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Colorado newspaper hiring marijuana critic
The Star online ^ | October 21, 2009 | AP

Posted on 10/21/2009 9:02:51 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666

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The medical marijuana review business is booming as states like Colorado and California have seen an explosion in the number of pot shops.

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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.

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The Denver paper, Westword, has already has 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. 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.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: marijuana; refer; stoner; weed
You'd have to be sick to take this job.
1 posted on 10/21/2009 9:02:52 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

I have read Westword on and off for years, and in my opinion, most of them are on drugs most of the time. A nest of Leftwing, substance abusing old hippies, with delusions of journalism.


2 posted on 10/21/2009 9:05:30 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

Very clever wording.


3 posted on 10/21/2009 9:06:07 AM PDT by svcw (The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

better, would be for this Colo rag to
hire a military critic to look
at Iraq and stan


4 posted on 10/21/2009 9:17:16 AM PDT by element92
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

“The critic has to have a medical ailment that allows them to legally enter a dispensary, and buy and use marijuana.”

Liberalism should qualify......


5 posted on 10/21/2009 9:51:26 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

“The Evergreen dispensary offers two varieties, a fine Hawaiian Sinse that is pleasant to the smell and works it’s medicine well; However the Mexican Caca was an offense to the senses, burned like fuel oil and produced an aggravating, hours long headache.”


6 posted on 10/21/2009 9:57:44 AM PDT by Rebelbase (This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
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To: Rebelbase

“The light bouquet of the AK-47 strain was bostered by woody and floral notes, with a decidedly Afghan-Hashy finish.”


7 posted on 10/21/2009 11:32:34 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns
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