( CNN ) -- It certainly is n't your average help wanted ad . A publication in Denver , Colorado , is looking for a journalist to review marijuana dispensaries . `` Do you have a medical condition that necessitates marijuana ? Do you have a way with words ? If so , Westword wants you to join the ranks as our freelance marijuana-dispensary reviewer . '' The local `` burgeoning medical marijuana scene '' in Denver , Colorado , is growing and the weekly publication Westword wants to be on the forefront , said Joe Tone , the paper 's Web editor . `` We want someone who can get in and relay to our readers what it is like inside these dispensaries . '' It 's not exactly like a food critic job . The online-only reviewer wo n't be showing up anonymously and sampling the wares . `` They are to review the places , not the weed , '' Tone said . `` We ca n't have our reviewer be stoned all the time , '' he quipped . But , he said , the ideal applicant should have `` the ability to write and be in the position of holding a state medical marijuana card . '' The reviewer , he said , should know his or her way around dispensaries and be `` passionate about the issue of medical marijuana . '' Colorado is one of 14 states where medical marijuana is legal by state law -- federal law still bans its use . But this week , the Obama administration announced a new policy loosening the rules regarding prosecuting criminal activity associated with medical marijuana . The Justice Department now says that prosecutors can go after traffickers but not medical marijuana patients and their caregivers . Though Westword is no longer accepting applicants for its dispensary reviewer position , they are actively working through the 120 they received and have culled the list down to under 20 . The applicants run the gamut of 20-something stoners to well-educated engineers in their 50s . Some have even offered to work for free , Tone said , adding `` We wo n't accept that . '' The pay is `` meager , '' he said , but it 's legitimate .
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