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• Trading for marijuana: Is this legal? Play Video

  February 22, 2013 1:28 AM

  Marijuana users are getting creative when it comes to getting their hands on pot. They're using web sites like Craigslist to trade merchandise for marijuana. Plug in "marijuana" on Craigslist and a laundry list of postings will appear. People are looking to trade anything and everything from cell phones... more »

• CU attempts to put a stop to 4-20 pot rally

  April 20, 2012 6:34 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado's flagship university is restricting visitors for a day in a bid to stop an annual marijuana protest that last year attracted more than 10,000 people. Every year, many marijuana activists across the nation hold pot-smoking protests on April 20 to demand legalization. The gathering at the... more »

• Medical marijuana industry bringing in sales tax dollars

  January 12, 2012 12:35 AM

  After just less than three years of business in the City of Colorado Springs, the medical marijuana industry says they're doing pretty well. "We're seeing good, steady growth." says shop owner Scott Saunders. He and his partner own two medical marijuana dispensaries in town, including MC Caregivers near Academy and... more »

• Council passes 1 of 14 medical marijuana fees

  June 28, 2011 11:32 PM

  After much discussion and even more questions, the Colorado Springs City Council has only decided to move on 1 of the 14 proposed fees for medical marijuana businesses. Councilman Tim Leigh and most everyone else on council tell us the proposed fees seem like they could be too high, as... more »

• Council approves $2,200 mmj application fee

  June 28, 2011 8:18 PM

  The Colorado Springs City Council has approved a motion to charge applicants $2,200 for a medical marijuana business application. The fee will include a city background check in addition to the background check already done by the stare. Originally council was expected to vote on a large fee structure... more »

• Springs city council to vote on mmj fees tomorrow

  June 27, 2011 7:11 PM

  As medical marijuana dispensaries get ready for new state regulations to take effect July 1st, shop owners in Colorado Springs are concerned over a newly proposed set of city fees. Reza Hassani runs the American Wellness Center, a medical marijuana shop on the city's west side. He says for a... more »

• State mmj shops get new regulations this week

  June 26, 2011 7:30 PM

  A landmark week is ahead for the medical marijuana industry in Colorado. On July 1st new state regulations, the toughest in the country, will officially go in to effect. Scott Saunders, who owns Natural Leaf in Colorado Springs, says he welcomes the regulation for legitimacy. "Regulations absolutely will provide legitimacy... more »

• Medical marijuana center burglarized

  March 13, 2011 1:16 AM

  It's a video you have to see to believe. Three men dropping in on a medical marijuana center to burglarize the store early Saturday morning. "We got a call around 5am from our security company." explains Debbie Woodhouse with the Cannabinoids mmj shop near Platte and Circle. It's the... more »

• Noxious weed eradication grants available

  February 15, 2011 6:55 PM

  The Colorado Department of Agriculture invites county officials, conservation districts, and non-profit organization involved in weed management in Colorado to apply for two grants designed to eradicate noxious weeds. The goal of the grants is to protect Colorado's natural resources by providing noxious weed management opportunities across the state. ... more »

• Proposed mmj center ban fails in El Paso County

  November 17, 2010 11:04 PM

  The past two weeks have been a rough go for medical marijuana center owner Jeff Sveinsson. "It's been very stressful not knowing." he says. With a proposed mmj shop ban voted down in El Paso County, he's happy to see that his business will be allowed to stay up and... more »

• Doctor says teens getting high off of poisonous plant

  August 12, 2010 5:57 PM

  Doctors want to warn parents about a poisonous plant teens are eating to get high. It's called Datura stramonium, but it's better known as jimson weed. In Pueblo, there have been a few cases where kids ate the plant and ended up in the emergency room. "Most parents don't know... more »

• Volunteers asked to pull weeds

  July 7, 2010 3:21 PM

  Hundreds of volunteers across Colorado will tackle noxious weeds on Saturday July 10. Weeds have sprung up in forests, parks and open spaces. This is part of a statewide, long-term "Pulling For Colorado" campaign to inform Coloradans about the noxious weed threat and to hopefully ultimately eradicate these stubborn... more »

• Inside a medical marijuana dispensary

  February 9, 2010 9:33 PM

  Medical Marijuana has become quite the hot topic in Southern Colorado as both sides argue over how the industry should be treated. The center of these discussions primarily focus on the dispensaries. Thomas Choi owns the Pure Medical dispensary in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs. He invited News First... more »

• Colorado Springs medical marijuana ordinance proposed

  February 9, 2010 12:37 AM

  For the past few months Colorado Springs city council members Sean Paige and Tom Gallagher have overseen a joint task force to look at ways to regulate medical marijuana businesses. From that comes a proposed ordinance laid out Monday which was primarily written by the Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council.... more »

• Judge denies use of medical marijuana in jail

  November 6, 2009 7:03 PM

  A Pueblo judge has denied a request by an inmate who wanted to use marijuana inside the Pueblo County Jail. Isaac Galinido, 33, is in Pueblo County Jail on a probation violation. He says he was a prescription for medical marijuana and asked that he be allowed to have... more »

• Still many questions surrounding medical marijuana

  October 27, 2009 12:23 AM

  As the issue of medical marijuana is pressed, both sides are speaking out. But neither are too far from each other in some aspects. For El Paso county DA Dan May it's the lack of real guidance by the law covering everything from who can run a facility to the... more »

• Police: man busted with weed stuck to forehead

  October 16, 2009 11:49 AM

  Police in central Pennsylvania say they've nabbed a real pothead. They say an officer spotted 29 year-old Cesar Lopez inside a convenience store with a bag of marijuana stuck to his forehead. Investigators say Lopez was seen peering inside his baseball cap early Saturday morning in Lebanon, about 75 miles... more »

• Colorado Springs man gets his marijuana back

  October 13, 2009 11:27 PM

  A Colorado Springs man says he feels liberated after medical marijuana he says was seized by police was given back to him. "I'm happy to get my medicine back." says Stephen Thomas, "But I wish the police would listen to people more when we tell them we are allowed to... more »

• Goats chow down on park weeds

  September 18, 2009 10:23 PM

  It's something you just don't see every day, hundreds of goats chowing away. But head to Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs, and you might see the goats enjoying some noxious weeds in the area. They are all part of a plan to keep the weeds under control, and... more »

• 15 doctors behind most pot referrals in Colorado

  August 31, 2009 9:15 AM

  Statistics from the Colorado health department show two doctors are responsible for referring more than a third of the patients on the state's medical-marijuana registry. The Denver Post reports that of the roughly 10,000 medical-marijuana patients on the registry, 75 percent received their recommendations from one of 15 doctors. ... more »