Boulder - The city of Boulder has decided to hold off on participating in the statewide "Don't Be a Lab Rat" campaign after the Boulder Valley School District said it opposed the use of a giant metal cage to educate teens about the effects of marijuana on the developing brain. The 12-foot-wide, 8-foot-high cage, complete with a scale version of the kind of water bottle hamsters drink from, was scheduled to be installed at the corner of 13th Street and Arapahoe Avenue as part of the state Department of Public Health's campaign. [continues 242 words]
City Official: 'It Didn't Seem Like It Would Be Appropriate for Boulder' Acknowledging local school officials' objections, Boulder on Tuesday dropped plans to play host to one of the Colorado Department of Public Health's human-sized rat cages at a downtown park. One of the "Don't Be a Lab Rat" teen marijuana-education campaign's 12-foot-long, 8-foot-high cages - complete with a to-scale hamster-style water bottle - had been slated for a month-long installation at the corner of 13th Street and Arapahoe Avenue. [continues 686 words]
Nederland - Club Ned is set to be the only cannabis cafe - a private club where members can go to smoke marijuana - in Boulder County when it opens sometime in the next few weeks. Cheryl Fanelli and her husband, David, who have lived in Nederland for 25 years, are set to open Club Nedat 154 Colorado72 after a 14-month battle to get approval from both the state and from the town of Nederland. "It's awesome, it's really awesome," Cheryl Fanelli said. "It's been tough, but we've had the overwhelming support of the town, and without that it never would have gone through. The town deserves thanks for pushing it through." [continues 143 words]
Karing Kind, Terrapin Care Celebrate a New Era in the County. Boulder) Nearly two months after they became legal in Colorado, recreational marijuana sales finally arrived in Boulder County as two shops opened their doors Tuesday. Karing Kind became the first shop to sell recreational marijuana to the general public in Boulder County when it opened about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, and Terrapin Care Station at the corner of Canyon Boulevard and Folsom Street was the first to open in the city of Boulder a few hours later. [continues 526 words]
The Town Hoped to Start a Recreational Pot Store Before Laws were Set Up. Nederland - It looks like Nederland will not be blazing ahead of the pack when it comes to recreational marijuana after all. Earlier in the year, an Amendment 64 "shadow task force," made up of local advocates who are monitoring the state task force assembled to make legal recommendations for the establishment of Colorado's new recreational marijuana businesses, explored an ordinance that would have established a recreational pot business in Nederland before statewide regulations were put in place. [continues 513 words]
