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Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell has been the news editor of Westword since February 2024. He’s been with the publication since 2017 and was formerly its cannabis editor. He’s earned numerous awards and accolades for his work, including placing second for the Marijuana Enterprise Reporting Award from the Colorado Society of Professional Journalists in 2018; being named a Top Cannabis Journalist by Leafbuyer in 2020; and placing first for the College Sports Writing Award from the Arizona Press Club in 2014. His prior work experience includes Arizona Republic, Inman News and Fox Sports.

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The Herbal Cure dispensary

Colorado Marijuana Grants Help Small Businesses Get on Their Feet

By Thomas MitchellFebruary 19, 2025

The grants helped new edibles brands and critically acclaimed hash labs move forward, and a dispensary suffering from break-ins get back on its feet.

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Colorado Sees Fourth Marijuana Recall in Less Than a Month

By Thomas MitchellFebruary 6, 2025

Not off to a hot start this year.

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Banned Pesticide Spurs Second Recall in Three Weeks From Same Dispensaries

By Thomas MitchellFebruary 1, 2025

Extracted marijuana products sold in late 2024 were found to contain chlorfenapyr, according to state regulators.

CU Regent Calls Out “Racist” Marijuana Campaign by School of Public Health

CU Regent Calls Out “Racist” Marijuana Campaign by School of Public Health

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 30, 2025

School officials have apologized for graphics, intended for pregnant mothers, that were criticized for their images of Black people and incomplete science.

Colorado Marijuana Recall Hits Nearly Sixty Dispensaries

Colorado Marijuana Recall Hits Nearly Sixty Dispensaries

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 29, 2025

This is the second marijuana recall issued so far in 2025.

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Denver Public Schools Under Federal Investigation for All-Gender Bathroom

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 28, 2025

The bathroom conversion was announced to parents six days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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Colorado Bill Aims to Heavily Restrict Legal Weed and Psychedelics, Thin Out Social Equity Funding

Colorado Bill Aims to Heavily Restrict Legal Weed and Psychedelics, Thin Out Social Equity Funding

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 23, 2025

The proposal would prohibit dispensary shoppers under 26 from buying certain products, limit “inhalable marijuana” to a half-gram and ban psilocybin edibles.

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Colorado Marijuana Sales Hit Seven-Year Low in 2024

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 22, 2025

Annual marijuana sales haven’t failed to reach $1.5 billion in Colorado since 2016.

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Latest Colorado Marijuana Recall Stretches Back to 2023

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 14, 2025

The flagged marijuana was sold at two Denver-area dispensaries for almost a year.

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CSU-Pueblo’s New Weed Strain Could Bear the Most Complete Genome Yet. It’s Also Really Hot.

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 13, 2025

University researchers knew how sexy this new cut was.

Green Light: Five People to Watch in Colorado Cannabis in 2025

Green Light: Five People to Watch in Colorado Cannabis in 2025

By Thomas MitchellJanuary 4, 2025

The couple behind Green Dot Labs tops our list as they celebrate ten years and set out to prove that top-tier cannabis brands can expand beyond one state.

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The Most “Denver” Stories of 2024

By Thomas MitchellDecember 26, 2024

We have assholes and loudmouths, heroes and victims, and an abundance of people too busy to notice that the joke is on them.

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Nonstop Flights From Denver to Rome Coming Soon

By Thomas MitchellDecember 19, 2024

Friends, Denverites, men who can’t stop thinking about ancient Rome, lend us your ears.

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Colorado Marijuana Sales Continue Getting Colder in 2024. Low-Potency Weed Won’t Heat Things Up.

By Thomas MitchellDecember 11, 2024

The quality of cannabis, just like industry claims, can always be sniffed out by a good honker.

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Colorado Announces Start Date for Psychedelic Business Applications

By Thomas MitchellDecember 4, 2024

The state will begin accepting applications right before the year ends.

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Denver Airport Flight Delays Surge Amid Winter Storm, Holiday Travel

By Thomas MitchellNovember 27, 2024

Denver International Airport flights have been delayed and canceled as snow falls on Thanksgiving Eve, one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston speaks to the press.

Trump Border Czar Says He’s Willing to Put Denver Mayor in Jail Over Immigration Enforcement

By Thomas MitchellNovember 26, 2024

“But look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing: He’s willing to go to jail. I’m willing to put him in jail because there – there’s a statute.”

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Eight Ways to Donate and Volunteer in Denver This Thanksgiving

By Thomas MitchellNovember 22, 2024

Whether you’re giving money, food or your time as a volunteer, it all helps these Denver pantries, food drives and dinners.

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John Elway and Bo Nix

Adam Schefter Amazed to Learn That John Elway Hasn’t Spoken to Bo Nix

By Thomas MitchellNovember 20, 2024

Sports insider reading between the lines, or a generational disconnect between Baby Boomers and Generation Z, who’d rather run a mile than make a cold call?

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Bloom County Cannabis Recalled From 34 Dispensaries

By Thomas MitchellNovember 15, 2024

Marijuana from the popular wholesale grower in Colorado has been flagged over potential mold contamination.

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Attorney General Fines Pueblo CBD Company for Misleading Claims, No Age Verification

By Thomas MitchellNovember 14, 2024

Bee’s Knees has to fork over $225,000 after the AG cited misleading product claims, improper age verification and lies about supporting conservation groups.

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Eight Colorado Towns Voted on Marijuana This Election

By Thomas MitchellNovember 6, 2024

Voters weighed marijuana-related initiatives in Littleton, Loveland and Colorado Springs, where separate measures banning and allowing retail pot both passed.

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