Health department holds hearing on pot rules
Denver Post — 6/15/2011 — Proposed new rules requiring medical marijuana caregivers to be more involved in their patients' lives would drive some providers out of a business, opponents say. Read More »
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Marijuana regulators helping bust illegal grows
Denver Post — 6/12/2011 — Colorado medical marijuana regulators have partnered up with local law enforcement agencies to help cities shut down illegal commercial pot cultivations and prosecute those running them. Read More »
Highlands Ranch medical-marijuana grower sentenced to five years
Denver Post — 1/29/2011 — A federal judge sentenced a self-described Highlands Ranch medical-marijuana grower to five years in prison Friday, saying the man "miserably failed" to follow the law. Read More »
Judge says medical-marijuana grower "miserably failed" to follow law
Denver Post — 1/28/2010 — Christopher Bartkowicz, a Highlands Ranch man who ran a medical-marijuana-growing operation from the basement of his home, was sentenced this morning to five years in federal prison. Read More »
Denver-area pot grower agrees to 5 years in prison
Denver Post — 10/21/2010 — The nation's top federal law enforcement official said the Obama administration would "vigorously enforce" drug laws against people who grow, distribute or sell marijuana for recreational use even if California voters pass a measure to legalize it. Read More »
Highlands Ranch medical-marijuana grower pleads guilty
Denver Post — 10/21/2010 — Christopher Bartkowicz, the Highlands Ranch medical-marijuana grower whom federal agents raided after he spoke to a television news crew, pleaded guilty to drug charges today in federal court. Read More »
Holder says he'll enforce U.S. drug laws even if Prop. 19 passes in California
Denver Post — 10/16/2010 — 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. Read More »
Marijuana Tracking On The Way In Colorado
CBS4 Denver — 09/29/2010 — 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. Read More »
Pot search OK in Denver case, judge rules
Denver Post — 09/10/2010 — A Colorado pot grower facing federal drug charges says he was coerced into allowing federal agents raid his growing operation because he thought he wouldn't get in trouble. Read More »
Colo. pot grower in court before federal trial
Denver Post — 09/08/2010 — A Colorado pot grower will be in court for a hearing before his trial scheduled for Sept. 20 on federal drug charges. Read More »
Big pot bust takes place in Pike National Forest
Denver Post — 09/09/2010 — Authorities are looking for four men who ran away yesterday as officers moved in to destroy two marijuana grow areas in the Pike National Forest near Deckers. Read More »
Criminal records abound for owners of Colorado medical-marijuana centers
Denver Post — 07/29/2010 — More than half the owners of medical-marijuana centers in Colorado have criminal arrest or conviction records for crimes such as dealing drugs, sexual assault, burglary and weapons violations, according to statistics developed by the Drug Enforcement Administration and obtained by 9News. Read More »
Denver pair charged with child abuse after home-grow bust
Denver Post — 07/01/2010 — A Denver couple has been charged with felony child abuse for allegedly operating a marijuana grow operation in their home in the presence of their three children. Read More »
Ritter signs bills regulating medical-marijuana industry
Denver Post — 06/08/2010 — Without public fanfare, Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law Monday two bills regulating and legitimizing the state's medical-marijuana industry, saying in a statement afterward they: "strike a delicate balance between protecting public safety and respecting the will of the voters." Read More »
Pot bill ignores voters' intent
Denver Post — 03/28/2010 — HB 1284 no longer gives local governments the ability to give voters a say over dispensaries. Legislators need to get a grip. Read More »
Opinion: Medical marijuana slugfest
Denver Post — 03/27/2010 — Brian Vicente of Sensible Colorado — that would be the pro-cannabis lobby — isn't letting his pleasure with a House committee vote this week dull his sense of realism.... Read More »