Why Colorado Tokers Love Toxic Kool Aid

Toxic Kool Aid, a strain popping up in a handful of dispensaries around Denver, could create its own cult. A cross between Amnesia Haze and the White, Toxic Kool Aid’s high THC content and Haze influence create one of the most absentminded highs we’ve ever experienced.

Denver’s Latest Strategy to Kill the Denver 420 Rally

Organizers of the Denver 420 Rally have been prohibited from applying for a Denver event permit for three years as a result of complaints about security and cleanup issues at this year’s edition, and their priority status with the city was rescinded. Attorney Rob Corry, representing lead planner Miguel Lopez and his team, will formally appeal the decision at a hearing scheduled at 9 a.m. today, Tuesday, September 19, and he says the city’s pre-hearing statement, accessible below, includes a new and suspect tactic to justify actions that he sees as totally unreasonable.

Denver Vape and Play Hopes to Be Denver’s First Pot Lounge

The City of Denver started accepting applications for social cannabis consumption areas in August, but no businesses have officially applied for a license yet. That may change soon, however, now that a group of three local entrepreneurs announced their plan for brand new cannabis vaping lounge – once they find a location.

State, Stakeholders Discuss New Marijuana Research Licenses

Expected to take effect in 2018, a new Colorado program will handle state-approved research and development licenses for medical marijuana. But even though the bill passed months ago, its statutory language is still getting tweaked, and there may be revisions next legislative session.

Sound Familiar? Nevada’s Social Pot Consumption Hopes Stall

Cannabis consumers in Nevada thought they were handed a small victory earlier this week after the state’s Legislative Counsel Bureau released an opinion stating no state law prohibits local governments from permitting pot consumption in businesses. However, that optimism was quickly diluted by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval

Andrew Freedman on Legalization and His Time as Colorado’s Marijuana Czar

Andrew Freedman lost his job in January, but it wasn’t due to poor performance. In fact, the Colorado Director of Marijuana Coordination was let go for just the opposite reason: He’d been hired to implement the state’s framework of rules and industry regulations for recreational marijuana, and he’d done such a good job that the state was eliminating the job entirely.

Why Colorado Tokers Love Chocolope

Chocolope’s bright color and old-school characteristics have made it a favorite for occasional users and anyone who smoked pot thirty years ago. DNA Genetics, a cannabis breeder based in the Netherlands, created the strain in the 1980s, when high-quality genetics were just starting to hit the mainstream consumer.

Five Ways Colorado’s Marijuana Rules Are About to Change

Changes to Colorado’s cannabis industry are on the horizon. The Marijuana Enforcement Division has been holding meetings for industry stakeholders and government officials in order to iron out the details of recently passed laws and new regulations, and the public is encouraged to attend those meetings and provide input.

Reader: We Already Won; Sessions Is a Fact-Denying Dinosaur

Late on September 6, the U.S. House of Representatives’ rules committee blocked floor consideration of an amendment that would have prevented the Department of Justice and Attorney General Jeff Sessions from interfering with state-legal medical marijuana. Many in the House opposed the move, as do many readers.

Pot Shots: Jeff Hunt Will Debate Rob Corry on October 6

At the end of April, Jeff Hunt, director of the Centennial Institute, launched a campaign to end Denver’s 4/20 rally. In response, rally attorney and activist Rob Corry challenged Hunt to a debate. The two will finally meet up to discuss marijuana on October 6.