politics
Kamala Harris: ‘Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed, right?’
Related Articles Kamala Harris used her first late-night network TV appearance since becoming vice president to reflect on how her life has changed since she got the job — including a shortage of emojis — and to talk up the need to vote in the midterm elections. Harris, appearing early Tuesday on NBC’s “Late Night […]
Pot boss Shannon O’Brien affiliated license up for final approval, recusal promised
Related Articles The agenda for the state Cannabis Control Commission’s next meeting shows the pot-growing farm pitched in part by Chair Shannon O’Brien will soon appear before regulators for final license approval. Greenfield Greenery LLC, a planned outdoor grow operation, set in the city of the same name, and for which O’Brien apparently served as CEO, […]
Cannabis Control boss Shannon O’Brien, paid $181,722, has business before her own board
Related Articles The state’s new pot boss Shannon O’Brien, paid a smoking $181,722 salary, has been involved in two applications for cannabis cultivation, according to documents reviewed by the Herald. O’Brien is listed on an application filed in 2020 by Greenfield Greenery LLC, as an “Owner/Partner” in a proposal to open an outdoor growing operation […]
Denver tweaks marijuana delivery rules as businesses struggle to get off the ground
Marijuana delivery services in Denver will exclusively be the realm of business owners from marginalized backgrounds after the city council voted on Monday to tweak the city’s licensing structure.
Second statewide psychedelics measure “very unlikely” to make November ballot
Coloradans will likely only see one psilocybin-related measure on the November ballot, after a battle between opposing, citizen-led campaigns to either legalize or decriminalize psychedelics appears to be nearing a close.
Why some of Colorado’s foremost shrooms advocates won’t be voting to legalize psilocybin
To legalize or decriminalize? That would be the question facing Colorado voters if two competing psilocybin measures make the November ballot.
Colorado voters will be asked to legalize magic mushrooms in November
Colorado voters will be asked in November to decide whether or not to legalize psychedelic mushrooms and healing centers where they can be administered to the public.
Colorado regulators won’t sanction job-seekers with out-of-state marijuana convictions, Polis orders
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday vowed by executive order that Colorado will not hold out-of-state convictions for most marijuana-related offenses against people applying for professional licenses here.
Massachusetts lawmakers looking to strike unconstitutional Controlled Substances Act
Related Articles Lawmakers are about to weed out a law that’s overgrown its usefulness. A seldom used and apparently unconstitutional part of the General Laws may soon be stricken, if an outside section of the state Senate’s fiscal 2023 budgets makes it past muster during Tuesday’s debate. “This court concluded that the assessment of the […]
Four towns just said no to marijuana sales, but how strong is rural Colorado’s distaste for weed?
Related Articles HOOPER — Charlie Williams doesn’t believe there should be stores selling pot in his tiny town deep in the San Luis Valley. The 67-year-old pastor isn’t alone. Two dozen of his fellow residents joined him last month in successfully turning down — 25 to 18 — a measure that would have allowed recreational […]