartkowicz will serve five years in prison on three charges — cultivation, intent to distribute and having pot near a public elementary school. If he had gone to trial, Bartkowicz could have faced a life term because of a previous drug conviction.

After he pleaded guilty Thursday, Bartkowicz tried to remain on bond until formal sentencing. Brimmer rejected the request, and Bartkowicz removed his tie and was handcuffed by two deputies and led from the courtroom.

It's not clear whether Bartkowicz's earlier plea agreement, which he rejected, would have been gentler.
A separate pot grower, Rodney Jobe, was sentenced to three years of probation and time served on Wednesday by the same judge. Jobe pleaded guilty in June to cultivation charges for growing 374 marijuana plants inside a commercial building in Colorado Springs.

Jobe never talked to reporters about his pot-growing business, but Bartkowicz invited a KUSA-TV crew into his suburban home in February and bragged that he would make $400,000 a year from selling marijuana.

Bartkowicz's lawyer, Joseph Saint-Veltri, argued Thursday that Bartkowicz is being treated harshly because he's publicly criticized federal drug policy.

"One has to think that this is to punish Mr. Bartkowicz, to silence him," Saint-Veltri said while trying unsuccessfully to have Bartkowicz's bond extended until January. Brimmer refused.

The U.S. attorney for Colorado, John Walsh, put out a statement after Bartkowicz's plea calling the five-year sentence proper.

"That sentence is appropriate and proportionate given the circumstances of this specific crime," Walsh wrote.

Federal drug authorities are stepping up signals that they don't plan to abide by state marijuana laws that make pot legal.

On Wednesday, the director of the National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, told The Associated Press that Justice Department officials haven't ruled out taking legal action against California if voters there approve a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use.

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Strain Review: Hawaiian

This bud sure looks tasty huh?

Name: Hawaiian
From: Southwest Alternative Care (Denver, CO)
Type: Sativa
Price: $45/eighth

This Hawaiian, from Southwest Alternative Care, is sure to get your head where it needs to be.  Hawaiian is a Sativa originating from, well, Hawaii.  The genetics were stabilized by crossing plants with desirable traits to produce consistent offspring that were more flavorful and potent.  This is what I had the privilege of medicating on and reviewing tonight.

The first thing I noticed about these buds, before even looking at them, was the aroma.  They smelled mellow, like fresh cut fruit.  The smell was not too pungent, but very enjoyable.  The Hawaiian buds were a light green color and heavily frosted with trichomes.  I also noticed quite a few long orange hairs peeking through their calyx clusters.  The buds had been trimmed well, leaving only a few leaves that were also trich-covered.  One complaint would be that the main stem on the nugs were large, but when you ripped off a chunk to pack a bowl there were only a few small stems to sort out.  These buds were fairly dense for a Sativa, but broke up easily.

The smoke itself was smooth and fruity on the exhale which was very enjoyable and the high produced from the Hawaiian is fantastic.  I was able to get a good body high without getting the stoney bologna couch-lock feeling typical of an Indica.  The head high was strong, but I was not unfocused throughout the duration, which lasted a few hours.  These Hawaiian buds were very pleasant to smoke and I would love to get this strain again.

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Marijuana tracking on the way in Colo.

Colorado wants to set up a first-in-the-nation tracking system of medical marijuana purchases to deter people from buying vast amounts of pot and selling it on the black market.

Patients and marijuana advocates fear they will be harassed by a Big Brother-type intrusion as computers and video cameras monitor every ounce of pot sold in the state. Officials are also considering fingerprinting marijuana patients and keeping tabs on pot with radio-frequency devices.

"This is a matter of my functioning daily living," said Diane Bilyeu, a 49-year-old woman who sometimes consumes up to 2 grams of pot in a day to treat her chronic pain since losing her right arm and leg in a 1997 car accident. "Some days I need more or less. I don't know what business it is of the government's."
Officials say the regulations will provide basic protections to ensure that the system isn't being abused by drug dealers and users.

Medical marijuana has been legal in Colorado since 2000, but the recent proliferation of marijuana dispensaries prompted state lawmakers this year to pass a series of new regulations.
It is an issue playing out around the country with 14 states allowing medical marijuana and possibly more to come under November ballot measures.

No state has gone so far to track pot purchases from seed to sale like Colorado is proposing, and regulators say their tracking plans could be a model for other states. Montana lawmakers are expected to consider medical marijuana tracking in that state when they convene next year.

Specifics of Colorado's tracking plans haven't yet been drafted. Regulators say they'll have a plan by January to use video surveillance and a central computer system to flag multiple purchases.

Other ideas include using biometrics to track patients, requiring a fingerprint scan before each sale to make sure the customer matches the marijuana card. They are also considering mandating that medical pot include radio-frequency identification devices, somewhat like coded tags on library books, to keep track of who's getting what.

In addition, tracking could include requiring dispensaries to capture patient driver's licenses on camera to record their purchases.

"It's akin to the protections that are in place for pharmacies, or a wagering line at a horse or dog track," said Matt Cook, the senior director for medical marijuana enforcement for the Colorado Department of Revenue. "You need to maintain the public confidence in what is going on, and the only way to do that is through these systems."

Cook said the state has no clue how much medical marijuana now is ending up on the black market because it lacks central tracking. An unscrupulous buyer could shop at several dispensaries and stock up on large quantities of pot, with no way to notice that Patient X is buying marijuana from multiple businesses.
Cook described a scenario where a patient card is used to buy marijuana several times in one day from dispensaries located far apart. Under the tracking system, the state would be alerted of possible fraud and would notify all dispensaries not to sell to that patient until the state can verify that it is indeed the same person buying all the pot, which would be done through video surveillance soon to be required at pot shops.
But patients are vowing to fight tracking plans. They're especially alarmed that state regulators have yet to issue specifics on how the tracking would work.

"It seems like there could be an ulterior motive here," said Randy James Martinez of Commerce City, 42, who uses medical marijuana for diabetic neuropathy. "Why do they need to keep such close track? Opiate abuse is far more prevalent and far more destructive than any marijuana use or abuse."
A public hearing is planned on the tracking rules in January, but the tracking wouldn't require lawmaker approval because it would be considered an agency regulation.

A marijuana activist who sits on the rulemaking panel, Brian Vicente of Sensible Colorado, said patients and dispensaries fear an onerous intrusion and are still waiting to hear how tracking would work.
"Right now I'd say there's a lot of fear and a lot of confusion out there," Vicente said.

WeedTour: NYC Diesel Review

Name: NYC Diesel
From: The Kine Mine (Idaho Springs, CO‎)
Type: Sativa Dominant Hybrid
Price: $50/eighth (no tax)

I love it when I have a hard time deciding what strain to grab while I’m at a dispensary and at the Kine Mine this is a common problem.  I go through a small process when deciding on the bud I choose.  The first thing to weed narrow down the candidates is the look of the buds.  While there are factors that can define a bud, like coloration and density, those characteristics do not necessarily decide on whether the bud is good or bad.  The things I consider that will make or break my decision are trichome content, stem size/amount, calyx content, and trim job.  I chose the NYC Diesel because the trichs were well-defined and abundant, the buds were full of calyxes, and the trim job was great.  One detractor would be the stems.

There were some inch long stems floating around, which was weird, but they were small and light so it didn’t affect my decision.  The next thing I look for is the smell.  A bud can have all of the visual characteristics I look for, but if it smells planty (not trimmed/dried/cured properly) or has little or no smell, it will dropped from consideration.  I feel like the smell of a bud is a trait that that strain was bred for, so I look for a very pungent odor.  Obviously, different strains will vary in smell, but I honestly like the way all well-grown marijuana smells.  So while I look for a strong smell, the type of smell is less important.

The smell of this NYC Diesel is incredible.  A combination of gasoline (guilty pleasure smell) and grapefruit, these buds sting the nostrils. Read The Full Article Here

MMJ Deals In The 303 For Oct 6th

$250 ounce during the Harvest Special
Cannabis Medical Technology (762 Kalamath St Denver, CO)
20 strains available at this price!

$30 1/8th of Afghan Skunk
Kindness Collective (5702 East Colfax Denver, CO)
Buds have some heat stress, but $30 is still a steal. And HUGE props on the honesty!

$5 Cinnamon Roll
Pure Medical (1133 Bannock St, Denver, CO)
With 5.5grams of MMJ this thing is bound to knock at any pain you are in!

$5 for this treat might be the best deal I've seen in a while!

You can smoke weed, but you can't hunt

Matt Solomon started getting calls a few months ago, and has gotten more as hunting season approached. All of them go something like this: “I have a medical marijuana card. Can I buy a new gun for hunting season?”

The short answer, from two local gun dealers, is “no.”

Here's a slightly longer answer.

Solomon, who owns Alpine Arms in Eagle, started doing some research when the calls first came. Here's what he found: People who hold medical marijuana cards may be complying with state law, but marijuana possession is still a federal offense. Since federal law applies when buying or selling guns through licensed dealers, people buying guns through dealers, customers have to fill out a form from the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.

That form asks: “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?”

In the feds' eyes, anyone using marijuana is an “unlawful user.”

If the person filling out the form answers yes, that stops the gun-buying process in its tracks. If the person answers no, and is later found to have lied, that's a federal crime.

Jim Kelly, owner of Bogart's Gun Shop in Eagle, has a direct line to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. During a quick in-person stop at his shop on Second Street, Bogart picked up the hotline and asked a bureau representative if a card holder could buy a gun. The answer was a quick no.

“They're denying anyone with a medical marijuana card,” Kelly said.

Of course, the classified ads for any “shopper”-type newspaper generally have plenty of ads for guns, and private sales aren't regulated the way they are through licensed dealers. But, Solomon said, those private deals can come back to bite sellers.

“Say you know someone who has a medical marijuana card and you buy a gun for him and sell it to him,” Solomon said. “If he commits a crime with that gun, or if it's stolen, it'll come back to you. It can put you at risk.

Solomon said he has one customer who would rather hunt than smoke.

“He's trying to get off the list,” Solomon said. “But he might have to wait until his card expires.”

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Patients and MMCs cry foul over 35-day restriction

Under Colorado's MMJ laws, patients aren't supposed to buy pot until 35 days after they've submitted their paperwork, because that's how long the state has to reject/return applications. In the past, however, most dispensaries would sell to patients before then because everyone believed they were covered under Amendment 20's "alternative defense" clause. Now, however, the 35-day rule may be rearing its ugly head.


That's because dispensaries -- or marijuana centers (MMCs), as they're officially labeled -- now fall under the purview of the new state MMJ laws rather than Amendment 20. And last week, Department of Revenue senior director of enforcement Matt Cook issued a statement cautioning MMCs not to sell to patients before the 35-day waiting period ends.

The outcry was immediate. "This new policy of restricting medicine to patients until they have been sick for over a month creates unnecessary pain and suffering for thousands of Colorado patients," declared patient advocate Timothy Tipton.

When the ReLeaf Center employees have told patients of the new interpretation, they've threatened to take their business to dispensaries willing to look the other way, says general manager Jake Browne. But when Browne brought up the issue with Cook, he says he was told that enforcement would be dependent on self-reporting of violations -- in other words, dispensaries would have to rat out others not following the rules.

"He wants the centers or patients to do all the dirty work," Browne notes. "The ones trying to follow the rules are the ones getting burned."

According to Julie Postlethwait, spokeswoman for the DOR's medical marijuana division, the enforcement issue is "a question that's being pursued." But even if the division comes up with a satisfactory answer to that, there's still the matter of patients not being able to prove when their 35-day waiting period officially expires. Many patients don't have solid documentation of when they submitted their application, because they didn't send it via certified mail, or they dropped the application off in the drop-box at the health department office, which doesn't give receipts, or they paid with a money order, and can't prove when it was cashed.

"You have a real clash between what the Department of Revenue is telling centers and patients, and how the CDPHE is actually running the thing," says Browne.

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Learn to Grow Medical Marijuana: When Youre Allowed As Few As 6 Plants and Every Plant Is Precious

Learn to grow medical marijuana: When you're allowed as few as 6 plants and every plant is precious. Most growing video's and books describe growing fairly large gardens. They don't address the needs of the average registered medical marijuana patient who may be allowed as few as 6 plants to maintain a steady supply of medicine. This video by agricultural writer and long time teacher Dave Curran addresses in-depth how to set up for, and maintain an ongoing medicine supply by growing it yourself. Curran, a former research chemist who did his senior chemistry seminar in 1971 on the synthesis of Delta 9 THC (the active factor in cannabis), chooses one specific growing method, soil-less, and covers it in-depth. This video shows you how to set up two small, growing sheds (one for seedlings, clones, and plants in the vegetative growth cycle and another for blooming plants) It goes over the materials needed and shows you how to set them up to create a controlled environment for your plants. Rather than give wide choices on growing methods Curran chooses what he considers the best and easiest one for inexperienced growers, soil-less, and explains every step and choice in detail from how to mix a fast draining but moisture holding soil-less mix to pH testing techniques. Lighting is covered from the point of view of a tiny six plant inventory with lights that can cost as little as $60, or, for those who can afford it, specific LED lights that can greatly enhance output and which pay for themselves over time. The video also shows how, if the time of year and conditions are right, you can enhance your crop by taking advantage of sun while still maintaining a primarily indoor garden. The video teaches what you need to know about diseases, pests, controlling temperature and humidity, moisture damage, fertilizers, growth enhancers, keeping a notebook, harvesting, drying and curing and THC extraction methods.

Price: $39.95

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Marijuana Grower's Handbook: Your Complete Guide for Medical and Personal Marijuana Cultivation

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MMJ Deals For Friday Oct 1st

$10 gram of Colombian Gold or Martian Mean Green
Grasshopper Wellness Center (2243 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO)
$10 gram = $35 1/8th. This place has top notch chronic. Need we say more?

$50 gram of Strain Specific Honey Oil I think I'll try the Super Crystal
SweetLeaf Compassion Center (5301 Leetsdale Dr, Denver, CO)
4 varieties to choose from. Really clean & really strong.

$36 1/8th of Anything on the shelf!
The Releaf Center (2000 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO)
For new patients on their 36th day after proof of paperwork submission.

$10/gram for Martian Mean Green!? You really can't skip on a deal like this!

Medical Marijuana Grow Guide 2-Disc DVD Set

The nicest produced video on the subject. Medical Marijuana Education created this "how to" video to walk someone step by step into growing at home like a pro. They talk to experts giving you the inside knowledge and secrets they use. You will see first-hand from professional, experienced growers how to control every aspect of the plant as it flowers. You will experience 3D walk through animations of creating a grow space and see how easy it is to instantly get started growing at home.
Price: $25.95

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Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine

Address: 420 Corporate Circle Golden, CO
Hours: M-F 11-7, Sat 12-5, Closed Sunday

Located just west of the intersection of 6th Avenue & W. Colfax, in Denver’s western suburb of Golden, Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine has a cozy storefront that I frequent often. From pulling into the parking lot to walking out with my medicine, I have always had a great experience.

The parking lot is shared, well lit and very spacious. No need to worry about your vehicle here (unlike some other places I’ve been) as this is a very safe and secure business complex. Once inside there is a small waiting room and either the owner, John, or one of the budtenders (Doug is awesome!) will pop in and escort you to the back room. If you have never been in before the process to get your information on file with them is one of the slickest around and will take less than 5 minutes.

The back room is very spacious and brightly lit. From my experience, I would say that on any given day they have 12-15 strains available, clones, hash, tinctures and a variety of edibles. Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine also has a microscopic camera hooked-up to display close-up shots of the buds that they have on hand; always nice to know that a dispensary is confident in their medicine!

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Humpday specials on MMJ

$250 ounce of Island Sweet Skunk
Total Health Concepts (2059 Bryant Street, Denver, CO)
Knock out your migraine with this delightfully uplifting ISS

$45 1/8 of Cherry Slider for first time patients/ $50 otherwise
Boulder Wellness (5420 Arapahoe Unit F, Boulder, CO)
A smooth & fruity Sativa dominate hybrid

$10 pint of Mile High Ice Cream
A Mile High (63 W. Alameda Ave, Denver, CO)
Dosage-controlled & amazingly tasty 

$250/ounce for this killer bud is a killer deal!

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Today's MMJ Deals In The 303

$38 1/8th of The Wiz
Karmaceuticals (4 S Santa Fe Drive, Denver)
Sativa-Dominant, magical, wonderful, delicious!

$4 Joints
Good Chemistry (330 E. Colfax Ave, Denver)
Smooth citrus flavor, complex effect, well balanced and long-lasting.

$65/gram Gold Leaf Hash
Denver Kush Club (2615 Welton St, Denver)
Highly smokable dehydrated hash oil

Lemon Skunk joints for only $4!

Dispensary Gets Robbed

A medical marijuana store was robbed in the middle of the afternoon on Friday. The person in charge of the store was forced to the ground at gunpoint.

Two suspects are still one the loose.

The store, called Cannicopia, is located near the intersection of 39th and Elm Street in northeast Denver. The suspects pulled in front of the store around 1:30 p.m. The stolen car they were in was caught on surveillance video.

One man essentially fooled the woman inside into letting him through the door by saying he had his paperwork and identification and was there as a client. The woman was just watching the store for about a half hour for the owner, though she recognized the man and buzzed him in. The man then put a gun to her face, keeping her on the ground while another man took marijuana, money, and other items.

The owner said although he's only heard of a few stores in his area being robbed, he believes that dispensaries are high targets because of what they carry inside.

"I feel like some people are out there to get dispensaries because of what they've heard about them having millions and millions of dollars," owner Jarrod Harkin said. "Here's the real reality for everybody that's out there -- there are maybe a few of them in our state that are operating at that level and the rest of us are just small business owners that are trying to operate legitimately and help people out. Nobody's making any profit, they're still just breaking even and that is the median."

Denver police said they're making progress on the case, but do ask if anyone has information to call them.

Although many police agencies feared robberies would be prevalent once dispensaries opened, Denver officers say they're currently not a chronic problem in the city.

Originally posted on http://cbs4denver.com

MMJ Deals Happening Right Now!

A quick post with a few of the deals that we know are happening around the 303 right now. If you know of others, leave a comment!

$35 1/8 of Power Plant
VIP Wellness Center (2949 W Alameda Ave Denver, CO)
Very clean & healthy Sativa high for a great price!

10% Off All Purchases
Boulder Kind Care (2031 16 St Boulder, CO)
Eligible to those in the service industry, or active Military and Veterans.

Free Joint
The Clinic (4625 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO)
Write a review on weedmaps.com then come in to claim your joint.

Doesn't this Power Plant look good?

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Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible

With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible is the most complete cultivation book available. The Fifth Edition of the former Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible was originally published in 1983, when it immediately became a best seller. More than 500,000 copies of the Indoor Bible are in print in Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish. New greenhouse and outdoor growing chapters make this a book both indoor and outdoor growers will keep under thumb. The other 15 chapters (17 total) are all updated with the most current information, completely rewritten and significantly expanded. For example, Dr. John McPartland contributed an all new medical section - The books credits list more than 300 contributors and reads like a who's who in the world of cannabis cultivation.
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Purple Dragon

Name: Purple Dragon
From: The Grasshopper (23rd & Federal)
Type: Indica
Price: $14/gram (no tax)
I first heard about The Grasshopper when I was looking up potent edibles in Colorado.  A few people spoke highly of their Space Cake brownie so I went to check it out.  The store owner is great, the prices are great, and the bud is great.  Before I started the weed tour The Grasshopper was my go-to dispensary.  I bought this Purple Dragon for $14/gram (less than $50 an eighth) and, as usual, was very impressed.  The first thing I noticed about this weed was how well trimmed it was and how great it looked overall, which helped me in purchasing it.  It was nearly all purple, only showing a few hints of green, and covered in white trichomes.  The nugs themselves were very dense which made my eighth look like a gram.  This Purple Dragon smelled fruity and similar to a lot of other purple strains I’ve purchased.  Though indica dominant (Purple Erkle X Blue Dragon (DJ Shorts’ Blueberry X Diesel)), this variety had an uplifting high. I have heard that white trichomes indicate a lesser content of other cannabinoids like CBN and CBD, which can give the couch-lock effect, so that makes sense.  The buds were cured well; they smoked great and left a white ash. The stems were pretty thick, but for how dense and how much actual weed hung off of them, I found it acceptable.  Once again, The Grasshopper has gotten me stoned pain free and I love it.
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Funny Medical Marijuana Craigslist Trade #2

`http://denver.craigslist.org/bar/1911228572.html

Butter powder and whole egg powder – $10 (Longmont/Berthoud)

I have 3 1 gallon cans of pure, organic butter powder, enough to make 6 gallons of butter! {Tastes great! works just like regular butter} and 3 1 gallon cans of whole egg powder, great for baking, scrambling, storage, will last for years!
Also have 2 or three cases of canned, New Zealand white cheddar cheese, all unopened.
Will trade for- mmj, electronic cigarette kit, (no junk!) or cash.
$10 per gallon of butter powder and or eggs, $1 per can of White cheddar cheese or $20 for a case of 24.
These are really good prices at about 1/2 retail.
email with your # lets work something out!

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Elite Island Sweet Skunk

Name: Elite Island Sweet Skunk
From: The Breckenridge Loft
Type: Sativa
Price: $50/eighth + tax
I decided to come to The Breckenridge Loft simply based off of the reviews for it online.  I knew that the quality of the strains there were all A+, but that they were also priced accordingly.  I had read online that they had a happy hour from 10-noon where the Elite Island Sweet Skunk (EISS) would only be $45 plus tax, but I didn’t get down there until about 2, so I had to pay $50 (still a fair price).  The EISS was very impressive.  The first thing I noticed was how well cured it was.  It burns quickly and evenly, leaving a small amount of white ash.  I was able to horf down some monster rips of this stuff.  The high was very cerebral and uplifting; a good morning smoke.  The taste was fruity, resembling that of Island Sweet Skunk, but with absolutely no plant smell at all; you could tell it was well taken care of.  I recommend vaping it if you get the chance.  The buds, while cured well, did tend to fall apart during handling, but that makes bowl-loading a breeze.  The buds look sativa, not at all dense, green with long orange hairs, and thin stems.  Overall I was impressed with this bud and wish I would have woken up early enough to snag it for $45.
I would also like to note that I was able to pick up a gram of their $75/eighth Purple Kush (watch for future review).
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Funny Medical Marijuana Craigslist Trade #1

http://denver.craigslist.org/hab/1894183472.html

MMJ Clones for trade looking for gym weights BUFF ON FOR PUFF ON – $1 (Denver)

Yes I am red card legal

I need weights! Dumb bells curl bars and weight bench….

I have some very rare MMJ strains I am willing to trade my clones are rooted and some of the best around I’ve seen 10 years…

Please email me I need to get my buff on and you need to get your puff on!!!

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Honey Bud

Name: Honey Bud
From: Nedicate – Nederland, CO
Type: Hybrid
Price: $25/gram

This product is smokable marijuana soaked in butane extracted honey-oil hash.  It’s pretty awesome.  From what the clerk at Nedicate, in Nederland, CO, told me, it’s some not-worth-mentioning Red Bud that has been soaked in honey-oil made from a variety of indica and sativa strains.  This was $25 a gram plus tax and definitely has a good proportion of honey-oil.  I find honey-oil by itself to be pretty expensive and hard to smoke without losing some in the process.  I like this product because it makes handling and smoking honey-oil a lot easier without really taxing the cost.  It has a typical hash flavor, but is very potent and will knock you on you ass if you aren’t careful

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Opposites Attract…Me

Name: Sweet Sweet & Sweet Kush
From: The Greenest Green
Type: Sativa (Sweet Sweet) & Indica (Sweet Kush)
Price: $20/gram
I decided to do a double post because I found the dynamic of these two specimens remarkable.  Both strains were purchased from The Greenest Green in Boulder, Colorado.
To start, we have the Sweet Sweet (left photo), which is a pure sativa. Sweet Sweet is a perfect name for this strain because of its’ smell and flavor, resembling that of candy or sugar itself.  It’s delicious.  Sweet Sweet is bright green with heavy dusting of white trichomes.  It was dried well and burned down to a small amount of white ash.  The high from this strain is typical of a sativa; very heady and functional.  I only had to smoke a small a amount to feel the effects, so while the high is heady and functional, the strain is still potent.  I was very pleased with this strain and wish I had got more while I was up there.
Next we have the Sweet Kush (right photo), a pure indica.  This stuff is some real dome-knocker material. Unlike the Sweet Sweet, the Sweet Kush does not have a sugary smell, but a more typical kush smell, which is kind of a combination piney and floral.  I have never seen buds this dense before.  It was funny seeing the different sizing between the Sweet Sweet and the Sweet Kush. The Sweet Sweet was overflowing the jar and the Kush was looking like some pebbles.  This stuff will get you couch-locked if you are not strong-willed.  It was covered with amber trichomes, indicating more CBD and CBN, which exemplify the indica dominant effects of this strain.  It was kind of a creeper and left me laid out for more than a minute.  Overall I was impressed with this strain and the shop I bought it from, The Greenest Green, in Boulder, Colorado.
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Ganja Breath Spray? Not Exactly…

Name: Dazys Peppermint Spray
From: Nedicate – Nederland, CO
Price: $30 /8-10 doses
This is an alcohol-based spray designed to be used like Binaca and is made from high-grade, pure sativa bubble hash.  It takes about 4-5 sprays to feel the effects, which weren’t too strong, but uplifting and functional.  This stuff hits fast because you absorb the alcohol in your mouth instead of an edible that you absorb during digestion.  The taste wasn’t ideal because of the amount of alcohol you have to hold in your mouth to get a proper dose, but once the alcohol taste goes away it tastes like peppermint.  It was $30 for about 8-10 doses and was purchased at Nedicate in Nederland, CO.
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White Widow

Name: White Widow
From: Southwest Alternative Care (Denver, CO?)
Type: 60I/40S Hybrid
Price: $45/eighth
White Widow is a classic marijuana strain notorious for its’ potency.  A product of Dutch breeding, it won Best Overall Strain in the 1995 Cannabis Cup.  This sample was provided by Southwest Alternative Care, located in Denver.  These buds are a perfect exemplification of the traits that White Widow was bred for.  They are covered in well-defined, snow-white trichomes and are composed of dense clusters of calyxes.  You can tell from the above photo why the strain has its’ name.  The most defining characteristic of this strain is the strength of its’ effects.  Wow, these buds are strong.  Not only are they strong, but the effects last for quite some time, even with a high tolerance.  While White Widow is an indica dominant hybrid, with such a high THC content the high leans more to the Sativa side.  These plants were grown well and definitely left to mature for the appropriate amount of time before harvesting.  They were trimmed tight, which is great for White Widow.  Some people leave some of the leafs on the buds since they usually will still have some trichs on them,  but that takes away from the flavor.  The buds smoked down well, indicating a proper drying/curing process.  The smoke itself was smooth considering its’ potency and the taste was full-bodied and balanced.  I would recommend this strain to patients in pain because of it’s strength, duration, and clean high; a truly medical strain.  I also look forward to trying Southwest Alternative Care‘s Violator Kush, so keep an eye out for a future review.
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