Nathan Gonzalez 3/12/2011 Whenever Mesa Police Chief Frank Milstead speaks of medical marijuana dispensaries coming to the city, he does so with two fingers gesturing quotations around the "medical" aspect of the industry.

Read More »

Alexis Gentry 7/12/2010 DENVER - A new vocational school will teach students how to grow, sell and distribute medical marijuana. Greenway University, a vocational school that previously offered classes in various temporary spaces in Colorado, California and New Jersey, will open a location in Denver near I-25 and West Alameda Ave. on August 1st. Greenway is the first medical marijuana university to be approved by a state department of higher education and CEO Gus Escamilla said he hopes the school will help change the social stigma regarding medical marijuana.

Read More »

Stan Bush 6/17/10 Denver's newest school will teach solely about marijuana. Greenway University could open its doors before the end of the summer. The new campus will be located near Interstate 25 and Alameda. The vocational school was approved by the Colorado Department of Higher Education. They say it operates inside the state's new medical marijuana rules. It could make Denver the center of the country for marijuana education. "We provide education, information, compliance training, an entire business curriculum," Greenway University founder Gus Escamilla said.

Read More »

Michael Roberts 6/2/2010 Last month, Greenway University CEO and founder Gus Escamilla was frustrated. He was ready to build the "premier worldwide medical marijuana training facility," but he couldn't find a landlord willing to work with him. But those problems are over. According to Escamilla, Greenway's finally got a home -- and it's also received the blessing of Colorado's Department of Higher Education, making it "the first officially licensed and regulated medical marijuana university that we know of in the history of our industry."

Read More »

DANIEL HAYS 5/13/2010 Medical marijuana dispensers and growers can now buy insurance against claims of selling illness inducing product and other risks, a marijuana retailing school and an insurer have announced. The protection is being offered by the privately held Prince Insurance Group in Broomfield, Colo. and Los Angeles-based Greenway University, which bills itself as the “leading medical marijuana business school.”

Read More »

Renee McGaw 5/12/2010 Here comes another signpost on the medicinal marijuana industry’s road to legitimacy: insurance. Dispensaries worried about setbacks ranging from inventory theft to accidentally sickening a client have a new option: Greenway Insurance. Los Angeles-based Greenway University, which has been trying to open a Denver campus since January, and Prince Insurance Group of Broomfield announced the product on Wednesday.

Read More »

Michael Roberts 5/6/2010 Back in January, Los Angeles-based Greenway University announced its intention to build the "premier worldwide medical marijuana training facility" in Denver, with CEO and founder Gus Escamilla predicting that the whole she-bang would be up and running in sixty to ninety days.

Read More »

Keenan Skelly 5/6/2010 Some limited partners make sure to keep their distance from investments in a handful of controversial or politically touchy industries. Given a recent financing round by Trilogy Partners in a decidedly non-traditional portfolio company, some may consider adding another type of deal to the “don’t touch” list.

Read More »

Medical marijuana industry creates new job categories, passionate advocates Cindy Sutter 3/1/2010 Here's a job title that didn't exist around here a couple of years ago: budtender.

Read More »

Colorado's fastest-growing cash crop causes an uproar By Lisa Ryckman 3/1/2010 On a sunny Saturday in January, 72 people paid $250 each to hear Dana May – aka “Professor Marijuana” – divulge the secrets of successful cannabis cultivation. The self-proclaimed best grower on the planet, May tells the group he can produce in 43 days what typically takes four to five months, from start to finish, seed to weed. He has three rules, and the first of which – and possibly most important – is the KISS principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Read More »