Medical marijuana dispensaries are popping up in Denver as fast as friends of mine who suddenly have "chronic back pain," ahem, I believe that is "Tha Chronic back pain." And, Breckenridge recently legalized weed -- the town, not the ski resort -- changes are in effect as of Jan. 1. Another reason for shithead high-school kids from the Denver metro area to take dad's SUV up to Summit County every weekend day this winter, besides filming every second of each other trying to be heroes in the terrain park.

From New Year's Day there will be no criminal or civil penalties imposed on anyone carrying up to an ounce of marijuana – or the paraphernalia usually associated with it, such as long rolling papers, a small pipe or a bong. That also goes for tourists, in a resort popular with British visitors who flock there for the exciting ski slopes and the exuberant nightlife.

I feel like we just wrote about this. Oh yeah, we did.

In other Colorado ski news, Charlie Sheen was arrested in Aspen on Christmas day for allegedly beating his wife.