medical marijuana
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Lawmakers, industry leaders denounce White House marijuana enforcement signals
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Word that the White House could begin cracking down on the marijuana trade in states that have legalized the drug drew swift rebuke Thursday from Democratic lawmakers in Colorado, the first state to cultivate a recreational pot industry. “Whether it is building a wall or stripping protections for trans students, President Trump has already shown…
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? Transparency urged for Denver pot policy office
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The 2 year old Denver Office of Marijuana Policy should do more to increase public awareness of where the city’s marijuana-related tax revenue is spent, according to Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien. While he praised the strategic planning and collaborative efforts of the office in an audit report presented to the independent audit committee Thursday, Oct.…
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Gundersen: More research needed before approving marijuana for PTSD
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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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Alaska OKs marijuana, but some communities ban pot commerce
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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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Denver medical marijuana tax collection has improved; $1.1 million recovered through audits
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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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Denver City Council starts 2017 budget review
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Denver City Council members started a more than two-month-long city budget review process Monday with explanations from Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration about how they developed the proposed $1.9 billion spending plan for the coming year. In a council work session, chief financial officer Brendan Hanlon said the budget assumes Denver’s economy will continue to grow,…
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Medical marijuana petition unlikely to make November ballot in Oklahoma
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A petition to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma is unlikely to go before voters in November because advocates say they will challenge the attorney general’s rewording of the ballot title -a legal process certain to push the measure beyond the general election. But state officials say it’ll be delayed because supporters of State Question 788…
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Teen boy behind Colorado medical pot law dies
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A 15-year-old Colorado boy who helped bring about a law requiring schools to permit a student’s use of medical marijuana has died. The Denver Post reports that Jack Splitt’s mother, Stacey Linn, says the boy struggled with cerebral palsy that caused him debilitating muscle contractions. She says the pain worsened and he died Wednesday. He had just…