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Alaska is massive, twice the size of Texas, and because of this has many cities and towns not connected to the road system.This unique aspect of the state has created an equally unique issue, how do you ship marijuana to a town not on the road system without violating federal law?

Ever since the nomination of hardcore pot prohibitionist Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of United States Attorney General, numerous members of the cannabis community have expressed increasing concern that the incoming Donald Trump administration might crack down on state-legal marijuana businesses in Colorado and beyond. At this writing, neither…

Some tokers are happy with smoking bud and leaving it at that, but others are interested in the historical and political context of the plant as well as its medicinal properties. Whether you’re shopping for someone who wants to learn how to grow, extract or cook with cannabis, this list…

He’s taking us high in the sky: Scotty ATL is launching Scotty’s So High Select, a sativa strain named after the song “Cloud IX,” which he calls his “crazy stupid high” single. He’s doing it in partnership with the Denver Dab Co. by Next Harvest, whose dispensary will host a…

Bananas are the Jan Brady (or Meg Griffin, for you millennials) of fruit. Most of us couldn’t even spell the word if it weren’t for that annoying Gwen Stefani song. Possessors of easily my least favorite fruit flavor, bananas are only edible in cake form because of the accompanying cream-cheese…

In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, outgoing President Barack Obama makes his most explicit comments about marijuana decriminalization to date. He argues that cannabis should be treated as a public-health issue along the lines of cigarettes and alcohol — and pointedly notes that most of those who voted for…

Soon we’ll all be able to smoke strains cured by the gonzo legend himself. After Hunter S. Thompson died in 2005, his widow was approached by countless dispensaries and marijuana growers asking to use her late husband’s brand on their grows. “It’s the same story every time: Somebody wants to…

It’s early evening in a parking lot outside a DoubleTree in northeast Denver. At the north end of the lot is a 1987 Winnebago with seven people inside, gathered around a table covered with cannabis products: a concentrate pen, a dab rig, some bud flower and edibles. Once most of…

Dear Stoner: Someone recently told me that I have too many plants in my basement grow. I live with two other adults in Five Points and have twelve plants locked up downstairs. I’m good, right? The Cheese Dear Cheese: Colorado law allows adults 21 and over to grow up to…

Your dog is anxious, or so itchy that he won’t stop scratching himself until he’s raw — or maybe his joints ache to the point where he can barely move. If your first instinct is to give your pooch medical marijuana, don’t do it. As we reported way back in…

Dispensaries experienced record-breaking online sales on Cyber Monday.  “We saw our highest number of orders ever,” says Joel Milton, CEO of Baker. Baker is a software platform that helps dispensaries connect with its customers by offering online ordering, rewards programs, messaging services and other things to help put a business in…