Marijuana

In this industry, removing a question mark can mean a great deal — especially when it’s removed from a government website. Earlier this week, the National Institute on Drug Abuse switched the title of its website page from “Is Marijuana Medicine?” to “Marijuana as Medicine.” And that wasn’t the only change. Nearly every section of the site, which was last revised July 2015, has minor changes.These revisions may seem inconsequential, but for the cannabis industry and patients who use marijuana for medicinal purposes, they appear significant.

Marijuana companies are accustomed to dealing with strict governmental regulations. They follow them diligently, because one misstep could cost an operating license, and potentially the entire business. What happened with Grow Depot and the Environmental Protection Agency is a cautionary tale, then. Because after an inspection went awry, the family-owned…

For decades, cannabis has been portrayed as an illicit substance associated with burnouts and addicts, one that clouds mental performance and drains ambition. However, long-standing opinions are beginning to change as more research continues to demonstrate the medical benefits of THC and CBD oil with regard to such debilitating conditions…

The Colorado Springs Police Department has released data revealing the number of local homicides linked by a so-called “marijuana nexus” during the past three years, with the 2016 numbers showing that weed was a factor in more than a third of the killings. However, a spokesperson for the CSPD insists that the release of these figures doesn’t represent a departmental position on the issue and says the numbers were issued following a barrage of requests from news organizations apparently looking for bombshell evidence that marijuana has played a big role in boosting the Springs murder rate.

Our Stoner comes to the aid of two would-be go-gooders, advising how to ship pot out of state and what kind of marijuana would be good for a young adult with stomach pains.

A Denver City Council committee met on March 13 to consider a presentation by the Marijuana Industry Group, which made a case for extending the hours of operation for dispensaries in the city. If council approves, dispensaries would be able to stay open until midnight instead of 7 p.m.

Since Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012 — with the first legal sales on January 1, 2014 — lawmakers have been fine-tuning its systems, taking on residential plant counts, marijuana delivery services, hemp water rights and more in 2017’s legislative season.

While smoking cannabis and writing may have been kept in the shadows for the majority of literature’s history, classes like this one are forcing stoned poets into the light.

Since 2014, a group of fitness enthusiasts have come together to incorporate marijuana into their workouts, with a goal of getting fit for 4/20. This year, Diiullo is in charge of the group’s Facebook account and is posting daily fitness inspiration on her Instagram, @highly.fit. In honor of the first…

Much of Denver’s fourth social consumption advisory committee meeting on March 11 was spent discussing the proposal to allow marijuana clubs, which is currently before the Colorado Legislature.

After hours of testimony on Wednesday, March 8, a Colorado House committee approved Senate Bill 17-17, which would make people suffering from PTSD and other stress disorders eligible for medical marijuana, in an 8-1 vote. It now moves on to a full vote of the House.

The Stoner answers questions about why Colorado dispensaries scan IDs.

The Colorado Legislature is loaded up with marijuana measures this week, including proposals to establish pot clubs and to add PTSD to the list of patient ailments that can be treated with medical marijuana. And on March 8, the Senate Business, Labor and Technology committee approved Senator Tim Neville’s bill to allow medical marijuana delivery systems for patients and businesses.

A very popular strain on its own, Girl Scout Coookies is becoming just as beloved for its offspring as it is for itself — if not more. GSC’s kids include Gelato, Platinum GSC, Sherbet and Thin Mints, a couple of which are personal favorites. But Exotic Genetix out of Washington state might’ve created the strongest colt of all with its thunderous Cookies and Cream.

In a 34 to 1 vote, the Colorado Senate passed the Post-Traumatic Stress Bill; on March 8, it’s scheduled for a public hearing before the House State Affairs Committee. Adam Foster, lead attorney on the case, says it’s time that Colorado join the 21 states with medicinal cannabis laws that have approved PTSD as a qualifying condition.

For the first time in recent years, all three Colorado chapters of NORML came together to lobby for cannabis on the state level. Denver NORML, Southern Colorado NORML and Colorado NORML joined forces on Tuesday, March 7, to educate state lawmakers on some key cannabis measures, including SB17-184, the Private Marijuana Clubs Open and Public Use bill.

Marijuana is now legal in more than half the country, but related areas of the law are taking a while to catch up. Women are still being punished for exposing their babies to marijuana; under child-abuse and child-neglect statutes, women can be arrested for child endangerment or have their babies taken away.  Even so, little is known about whether an infant can be harmed if an expectant mother uses marijuana during pregnancy or after birth. Dr. Thomas Hale is working to change that.

Welcome to the Mile High City: We almost crashed our car when we spotted those Weedmaps messages on the side of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where you usually see ads for ballets, symphonies, touring Broadway shows. Can the City of Denver accept advertisements for marijuana?

On Saturday, March 4, Curious Appetites hosted a cannabis-infused dinner at Cluster Studios that took everyone down the rabbit hole.  An “Eat me” sign sat on the edibles table; on the bar was a sign that said, “Drink me,” and on the dab bar, a sign urged “Smoke me.” Guest were given an hour to mingle, then sat down at a long, single table, where chef Hosea Rosenberg and his staff from Blackbelly served a four-course meal, paired with four strains of cannabis. Hungry to know more? Here are ten tips for an Alice in Wonderland-themed dinner.

In honor of President Donald Trump’s joint session address, here are others that didn’t just blow smoke.

After Attorney General Jeff Sessions told an assembly of the country’s attorneys general that state marijuana laws are in violation of federal law, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman came out fighting. Governor John Hickenlooper also said the state is prepared to fight any attempt by the Trump administration to cut back on this state’s rights.