1. If my municipality bans marijuana, I cannot grow or possess it. This is false. Many counties and municipalities have banned medical and recreation marijuana stores, but Amendment 64 trumps these community ordinances to allow anyone to possess marijuana and to grow up to 6 plants. You just can’t set up a pot shop there. […]
Category Archives: Drug Crimes
The Denver City Council appears to be stirring the pot again about, well, pot. If you are fans of our Facebook page (and if you’re not, you should be- click here to “like” us), you may have seen this article from the Denver post about a proposed Denver ordinance that would impose more restrictions regarding the possession and consumption […]
Colorado has recently changed its laws for DUI’s involving marijuana. This video will help you understand these changes from the perspective of a criminal defense attorney.
Amendment 64 has passed in Colorado, legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in our great state of Colorado. So are we ushering in an age of Cheech and Chong marathons at the multiplex? Is Tie-Dye going to be our new state color? Should we start honing our hackey-sack skills? Not so fast. As Governor Hickenlooper […]
Marijuana and Employment Marijuana has become a popular blog topic for us at Hebets & McCallin, mostly because the passage of Amendment 64 has caused a multitude of legal issues surrounding marijuana to sprout up like a, well, weed. Today’s Denver Post reported an article about a marijuana case currently pending in the Colorado Court of Appeals. […]
Ever since the medical marijuana boom started a few years ago here in Colorado, some weed-related legal issues have become a bit, well, hazy. One of the issues we have seen in our practice is whether a medical marijuana patient with a state issued license to smoke may or may not continue to use marijuana […]
During March 2012, the Colorado Senate has introduced a bill that would change the way people are sentenced for possession of drugs in Colorado. SB 2012-163 is intended to prevent people who only posses a controlled substance from receiving a felony conviction. A felony drug sentence can have serious consequences, as we have discussed before. SB 2012-163 […]
If you are a Colorado Medical Marijuana patient hoping for some clarification on the allowable THC blood limit while driving, you are out of luck for now. The recent “Pot DUI Bill” died in the Colorado Senate after lawmakers couldn’t decide on the “right number” for a limit. So does that mean you don’t need […]
Denver Post – “As the number of marijuana dispensaries, and users, has surged across the state, the legislature has tried to provide some rules for the burgeoning industry.” The U.S. Attorney for Colorado has warned state lawmakers that adjusting rules for medical marijuana could very likely draw the attention of the federal government, leading to […]
I had previously written about a Bill making its way through the Colorado legislature aiming to set a limit of 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood on anyone driving while using marijuana medically or recreationally. The saga continues. After passing the House, the Senate version of the Bill has advanced, but with a significant amendment. […]