Dear Stoner: Is it easier to get high at high altitude?

Dear Stoner: Is it easier to get high at high altitude, as it is to get drunk? Tipsy McSpliff Dear Tipsy: Brace yourself, because you might not like the answer. The altitude/alcohol connection is actually a myth. In fact, your tax dollars went to a Federal Aviation Administration study on…

Denver pot-smoking tickets 19 times higher in 2013 than in 2012

Amendment 64 legalized the possession and use of limited amounts of pot for adults 21 and over, but it didn’t legalize public consumption of cannabis on streets, sidewalks, parks or any other public place, for that matter. But apparently that message didn’t quite reach Denver and Boulder residents, as public…

Photos: Top fifteen marijuana gifts of 2013

With marijuana now legal in Colorado (if you’re 21 and above and the amount is an ounce or less), odds are good that you’ve got a stoner on your holiday gift list. Or maybe two stoners. Or possibly ten. Wondering what to get them this year? We’re here to help,…

Cannabis Time Capsule, 1892: Curing corns with cannabis

This week over at Ask a Stoner, we uncover a few truths behind some Jamaican folk remedies using cannabis, including its purported use as a cure for asthma and glaucoma. But did you know that cannabis can be a cure for corns on your feet? No? Don’t feel bad. Neither…

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Metropolis Medical in Denver

When medical pot shops first started popping up in Colorado four years ago, most tried hard to differentiate themselves from their competition, whether it was through a crafty spin on cannabis-related words, a dispensary with a theme or even just a personal touch to the decor. Conversely, Metropolis Medical –…

Dear Stoner: Can cannabis cure these medical conditions?

Dear Stoner: In the song “Legalize It,” Peter Tosh says herb is good for glaucoma and asthma. Was marijuana being used for those things back then, or was he just full of it? S. K. Eptical Dear S.K.: Peter Tosh’s claim that ganja is the only cure for either condition…

Dear Stoner: Can I fly with pot?

Dear Stoner: Can I fly out of DIA with pot? Headed Home for the Holidays Dear Head: We’ve covered this a few times, but it’s worth reviewing again before January. The short answer is: Yes, but only sort of. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration agents at…

Untangling metro-area DUID statistics is a numbers game

In a nineteen-day crackdown between August 16 and September 3, law enforcement agencies across the state reported a total of 1,321 impaired-driving arrests to the Colorado Department of Transportation. During that time, CDOT estimates, there were ten alcohol-related driving fatalities, two of them in Denver. One of those was Jenny…

Marijuana master grower Jay Price’s mission to help MS patients

Of all the conditions that bring patients to The Clinic Medical Marijuana Centers, one is especially important to master grower Jay Price: multiple sclerosis. He knows which strains help the muscle pains and which strains help the eye spasms or the depression that often comes from battling the incurable disease…