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Medical marijuana dispensary review: Emerald City Organics in Denver

As strip malls go, the one Emerald City calls home is about as run-down as it gets. I'm sure that the surrounding small businesses -- at least four Hispanic-centric Westernwear and boot stores, two sports bars, a liquor store and some taco joints -- all have positives behind their doors. But colle ... More >>

Five surprise stoner movies to light up your 4/20

Stoners the world 'round will celebrate the highest of all holidays this Saturday -- 4/20, in case you got so baked you'd forgotten -- and the high-minded here in Colorado are in for a special treat. Not only is the stuff legal here, but we're blessed with cultural institutions that aren't afraid to ... More >>

Chuck Roy on POTroast and his favorite public places to get high

If you know Denver comedy, you surely know Chuck Roy. The former anchor of the satirical newscast The Crop Report -- an Onion News Network-style series of short sketches on marijuana, Roy is one of the most established names in Denver comedy, hosting an endless rotation of events at Comedy Works (af ... More >>

Ask a Stoner: Is a vaporizer really worth it?

Marijuana: Susan Sarandon voicing robocalls for Amendment 64

Last night, I got a call from Susan Sarandon. No, she didn't want to talk to me about her Academy Award for Dead Man Walking or the eleven pending projects listed on her IMDB page or whether Justin Timberlake is a motherlover in real life. No, she wanted to tout Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Green Cross Clinic

Not to be confused with Mile High Green Cross on Broadway (or any of the dozens of dispensaries around the state that use a green cross for their business), Green Cross Clinic recently took over the former Alternative Wellness Center space on 38th, with two other dispensaries as neighbors.

Top seven countdown to the best rolling papers: Stoner MacGyver marijuana product review

Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games to books. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. This week, it's a Stoner Mac special: The top seven countdown to the best rolling papers.

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Five great marijuana moments in standup comedy

While many comedians themselves may prefer a stiff drink, marijuana has, for some time, been the drug of choice for comedy audiences. From Lenny Bruce's satirical pamphlet on the dangers of the herb, to sketch comedians like Cheech & Chong and Dave Chappelle building whole careers around it, enterta ... More >>

Stoner MacGyver marijuana review: High Times cannabis cookbook

Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook.

Barry Fey on that time that he held a gun to Axl Rose's head and how the business has changed

​For years, Barry Fey says, music fans have been needling him to write a book. "You know, people have been saying 'When's the book? When's the book?' for fifteen years," Fey notes. "It was daily, wherever I would go out... 'When's the book? Come on, you've got to write a book!'" Well, he final ... More >>

Mile High Movies ramps up tonight with a showing of stoner classic Half-Baked

​What's the best way to kick off a new film series called Mile High Movies? With stoner movies of course. The first installment has already come and gone with Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke, but tonight at 8 p.m. at the Oriental Theater, you'll be able to play catch up while downing drinks and ... More >>

Pot Head Ring Pots leave a bad taste for Legalize2012.com's Laura Kriho (VIDEO)

Big pics below.​It's not often Laura Kriho, the driving force behind the Cannabis Therapy Institute and Legalize2012.com, speaks out against something pertaining to marijuana. But there she was, on a Fox station in Colorado Springs, criticizing marijuana-shaped candy marketed under names like ... More >>

Good Times hires Cheech and Chong to promote its green (chili)

The marketing department for Golden-based Good Times swears that their partnership with stoner comedy duo Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong for local radio ads had nothing to do with the boom in medical marijuana in Colorado. Apparently nobody told that to Cheech and Chong, though.

Medical marijuana strains richest in CBDs: Top Colorado samples

Tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC, is the most commonly known psychoactive ingredient in cannabis -- the ingredient in ganja that gets you high. It also gives you the munchies, can create undue paranoia from time to time, and makes Cheech and Chong movies marginally funny. In short: THC is w ... More >>

The Pineapple Express guide to violent stoner comedies: A Venn diagram

If your eyes weren't so cashed, you'd cry.​When it comes time to get out the sticky icky, do a few rips and get all airee, there's no better thing to do than plop down in front of the tube and let that shit rain all over your mind-grapes. Sometimes you get all giggly and you want to see someth ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Bud Cellar on Santa Fe has bud, but no cellar

​Given the cellar part of the name Bud Cellar (and my stoned imagination), I had grand visions of the shop. I imagined being led down a spiral staircase to a dank, stone-walled, dimly lit basement filled with chilled, curing jars of cannabis sitting next to aging cheeses and expensive wines. N ... More >>

Our updated medical-marijuana directory

​Medical marijuana critic William Breathes gets his Cheech and Chong on during a trip to the Bud Cellar. But those looking for something other than Acapulco Gold will be able to find it at plenty of places featured in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click to access our medical-marijuana dispen ... More >>

THC driving test on HDNet shows marijuana impairs, but does it prove anything? (VIDEO)

Video below.​On Monday, we previewed HDNet World Report's driving test of medical marijuana patients. The full report aired last night; watch it below. But while it's a respectable piece of work, the final results, which tilt toward the argument that MMJ patients shouldn't drive after medicat ... More >>

Festival Director Kathy Beeck's top picks for the Boulder International Film Fest

The BIFF will leave you feeling quite vigorous indeed!​For film buffs looking for something a little fresher than the traditional Oscar fare dominating film talk this season, the Boulder International Film Festival offers a meticulously curated batch of movies Colorado audiences have likely ne ... More >>

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Cypress Hill and Steve Miller Band: Two reviews from Mile High Music Festival

Cypress Hill, 4:45 p.m. on the Wolf Stage I walked straight in the clouds of smoke and the packs of dancing 20-somethings as the first strains of "Insane in the Brain" sounded from the Wolf Stage. I should probably clarify that -- by "strains," I mean I heard B-Real loudly demanding if the crowd fel ... More >>

Ray LaMontagne, the Walkmen, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars shows announced

​Ray LaMontagne and his backing band, the Pariah Dogs, visit the Boulder Theater for an eTown show Thursday, August 12, five days before before his fourth album, God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise hits stores. The live radio show taping hosted by Nick and Helen Forester also includes music and ... More >>

Pot jokes: The Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear mine

​The Colorado Supreme Court does not care about my definition of a caregiver. This week, the court declined to consider the appeals court ruling that upheld the controversial conviction of Stacy Clendenin, a Longmont medical marijuana grower who was convicted of drug distribution because she ... More >>

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Twiztid at the Fillmore lacked a certain demented spirt of mayhem

Aaron ThackerayKung Fu Vampire Twiztid • Potluck • Kung Fu Vampire 03.26.10 | Fillmore Theater Walking to The Fillmore and being accosted with, "Yo, Juggalo, can I use your phone for a minute?" should have been the first sign that the normal world was somewhere else. Opening act, Kung Fu Vamp ... More >>

Westword pot humor makes it into Supreme Court filing in Stacy Clendenin medical marijuana case

Hope they've got a sense of humor.​At last -- a defense against readers who aren't wowed by Westword's marijuana jokes: An article filled with them is cited in a petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Colorado Supreme Court filed yesterday in the case of medical marijuana caregiver Stacy Cle ... More >>

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The top ten ways your medical marijuana caregiver can show he really cares

Mason Tvert and Brian Vicente's plan to legalize Colorado pot in 2012

​Mason, left, and Vicente: a match made in pot heaven.​Move over, Cheech and Chong: The two most important people in Colorado's marijuana scene are Brian Vicente and Mason Tvert -- and they're out to prove it by passing a statewide initiative in 2012 that will legalize marijuana for all ... More >>

This Just In: Slayer, John Mayer, Cheech & Chong shows announced

​Slayer and Megadeth team up for KBPI's Midwinter Melee on Monday, January 25 at DU's Magness Arena. It's the first time the two bands have co-headlined in two decades, and as a bonus for diehard metal heads, Testament gets things started. General admission floor seats are $49.50, while reserved s ... More >>

Live blogging the Denver District Court pot hearing

A Flickr photo.​Last Thursday, several of the state's prominent pot lawyers filed a motion to void a recent Colorado Board of Health decision to strike from its rules what it means to be a marijuana caregiver -- a move that upended the burgeoning medical marijuana industry. Starting at 8:30 a. ... More >>

Transcript of last week's Board of Health pot hearing reaches new heights of unintentional hilarity

"Shut up about your fucking mango!"​What happens when the state Board of Health decides to hold a last-minute meeting on a controversial topic like medical marijuana, and then tries to hold it via conference call using technology that apparently no one knows how to work? Comic genius. Hat tip ... More >>

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