Tetra 9, a Members-Only Pot Lounge, Opens in RiNo Today
Dwayne Benjamin will open Tetra 9 on February 22, 2018.
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Why an Assistant Principal Is Suing Disney Over Pirates of the Caribbean
In a new lawsuit, a Colorado Springs firm claims that the Walt Disney Company stole the concept, characters and even some dialogue for 2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and its multiple sequels, including one released earlier this year, from two screenwriters represented by a manager located in the city. Their lawyer says one of the reasons the writers waited so long to file suit is because they were afraid of ruining their careers in the film industry — something that’s now less of a concern for plaintiff A. Lee Alfred II, since he’s currently making his living as an assistant principal.
“Ima Shoot Up Bear Creek:” At Least 5 Post-Parkland Colorado Student Arrests
The number of Colorado students arrested for making threats in the wake of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida continues to grow. By our count, there have been at least five busts of this type in the state over the past week, including one involving a fifth grader, with three additional incidents leading to increased security measures at other schools. Four of the threats took place in metro Denver, which is known worldwide for the 1999 attack at Columbine High School, whose April 20 anniversary is scheduled to be marked by a national student walk-out.
Neo-Nazi Clash at CSU: University Calls Collusion Claims “Ridiculous”
The Denver General Defense Committee, a progressive group affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies, has published a fiery account of the clash between members of a white supremacist group and Antifa protesters outside a controversial event on the Colorado State University campus earlier this month. In it, the authors explicitly state that members of the CSU Police Department stood “on the side of the neo-Nazis and fascists” during the confrontation and argue that a video shared here provides evidence to that effect by way of an officer telling a protester afterward, “If you guys need something, let us know.”
Ask a Stoner: Can I Melt Chocolate Edibles Into Something Else?
The chemical structure of THC and other cannabinoids found in cannabis begins to change when exposed to heat and starts to deteriorate the higher the temperature gets.
Terrapin-Funded TheNewsStation.com Connects Pot and Politics
Run by a longtime reporter on Colorado politics, the website is funded by a dispensary chain and isn’t hiding its subjectivity.
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Suboxone Smuggling Leads to Crackdown on Prisoner Mail
To battle drugs smuggled in the mail, the Colorado Department of Corrections will no longer allow inmates to receive post cards, greeting cards, or “any items containing drawings.”
CDOT Wants Your Input on a Tolled Expansion of South I-25
CDOT wants to know your thoughts on its proposal to expand I-25 to three lanes in each direction. The catch: It’s proposed to be a tolled express lane.
Today: Auction of Pot-Growing Equipment From Closed Gardening Store
Auctions have long been an avenue for car buyers looking for deals off the beaten path, but in Colorado, they’re also a cheap way to supply your cannabis cultivation.
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The Future of Employee Drug Testing and Why a Marijuana Group Backs It
Today, February 21, as we’ve reported, Denver’s National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws branch is taking part in a lobbying day at the Colorado State Capitol during which lawmakers will get the chance to learn about a major element in the group’s attempt to fix drug-testing laws that put cannabis users at risk of being fired for lawful use. Specifically, they’ll be able to try out Alert Meter, which tests for impairment rather than relying on blood or fluid draws that Denver NORML sees as undependable and unfair.
Kratom Salmonella Outbreak Warning, One Coloradan Sickened
Shortly after we published a post about Lakewood entrepreneur Faith Day facing down the Food and Drug Administration over a kratom investigation, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in conjunction with the FDA, released a health warning about a “multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections” related to the popular but controversial herbal pain reliever, with one person from Colorado said to among those affected. And even though Day and the feds have very different views about kratom, some of the concerns voiced by the CDC echo ones she shared with us.
“F*cking Done With All You A$$holes:” Inside 3 Colorado School Threat Busts
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last week has inspired plans for marches and student walkouts to call for tougher gun laws, including one scheduled to take place on April 20, the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. But it also appears to have motivated a number of threats at Colorado schools, with three arrests taking place in recent days. Those taken into custody include a Jefferson County High School student whose social-media joke went terribly wrong.
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Why Colorado Tokers Love Blue Dragon
I’ve found that potent hybrids create the best shit-eating grins and munchies without causing anxiety, and Blue Dragon is a definite contender.
Michael Wolff to Bring Fire and Fury to Denver
Tickets go on sale Friday, February 23.
The Grow-Off’s Mystery Strain Leaked, but Competition Continues
Grow-Off co-founder Jake Browne had kept the genetics for each contest unknown until the awards ceremony to ensure there were no advantages among the teams.
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Russians Hacked Colorado in 2014? They Started in 1996!
Despite blustery comments from President Donald Trump on Twitter, it’s now difficult to refute that Russia influenced the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. The 37-page indictment that emerged from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation on Friday, February 16, was a political bombshell; the stunning document charges that three…
Ex-CU Star Rae Carruth on Murder, Disabled Son, Alleged Lies
This October, former CU Buffaloes and Carolina Panthers star Rae Carruth is scheduled to be freed from the prison where he was sent after being convicted of conspiring to murder Cherica Adams in 1999, when she was eight-months pregnant. Cherica’s child, Chancellor Adams, survived the ordeal but suffers from cerebral palsy linked to his traumatic birth, and Carruth wants to have a relationship with the now-eighteen year old upon his release, as he makes clear in an open letter. But while Carruth praises Saundra Adams, Chancellor’s grandmother, for how she’s raised him under incredible circumstances, he also lambastes her for supposedly lying about his motivation for taking part in the crime and his relationship with Cherica. Read the remarkable and disturbing text in its entirety below.
Why That Speed Limit Sign You Just Saw May Be Changing
Although the Colorado Department of Transportation has its eyes on the future, as seen in its advocacy of the Rocky Mountain Hyperloop project that recently won a global challenge, the agency is also trying to innovate when it comes to current highways. Hence the planned installation of variable speed limit signs in Glenwood Canyon that can either speed up or slow down traffic in response to weather and traffic conditions. VSL has already gotten a tryout near Boulder, and if the system works in Glenwood, among the trickiest sections along the Interstate 70 corridor, after installation set to begin during the coming months, it could be expanded to more roadways across the state.
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Clean Kratom Wellness Center’s Faith Day Faces Down the Feds
On November 20, 2017, Denver Environmental Health prohibited the sale of kratom for human consumption in the city and began raiding local shops selling the popular herbal pain reliever as part of what DEH’s own board later concluded was a flawed process. In the meantime, Clean Kratom Wellness Center in Lakewood, a community that has not enacted a ban, is being investigated by the Food and Drug Administration even though the federal government’s current position on the substance consists only of warning about its use.
Ask a Stoner: Can I Buy CBD Kief?
Sifting through the buds of hemp plants would obviously produce some CBD-rich kief, but you’d also be collecting THC and any other cannabinoids present on the plant.
Lightshade Recalls Pre-Rolled Joints Over Mold and Yeast Concerns
One of Denver’s largest dispensary chains has issued a voluntary recall for medical and recreational cannabis products over concerns from possible contamination.
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After Losing Arapahoe House, Thornton Picks Up Substance Abuse Treatment Center
Community Reach Center, a behavioral health provider with seven outpatient offices and 100 community outposts around the state, has purchased the former Arapahoe House facility in Thornton, at 8801 Lipan Street.