Recent Posts in Marijuana Category

  • Common Defense Strategies for Drug Crimes

    Have you or someone you know been arrested for a drug-related crime? At the Orr Law Firm, we understand how frightening it can be to face charges for possession, manufacturing, or distributing drugs, which is why we are committed to helping clients throughout Colorado defend their rights. In this blog, we explain some of the common defense strategies attorneys use when their clients have been ...
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  • FAQ: Denver Marijuana Laws

    Below, we answer some of the most common questions our lawyers are asked by clients regarding Denver’s marijuana laws . Question: How old must I be to purchase, possess, or consume marijuana from a retailer/dispensary? A: In Denver, a person has to be 21 or older to purchase, possess, or use marijuana from a retailer/dispensary. It is illegal for a person to give or sell marijuana that has been ...
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  • What You Need to Know About Marijuana DUIs

    Did you know that there are now more marijuana dispensaries in Colorado than there are Starbucks shops? With the growth of the cannabis industry still continuing, arrests for driving under the influence of marijuana has also seen a steady increase as well. However, despite the increasingly legal use of cannabis in Colorado, police still don't have a chemical test to reliably conclude what the drug ...
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  • Marijuana DUI Defendants are Being Acquitted in Colorado

    In the state of Colorado, marijuana is legal for adult recreational use. However, driving under the influence of marijuana is still illegal. Police are pulling over and arresting drivers suspected of driving under the influence of marijuana, but the charges are often dropped when the case goes to trial. Why is this? The Problem Prosecutors Face Prosecutors have a difficult time proving that ...
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  • Can I be charged with a DUI due to Medical Marijuana?

    Everyone knows drinking and driving can land you a DUI , which is why so many of us regularly take use of ridesharing apps such as Uber or Lyft. However, did you know you can still be charged with a DUI because of your medical marijuana usage? In the state of Colorado, you may be charged with a DUI if you operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or one or more drugs, as well as if ...
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  • How Marijuana Saved Sedgwick

    Sedgwick is a northeastern Colorado town that was close to extinction before it got a second chance at becoming a thriving town. What gave it the economic boost it needed? Marijuana. What was once looking like a near ghost town is now a town looking optimistically toward the future. Sedgwick is rebuilding, restoring, and planning ahead for the younger population. In 2010, the town passed an ...
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  • Federal study says driving stoned does not increase risk for crashing

    Despite widespread, often stereotypical, concerns about using marijuana, a new federal report tosses cold water on one of those preconceived notions with its finding that driving under the influence of marijuana does not increase the risk of getting in a car crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) spent a 20-month period, which concluded in 2012, analyzing over 3,000 car ...
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  • Feds fund $35,000 giant joint billboard in Downtown Denver to combat pot-impaired driving

    This story originally appeared in The Denver Post A $35,100 billboard resembling a cross between a giant joint and a mangled car in downtown Denver is part of a statewide effort against smoking marijuana and driving. The 28-foot tall billboard, displayed on the side of the Courtyard Marriott near the intersection of Curtis Street and the 16th Street Mall, is part of a Colorado Department of ...
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  • Colorado sees nearly $1 billion in 2015 marijuana sales

    Weed was a cottage industry in our fair state of Colorado in 2015 - to the tune of almost $1 billion in sales. That figure sums up both the medical and recreational sales, according to the Department of Revenue. This was the second official year of retail sales in the state. It is a massive gain from even 2014, when sales were $700 million. The Cannabist says , "For those who love to geek out on ...
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  • Colorado report shows early effects of marijuana legalization

    A report released by the Colorado Department of Public Safety now shows how legalizing marijuana has affected the state. It’s the first official report with local, state and federal data. When it comes to the impact of legalized marijuana on public safety, marijuana-related arrests were nearly cut in half between 2012 and 2014. Arrests for marijuana sales decreased by 24 percent. Locally, El Paso ...
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  • Colorado Supreme Court upholds employer's right to discharge employee for marijuana use

    This content originally appeared on Lexology.com and has been repurposed here with slight modifications: Medical and recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado; however, the highest court in the state has ruled that employers can discharge employees for using marijuana. Most recently, in Coats v. Dish Network, LLC , the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Dish Network properly discharged an ...
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  • Thousands descend on Denver for 4/20 festivities; 160 citations issued

    Things got a little crazy in the Denver area this past weekend as residents celebrated the unofficial holiday of 4/20 by smoking copious amounts of marijuana. Though the holiday took place this past Monday, on Sunday thousands of locals and tourists visited Civic Center Park to smoke and hang out. There were no major issues during the weekend, with the Denver Police Department saying it issued ...
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  • Colorado Marijuana Study Finds Legal Weed Contains Potent THC Levels

    Lab tests recently revealed that the legal marijuana sold in Colorado contains nearly twice the THC (the chemical that makes you high) levels of the illegal product sold before the new laws were passed. Some of the most powerful strains are three times as potent. All the tests were done with high-performance liquid chromatography, a method to separate, classify and measure individual compounds. ...
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  • DUID arrests up in Denver, El Paso County last year

    DUID arrests involving marijuana doubled in Denver from 2013 to 2014, with El Paso County nearly matching, and possibly surpassing, that total. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver police arrested 66 motorists last year for driving under the influence of marijuana, twice as many as they had in 2013. Even with this increase, Denver did not top the list of DUID arrests by county for ...
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  • Colorado launches 'Good To Know' marijuana awareness campaign

    Despite having been legalized for well over a year now, there is still no shortage of misinformation floating around the likes of recreational marijuana use or stoned driving. To help clear the air about these misconceptions and ensure that Coloradoans are as informed as possible about what using cannabis entails, the state government is launching a major new awareness campaign , "Good To Know." ...
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  • The effect of marijuana decriminalization across the country

    In just the last few years, the debate over marijuana legalization has shifted tremendously. What was once banned wholesale and treated as a cultural taboo a la "Reefer Madness" is now becoming more widely accepted in state after state. Much of the country has already taken steps to decriminalize marijuana, for medicinal uses in 23 states and Washington, D.C., and for recreational use in Colorado ...
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  • College students more likely to smoke pot and drive than drink and drive

    A new study reports that male college students are more than three times likelier to smoke marijuana and drive than drink and drive. Nearly half of college men told the journal JAMA Pediatrics that they had driven after smoking pot in the last month. Only 12 percent said they had recently driven after drinking alcohol. More than half of the survey's male respondents, 51 percent, said they had ...
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