We’ve been over this before, but it bears repeating: If you’re dealing in illegal pot, Texas is somewhere you should avoid. Gabriel Campbell, 29, learned that the hard way this week when cops in Brownwood, Texas,about two hours northwest of Austin, arrested him with a large cache of cannabis during…
Dear Stoner: I recently stopped in at Euflora on the 16th Street Mall, and they wanted to scan my driver’s license. I’ve been there before, and they never did that. I’m clearly over 21 and not buying enough to make it matter if I live in state or not. (For…
Marijuana turns you into a killer and therefore is known as the “killer” drug. That’s the takeaway from the following article describing a November 28, 1938 Women’s Club meeting in Steamboat specifically on the use and abuse of drugs. The club apparently was clueless about cannabis and invited a local…
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…
During a roller coaster of a year, medical marijuana patient numbers increased slightly from the start of 2014 to December 31 — but marijuana revenue hit spectacular heights, with the combination of MMJ and recreational sales totaling just shy of $680 million. But while more patients were toking by the…
Dear Stoner: I know what organic growing is, but what is “veganic” growing? Curious Cultivator Dear Curious: Veganic growing is the process of chopping up a vegan to feed your plants, Little Shop of Horrors style. Feed me, Seymour! Seriously, veganic growing is growing your cannabis without using any nutrients…
Our Cannabis Time Capsule excavations first uncovered Maltos-Cannabis marijuana-infused Swedish medicinal treats a few years back, in an 1897 advertisement in the Svensk Amerkanska, a Denver paper for Swedish-speaking immigrants. Now, we’ve dug up another reference, this time in an actual article from 1895 in the same paper. It seems…
There are hundreds of pot-related smartphone apps, but few are really worth the time, effort or (often) money that it takes to install them. I recently downloaded ten of the top canna-apps in iTunes to see what’s worth getting — and what’s worth forgetting. See also: Stoner MacGyver Product Review:…
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…
Edibles had a rough ride in Colorado last year. With deaths blamed on pot food, an increase in emergency-room visits and a very public freakout by Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, edibles came under fire in Colorado in 2014. As a result, state lawmakers and the Marijuana Enforcement…
Dear Stoner: I’ve been an everyday smoker for many years. It was always sniff, taste, then buy. But you can only do two of those things in a dispensary nowadays. There are many strains, and I’m kind of lost. I like kick-ass sleepy; what should I look for around $200,…
The red tape tying up clinical medical cannabis research in the United States is stifling progress that could be made in the field, says well-known Colorado medical cannabis doctor and advocate Alan Shackelford. Because of that, he’s begun conducting research in Israel, where he says the climate is much more…
Coloradans voted to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in November 2012, and the first recreational pot shops opened on January 1, 2014 — but state lawmakers are still keeping themselves busy with pot-related legislation. Below is a roundup of the (current) ganja-related bills at the current General Assembly:…
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 free Mary’s Journal app from Mary’s Medicinals. There’s a plethora of useless marijuana-related smartphone apps out there, and most any program…
The use of cannabis for headaches these days is common, at least here in Colorado and other states with medical marijuana laws are in place (and plenty where medical pot isn’t legal, for that matter). But in 1907, cannabis was beginning to be seen as an adulterant in medicines. Many…
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…
Dear Stoner: I was just released from the hospital with an aneurysm in my groin. They gave me Oxycodone, but it’s too strong for me. I was wondering if smoking a little pot would relieve me in terms of pain and my appetite.Vegas Jimmy Dear Jimmy: Pain meds are no…
Nederland was considered one of Colorado’s most pot-friendly places long before Amendment 64 passed. Growers have found solace in the hills around the tiny town for decades, and people burning bowls outside of acoustic jams and coffeehouses was commonplace for years. So it was no surprise that 73 percent of…
Here’s yet another marijuana-bashing piece we unearthed, this one from a February 20, 1920 edition of the Routt County Sentinel. It follows the somewhat nonsensical ravings of a Dr. T.S. Blair of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — an apparent medical shill for Big Industry in the 1920s. See also: “Colorado Cannabis Time…
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…
Colorado is already under fire from Nebraska and Oklahoma, whose attorneys general have sued this state in federal court over our marijuana laws; Kansas is thinking about joining the suit. But in Wyoming, where state officials say that plenty of Colorado pot winds up, Governor Matt Mead insists he doesn’t…
Marijuana will kill your baby! Or, at least that’s what this horribly scary article in the January 19, 1911 Montezuma Journal implies. Actually, a cannabis-infused product mentioned in the piece really does sound dangerous — but any baby poisoning going on had nothing to do with pot. See also: “Recreational…
