Dear Stoner: I’m reading a Sports Illustrated/MMQB article that says “a lot of players suggest that marijuana is one way to heal their bodies.” So if a Bronco gets legal medical marijuana in Colorado and then fails an NFL drug test, who wins? Not At All Related to Patricia Calhoun…
Marijuana use for adults 21 and over is legal in Colorado and Washington, but any wannabe toking tourists headed here from other countries might want to keep quiet about it until they get here. According to reports in the Canadian press, simply admitting to a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol…
Editor’s note: This month marks the one-year anniversary of Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. To celebrate, we’re featuring one of our favorites from the archive. Here’s one of the oldest examples of reefer madness we’ve dug up so far for Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. This article, which ran August 24, 1904,…
Although details are few about Colorado medical marijuana dispensary raids yesterday, we’re learning more from warrants that name ten “target subjects.” These individuals allegedly violated one or more of the eight priorities listed in an August memo guiding U.S. Attorneys in dealing with state pot laws that contradict federal policy…
Google maps.Kind Pain Management is in a small, one-story, ’60s-era duplex building. It’s got a dispensary for medical pot patients on one side and little old ladies getting their hair and nails done on the other. The smell of greenery, however, occupies the entire building — which is much better…
Dear Stoner: This summer I was charged with marijuana DUI after a trooper stopped me for swerving on I-70 on the way to the mountains (I was actually looking at my cell phone for directions). The officer instructed me to do roadsides (which I passed with flying colors), submit to…
The Town of Vail may have banned recreational marijuana stores, but the Eagle County commissioners this week agreed to allow pot shops to open in unincorporated parts of the county. So Eagle County now joins neighbor and fellow tourist magnet Summit County in allowing recreational pot sales. The two yes…
Martinez Gonzales apparently wasn’t trying to hide his operation. This 1922 story from the Montrose Press via the Telluride Daily Journal says Gonzales was growing “Indian hemp or maraguana” out in his regular garden. It also says that cops thought Gonzales was using his own supply, “and that explains his…
The Health Center’s two locations couldn’t be more drastically different in form, with the Uptown branch giving off a quaint, cozy, neighborhood vibe and the University Hills outlet coming off as much more straightforward and businesslike. But what unites them is what matters most: quality cannabis and low prices worth…
As we wrote yesterday, the state is still ironing out details in the new laws written for both the recreational and medical marijuana industries, including hash-making regulations. But that’s not all. Officials are also discussing edibles rules for both recreational and medical users, production caps for the recreational industry, and…
Dear Stoner: Do you think it’s socially acceptable now to light up at a party in Colorado or not? Holiday parties are coming up, and I’d much rather smoke a few joints than choke down another pint of bourbon and eggnog. Tired of Sneaking Off to My Car Dear Sneaking:…
This month, state officials are hashing out just who can and can’t make marijuana concentrates in Colorado — setting safety guidelines for producers and consumers for both the recreational and medical marijuana industries. Most rules for the recreational and medical marijuana industries were set months ago, but the Colorado Department…
We know, we know: Halloween took place over a week ago. But this strange story out of the Eagle County Blade from 1905 about a real life mad scientist is just too good to not pass on to you, dear Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule reader. While what the doctor about…
Dear Stoner: I’m a new mom. While I never smoked during my pregnancy, I really miss my doobies. The only problem now is my boobies. Specifically, I’m breast-feeding, and I’m wondering if I can pass THC on to my baby through breast milk. Also, could that lead to my child…
It used to be that buying a bag of herb (medicinal or otherwise) was a simple transaction. Dollars went from one person to another, while the cannabis went the opposite way. But these days there are customer appreciation programs, daily specials and buy-one-get-one-free offers that complicate the process of simply…
Dear Stoner: Where is all the marijuana for the recreational industry coming from? Stockpiling in Stapleton Dear SS: The rules haven’t been finalized yet, but what we do know is that the medical stores transitioning over to recreational stores will be able to designate half of their existing medical marijuana…
It’s a story as old as time: Man goes fishing, returns with no fish, but but manages to hook the tale of the one that just barely got away. Fortunately, an editor decided the results were newsworthy enough to make the September 7, 1901 edition of the Basalt Journal –…
The ink on the first recreational and dual-use marijuana retail applications has hardly even dried. And the licenses for such shops are still months away from being issued. But already, shops are making moves to shift to a new customer base of walk-in downtowners and discount-hunting tourists. Take, for example,…
Dear Stoner: The holidays are coming up, and I’m thinking about getting a seasonal job for extra income. Something with low responsibility, like retail or working with Christmas trees. I enjoy cannabis recreationally. Do you have any advice on how to surreptitiously find places of employment that do not conduct…
As we reported earlier this month, the number of children on the Colorado medical marijuana patient registry — with parental permission — nearly doubled from June to August this year, with sixty kids under the age of eighteen now on the list. This is the highest that figure has ever…
While a lot of the stories we’ve dug up for our Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule feature deal with the political side of pot and how it was used to single out ethnic groups, some just plain poked fun at cannabis and people perceived as lower-class. This 1904 gem about a…
There’s a correlation between my increasing age and the decreasing amount of time I spend in downtown Denver. As I creep toward my mid-thirties, traffic becomes increasingly less tolerable, restaurants become more pretentious and overpriced, and parking becomes something I dread more than in-law visits. In short: Aside from the…
