Dispensaries

The Power of the Hash Pen — and Your Best Cartridge Options

By Herbert Fuego
Jun 26, 2015

Between edibles and extracts, there’s a new product on the shelves every time I walk into a dispensary, often replacing one that floundered just weeks before. As I tell this to Guy Rocourt, he just smiles and explains why that’s an advantage for the products pushed by Neos, the hash-infused...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Green Man Cannabis in Denver

By William Breathes
Apr 23, 2015

While many consider the Cannabis Cup to be more of a shit show than an award show at this point, I still look forward to the judge's annual selections for the top strains in Colorado and seek them out afterward to try for myself. Sure, some people say the awards...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Mindful in Denver

By William Breathes
Apr 16, 2015

What’s in a name? Would bud from a dispensary that previously sold okay herb under another name smell as mediocre after a change in its name? Not at Mindful, formerly Gaia Plant Based Medicine, which is definitely moving in the right direction. MiNDFUL Medical of Denver 5926 East Colfax Avenue...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Tru Cannabis on Colfax

By William Breathes
Apr 9, 2015

I’m still not sure where I visited this week. I mean, I know that I went to a dispensary at Colfax and Forest Street. But was it CCF, a shop we reviewed back in 2012? The sign out front says so. Well, the big sign does. The smaller one below...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: The Station in Boulder

By William Breathes
Apr 2, 2015

No insult to The Station, but the main reason I chose to review this spot was because I was in the area and had to pee. Not a good reason. I remembered the shop well, though. Even after four years, I know that its executive-style bathrooms would be open —...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Boulder's Magnolia Road Cannabis Company

By William Breathes
Mar 26, 2015

Despite having friends from Boulder I visit often and a wife who went to CU — not to mention the countless hours i spend in the city — I still find myself with a rather poor sense of direction every time I visit. If it isn’t on Pearl Street or...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Buddies Wellness in Denver

By William Breathes
Mar 19, 2015

Buddies Wellness is one of those dispensaries that you've probably missed unless you’ve driven past it or heard about it from friends. I know I did, even though it's been around for five years according to the budtender there. The shop is hidden away in an industrial center a few...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Options Medical Center in Wheat Ridge

By William Breathes
Mar 12, 2015

If you think the impact of cannabis legalization in the state hasn’t altered how people choose to recreate after work, look no further than the parking lot of Options Medical Center in Wheat Ridge during that time of day. Before I got out of my car, two people parked and...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Rocky Mountain High in Denver

By William Breathes
Mar 5, 2015

I’ll give Rocky Mountain High some credit: a vintage clothing shop that also sells pot sounds like a good plan. Maybe not a great one, but one that might work well in a place like Venice Beach. To that point, it never seemed like a good fit for Denver to...
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Review: Groundswell in Denver

By William Breathes
Feb 26, 2015

For a medical marijuana dispensary, Groundswell has probably had the most non-patients visit over the last few years than any other shop in Denver. Not for the pot, but for the well-received art gallery showcasing local artists located in its front room. But the gallery part of the medical marijuana dispensary is...
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Review: Denco Alternative Medicine in Denver

By William Breathes
Feb 19, 2015

When I was in high school, I used to get my hair cut at a Korean-owned hair salon called Vicky’s. It was cheap and the staffers did a decent-enough job. Nothing fancy though: They pretty much used an electric razor for everything. But the part I remember most was the...
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Review: Mile High Wellness

By William Breathes
Feb 12, 2015

With a beater RV and a few other assorted cars parked in the corner of its chain-link-fenced yard, Mile High Wellness looks like an abandoned Winnebago parts warehouse. It probably was at one point. That or some industrial supply something-or-other. But warehouse space all over the city has been taken...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: High Street Growers in Denver

By William Breathes
Feb 5, 2015

High Street Growers was one of the dozen or so dispensaries forced out of Fort Collins in 2012, when the town passed a ban on medical marijuana businesses. Unlike a lot of its competitors, High Street was able to make the jump and transfer its license to Denver, where the...
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Review: Nu Leaf in Denver

By William Breathes
Jan 29, 2015

The building at 2527 Federal looks smooth now, sans the gaudy purple of the former tenant. If you drive down this stretch of Federal regularly, you'll remember the big Barney-purple gorilla and the long, purple shop of Kushism standing out. In contrast, the new shop blends in. Well, as much...
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Review: Fox Street Wellness in Globeville

By William Breathes
Jan 22, 2015

In case you're wondering (because you're like me and only visit any given dispensary once every few years), much has changed about Fox Street Wellness since my last time there, in 2012. But that's not a bad thing at all. See also: "Shop Drops Challenge to Pot-Hating Town Amid Fears...
Recreational Marijuana Dispensary Review: Chronic Therapy in Wheat Ridge

By William Breathes
Jan 15, 2015

Still waiting. I'm still waiting. Yes, I have the Talking Heads stuck in my head. That's usually not a bad thing, but I keep repeating the chorus to "Crosseyed and Painless" every day around this time as the mailman drops off another stack of mail that doesn't contain my medical...
Marijuana Dispensary Review: Euflora in Denver

By William Breathes
Jan 8, 2015

The 16th Street Mall is one of those places that is designated as a tourist destination purely for the sake of being a tourist destination. Aside from Denverites who work in the tall buildings that create a canyon of the street, the place is purely for visitors, and I don't...
Recreational Marijuana Dispensary Review: Terrapin Care Station in Aurora

By William Breathes
Jan 2, 2015

The first time we visited Terrapin Care Station years ago, I remember that my bartender was barefoot and posters of Widespread Panic and the Grateful Dead adorned the walls of the otherwise ramshackle little place they had in South Boulder. It didn't deter us, though, because at the time, the...
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Review: Firehouse Organics in Denver

By William Breathes
Dec 18, 2014

If I had to sadistically pick my favorite death trap on a Denver highway, the now-defunct westbound Bryant exit from Sixth Avenue would take the cake. Trying to exit the freeway on this short ramp was near-impossible, and entering the roadway there was just as deadly, since traffic heading to...
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Review: Holistic Life in Lakewood

By William Breathes
Dec 12, 2014

Don't let the location in a rundown, shitty strip center that's years from its former glory fool you. Holistic Life may be in one of the grungiest locations on South Sheridan, but the herb inside is easily the best I've found during months of searching in the area. See also:...

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