Mailing Marijuana Out of Colorado: Are Your Odds of Getting Caught Going Up?

In “Mailing Marijuana Out of Colorado: How Likely Are You to Get Caught?,” published circa November 2015, the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area’s Tom Gorman estimated that 90 percent of illegally shipped cannabis packages weren’t being found by postal inspectors. More than two years later, figures from a pair of recent analyses maintain that hundreds more pot-packed parcels are being intercepted than in previous years even as our Ask a Stoner columnist suggests that successfully mailing weed out of state is still a snap if proper precautions are taken.

Why Colorado Tokers Love Death by Lemons

Conjuring the voice of Katt Williams screaming “This shit right here?!” as he rants about the ridiculous names of pot strains, Death by Lemons might sound like an absurd attempt by the breeder to get some attention, and some tokers think it is.

Rescinding Cole Memo One of Eleven Ways Trump May Try to Kill Legal Pot

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s announcement about rescinding the Cole memo, an Obama-era Department of Justice document that provided some legal protections for businesses operating in states that allow and regulate cannabis sales, has shaken the marijuana industry in Colorado and beyond. But Justin Strekal, political director for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), isn’t surprised by this action. As we noted last July, Strekal believes an op-ed from the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation enumerating eleven ways the administration of President Donald Trump can kill legal cannabis is being used by Sessions and company as a crackdown guideline, and junking Cole is fifth on the list.

Colorado Politicians, Cannabis Leaders React to Cole Memo Repeal

Retail cannabis industries around the country were dealt a collective shock today, January 4, after United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a memo to United States Attorneys rescinding the Cole Memo, federal protections for the cultivation, distribution and possession of pot. Now, hours after the announcement became official, Colorado lawmakers, businesses owners and activists are weighing in.