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In Colorado, medical marijuana laws permit registered Colorado MMJ patients to grow a certain amount of marijuana to use for the medicinal benefits of the cannabis. This can save Colorado MMJ patients a huge amount of money on medical marijuana. Most Colorado MMJ patients opt to have a dispensary serve as their caregiver and, more or less, grow medicinal marijuana, make the extracts, marijuana edibles and other medicinal marijuana products for the patients. Growing good marijuana can be difficult and requires some space be allocated for growing, so for those with little time or without a suitable area to grow cannabis, signing a Colorado marijuana dispensary as a caregiver and buying medical marijuana from that dispensary at a discount is often a good way to go. For those who have the desire to save money on medical marijuana, amble time to learn how to grow cannabis properly, and a good space to make into a grow room, opting to grow your own marijuana to use for medicinal purpo...

In Colorado, Laws and regulations on medical marijuana are tighter than ever, forcing many dispensary owners out of business. While the use of marijuana is legal in Colorado for registered medical marijuana patients, some of the strictest marijuana regulations and laws in the U.S. are currently in place in Colorado, not allowing much room for growth in the state's medicinal marijuana industry. Recently, Colorado officials announced medical marijuana account holders were losing their only existing partner in banking, The Colorado Springs State Bank. Licensed medical marijuana account holders have until the end of September to close their accounts, leaving many in a panic of what to do. Other banks in the past have refused the business of medical marijuana account holders because marijuana is illegal under federal law. In an effort to keep it consistent across the board, The Colorado Springs State Bank has finally determined that marijuana account holders are doing something cons...

President Barack Obama again appeared live on You Tube to participate in a Question and Answer interview session yesterday, January 27, just two days after giving his 2011 State of the Union Address on Jan. 25th, and once again, the questions posed to President Barack Obama largely centered around cannabis in America and the use, legalization and taxation of medical marijuana in the U.S. According to The Huffington Post that of the first 200 highest-rated questions, 198 have to do with drug policy. The top-rated question comes from a retired police officer with the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. See what President Obama had to say. Watch the Video Now! Read more about President Barack Obama's Q&A session surrounding the prominent issue of the legal status of Cannabis in the U.S. To learn more about Colorado medical marijuana policies and MMJ laws and regulations in other legal medical marijuana states follow the link below. #1 Source for Colorado ...

Today and tomorrow (January 28), the Colorado Department of Revenue will be holding public hearings on the proposed departmental rules that, once finalized, all Colorado dispensaries will have to follow. If you’d like to submit written comments the Colorado Department of Revenue, please do so by the end of the day. Visit the Department of Revenue website for further information. These rules are the product of a committee that included members of the Colorado medical marijuana community, seeking to clarify the rights and responsibilities of Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries and their owners and staff. According to Colorado Medical Marijuana industry leaders and Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the rules will provide guidance to Colorado’s medical marijuana community so they are better able to act in clear and unambiguous compliance with the state law, thus avoiding federal scrutiny. MPP and Colorado Marijuana Connections (CMC) encourages all Colorado medical marijuana patien...

                                                   Nearly two weeks ago the Colorado Supreme Court recently denied a medical marijuana dispensary owner's challenge to Colorado state laws and regulations governing that were implemented last year in an attempt to govern the Colorado medical marijuana industry. Just over two weeks ago, Andrew Reid, a Denver lawyer filled a petition on behalf of the Nederland Colorado medical marijuana dispensary owner, Kathleen Chippi.  The petition claims that the regulation passed by the state Legislature last year violated Colorado's state constitution, arguing that the regulations stand in direct violation of Colorado MMJ patients' constitutional right to privacy by mandating that all transactions at Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries must be recorded by video surveillance... Read More . ...

Tweet Cannabis Therapy Institute (CTI) Petition to Protect Colorado Medical Marijuana Patient Privacy was Denied January 19th, 2011.  Still some silver lining remains for Colorado MMJ Patients.  For immediate release: Jan. 19, 2011 by  Cannabis Therapy Institute (CTI) {Denver} -- The Colorado Board of Health denied the Cannabis Therapy  Institute's Petition for Emergency Rules to Protect Patient Privacy on Wednesday, January 19th 2011  on the grounds that the issue did not constitute an emergency as  defined by the state Administrative Procedure Act.  Regardless  of the Colorado Board of Health's decision to deny CTI's petition to institute rules that would help secure medical marijuana patient privacy, some good news for Colorado medical marijuana patients did emerge from the for the Board of  Health expressed great concern for the patient privacy issues brought up by CTI and agreed to hold an informational meeting on the topic...

The cannabis trade and other businesses associated with the legal use of marijuana  for medicinal purposes as deemed appropriate by a licensed doctor in legal medical marijuana states, especially in Colorado and California, has quickly become a booming industry.  To get an idea of just how fast this industry has grown, consider that it has been under three years since Colorado legalized the use of medical marijuana and dispensaries began popping up across the state, and already Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries out number Starbucks locations in the state by nearly five to one. According to the medical marijuana dispensary or cannabis cannabis clinics interviewed on the CNBC Special, Marijuana USA, a  sequel to Marijuana Inc.,  the networks most watched documentary every, marijuana prices began to drop with the upsurge in the number of medical marijuana dispensaries, MMJ patients and marijuana cultivators as more U.S. states opt to become legal medical...

"SOME" Pot patients get state reprieve Pot patients get state reprieve after questions about their docs By Kirk Mitchell The Denver Post Posted: 11/11/2010 01:00:00 AM MST About 2,000 people who were recently notified that their state applications for Colorado medical marijuana cards were rejected because their doctors weren't eligible to refer them for the drug got a temporary reprieve Wednesday from the state. Ann Hause, an attorney for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said the patients can continue to get marijuana until rules governing which doctors can prescribe marijuana are formalized. Hause, who appeared Wednesday at a meeting of the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, said hearings on the issue likely won't begin until March. "They are in limbo. I can easily think that people would be confused," said Mark Salley, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The confusion ste...