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Colorado newspaper hiring marijuana critic
AP
Saturday, October 24, 2009
DENVER, Colorado (AP) - A Denver alternative newspaper recently posted an ad for what some consider the sweetest job in journalism - a reviewer of the state's marijuana dispensaries and their products.
The Denver paper, Westword, has already gotten more than 120 applicants, many of them offering to do the reviews for free. When the newspaper settles on a permanent critic for its new "Mile Highs and Lows" column, industry watchers say, it will be the first professional newspaper critic of medical marijuana in the United States.
The Denver alternative newspaper recently posted an ad for what some consider the sweetest job in journalism - a reviewer of the state's hundred-plus marijuana dispensaries and the products they sell. )
<span style="font-weight: bold">There's one condition: The critic has to have a medical ailment that allows them to legally enter a dispensary, and buy and use marijuana.</span>
"More and more people are having the opportunity to use marijuana for whatever illness they have. So we want to be a place they can come to find out which place is the best, the cleanest, the closest, that kind of stuff," said Joe Tone, web editor at Westword.
The idea for Westword's column came from features writer Joel Warner who doesn't use marijuana
The United States considers marijuana an illegal drug, but some states have legalised it for medicinal purposes.
The growth of the medical marijuana business has created clashes with local, state and federal authorities, prompting the US Attorney General to issue guidelines this week telling federal prosecutors that targeting people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws was not a good use of their time.
AP
Saturday, October 24, 2009
DENVER, Colorado (AP) - A Denver alternative newspaper recently posted an ad for what some consider the sweetest job in journalism - a reviewer of the state's marijuana dispensaries and their products.
The Denver paper, Westword, has already gotten more than 120 applicants, many of them offering to do the reviews for free. When the newspaper settles on a permanent critic for its new "Mile Highs and Lows" column, industry watchers say, it will be the first professional newspaper critic of medical marijuana in the United States.
The Denver alternative newspaper recently posted an ad for what some consider the sweetest job in journalism - a reviewer of the state's hundred-plus marijuana dispensaries and the products they sell. )
<span style="font-weight: bold">There's one condition: The critic has to have a medical ailment that allows them to legally enter a dispensary, and buy and use marijuana.</span>
"More and more people are having the opportunity to use marijuana for whatever illness they have. So we want to be a place they can come to find out which place is the best, the cleanest, the closest, that kind of stuff," said Joe Tone, web editor at Westword.
The idea for Westword's column came from features writer Joel Warner who doesn't use marijuana
The United States considers marijuana an illegal drug, but some states have legalised it for medicinal purposes.
The growth of the medical marijuana business has created clashes with local, state and federal authorities, prompting the US Attorney General to issue guidelines this week telling federal prosecutors that targeting people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws was not a good use of their time.
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