cannabis
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Gundersen: More research needed before approving marijuana for PTSD
The Colorado Psychiatric Society’s mission is to promote excellence in psychiatric care. Quality medical care is based on evidence derived from well-designed clinical trials. We are concerned about the draft bill that would add Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) to the list of debilitating conditions that are authorized to be treated…
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Burack: Colorado marijuana edibles now require universal symbol
When a majority of Colorado voters cast their ballots in favor of Amendment 64 in 2012, they chose to establish a legal, regulated marketplace for retail marijuana. By approving Amendment 64, they also prioritized protecting the public health and safety of marijuana consumers and non-consumers alike and, without question, keeping marijuana out of the hands of children.…
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Alaska OKs marijuana, but some communities ban pot commerce
Alaskans two years ago approved recreational use of marijuana. That doesn’t mean they want it sold in their towns. Voters in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, a municipality just larger than the state of West Virginia, and one renowned for a potent strain of black market pot, on Tuesday will consider a ban on commercial enterprises that…
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Long: CDPHE has become the Colorado Department of Public Harassment and Exceeding the law
For seven years, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) has abused its power. It is overdue for a Senate Oversight Committee to put it in check and balance. Recently, I was talking to a Colorado lawmaker about my concerns with CDPHE’s unresolved 2016 state audit that found serious conflicts of interests within CDPHE awarding years of…
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Colorado gives marijuana candy a new look to avoid confusion
Wondering if that brownie contains pot? Colorado has you covered. A requirement that edible marijuana products come with a diamond-shaped stamp and the letters T-H-C – not just on the packaging but on the brownies, candies and other edibles themselves – takes effect Saturday. The rule referencing marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient was added after complaints that…
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Denver medical marijuana tax collection has improved; $1.1 million recovered through audits
The City and County of Denver is doing a better job of ensuring it is collecting medical marijuana-related sales and use tax revenue, the Independent Audit Committee was told Thursday. A follow up report to a 2014 audit of the city treasury department’s collection of marijuana revenue found all four recommendations in the audit had…
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Interim committee: Pot for PTSD could be coming to Colorado
Marijuana pioneer Colorado is poised to add post-traumatic stress disorder to its medical marijuana program, joining 18 other states that consider PTSD a condition treatable by pot. A panel of state lawmakers voted 5-0 Wednesday to endorse the addition of PTSD to Colorado’s 2000 medical pot law. The vote doesn’t have immediate legal effect; it’s…
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Cannabis infused beer merges two booming, billion dollar industries
Fusing two booming Colorado industries, Mason “Dude” Hembree plans to launch a line of cannabis-infused beers – yes, cannabis-infused beers. The brews, coined George Washington’s Secret Stash will launch early next year. Under his brewery Dad and Dudes Breweria, he’ll untap the beer, made with extract from cannabis sativa stalk and stem, at the Great…
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Battle lines forming over pot consumption issue
Initial opinion polls have already been conducted and plans are being made by both sides in Denver, where voters will decide if they want to allow adults to use marijuana socially in regulated consumption spaces. The Denver Elections Division found backers of the measure, called the Neighborhood-Supported Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program, had submitted more than…