Med-A-Mints Maker Disputes Dixie Elixirs' Efforts at Re-Branding In September of 2012, when Gary Gabrel was introduced to the owner and founder of Dixie Elixirs, it looked to be a good match for a venture into the vastly uncharted world of marijuana sales. Tripp Keber, Dixie's founder and CEO, represented one of the nation's hippest and, it would turn out, media savvy marijuana edibles companies. And Gabrel, who made millions of dollars in a range of businesses - from board games to pizza restaurants - was pedaling a special formula of edible marijuana called MED-a-mints, combining a "good high," as Gabrel claims, with a reliable dose. [continues 972 words]
Kicking up his bare feet at his desk and placing his hands behind his head, Mason Tvert says Colorado would be a better place if residents could light up big, fat joints -- legally. That's the message the 23-year-old toils to impart from his Denver office. The space, which doubles as his bedroom, is the statewide headquarters of a political initiative that aims to ask voters this November to legalize adult possession of small amounts of marijuana. Aided by a laptop and some 400 volunteers around Colorado ----two dozen hailing from the Colorado Springs area -- Tvert and a full-time campaign assistant are leading the push to get the 68,000 valid signatures needed to place the marijuana initiative on the ballot. Their effort is referred to as SAFER, or Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation. [continues 1853 words]
Medical Marijuana Supporters Hope Justice Department Cuts Could End Raids Vicki Wagner occasionally eases back in her electric wheelchair and, as she puts it, lights up a "big, old fatty." The 35-year-old Colorado Springs resident says she's been smoking marijuana so long that it doesn't make her high anymore. But she says it helps immensely when it comes to making bearable the inoperable brain condition that sometimes gives her massive headaches, chronic pain and a long list of symptoms she wouldn't wish on anybody. [continues 1045 words]
It's been about a year since student groups in Washington, D.C., began efforts to strike the dreaded drug question from federal financial forms. A year later, the forces seeking to repeal the question continue to struggle, as the congressman who worded the law seeks to change it in an effort that would allow some convicted drug users to receive aid. The question - No. 35 on the federal financial aid form (FAFSA) - asks applicants if they have ever been convicted of a drug crime. If the answer is "yes," or even left blank, an applicant can be denied financial aid. [continues 1018 words]
Spokeswoman: CU Has Handled Issue With 'Compassion' Several CU faculty and others have been named in a federal lawsuit filed by Margaret Zamudio, a Latina professor of sociology who alleges her refusal of employment by the University amounts to discrimination. Zamudio first sued the university last year and has amended her original complaint, asking the court to prevent the University from dismissing her at the end of the 2001-02 academic year, at which time her current employment arrangement terminates. "I want to work at CU," the professor said. [continues 643 words]
