Democrats have adopted a platform that their members are trumpeting as the “most progressive platform in party history” — and when it comes to marijuana, Dems aren’t just blowing smoke. The Party of the Donkey has taken a position on marijuana that no major political party in the United States…
On the website of the Marijuana Industry Group, among the most powerful cannabis business organizations in Colorado and the country as a whole, executive director Michael Elliott remains front and center at this writing. Elliott, who’s headed MIG under both its current name and its previous moniker, the Medical Marijuana…
Don’t you hate it when you’re out chasing Pokémon and you run out of weed? Same. Don’t fear, Pokémon masters, because we’ve come up with the ultimate Denver guide to Pokéstops that happen to be right next to, across the street from, or even on dispensaries. Here are the five best…
Colorado’s top three favorite strains, according to commercial marijuana data firm BDS Analytics, are Blue Dream, Durban Poison and Alien Dawg. With the help of a couple of growers, I’ve already offered my field guide to the first two. Now it’s Alien Dawg’s turn in the spotlight. A surprise on…
“The Porno, The Hitchhiker & The Weed,” tonight’s episode of Viceland’s Vice Does America, will bring viewers to Denver as hosts Abdullah Saeed, Will Cooper and Martina de Alba visit the Denver Relief grow house and discuss Colorado’s marijuana legalization. This was not Saeed’s first foray into the world of…
Dear Stoner: I’ll be visiting Colorado this summer, and everyone is telling me I can only buy a quarter-ounce. Is that true? If so, is that for every shop, or can I buy more at another? Based B Dear Based: It used to be that way, but not any longer!…
A sign thirty feet high can be seen from exit 204 off I-25, announcing The Clinic’s new location at Colorado and Buchtel boulevards. The store, which opened on July 8 in a former payday loan location, now has bright white walls and high ceilings; the space was designed to seem open and…
Starting today, you can purchase weed that’s been given a quality-assurance grade. Created by the Trichome Institute, a Colorado-based company dedicated to science, education and certification, the Trichome Assurance Grade (TAG) system analyzes potentially unhealthy, even dangerous, parts of marijuana for which the government doesn’t require testing. Currently Colorado only compels…
Want to take your weed-snob knowledge to the next level? Under President Max Montrose and CEO Jim Nathanson, the Trichome Institute offers a series of cannabis courses, culminating with the “weed sommelier,” or interpening, class. In his interpening — technically “interpreting terpenes” — class, Montrose regularly guides cannabis enthusiasts through the ins…
Amendment 139, a proposal that’s seeking a spot on the November ballot, is getting attention primarily for a section that would limit the potency of marijuana products to 16 percent THC — a reduction for a huge number of currently available items. But that’s not all the measure would do…
A dirt road winds through a mountain pass to a sign reading “Aspen Canyon Ranch.” Horses graze on the land leading up to the main lodge; dogs run free throughout the property. Welcome to Camp Bud+Breakfast, a partnership between Bud+Breakfast and Aspen Canyon Ranch, which opened last weekend near Parshall in Grand…
I was happy to see Durban Poison, a personal favorite, make the list of the three most popular strains among Coloradans in 2015, according to commercial marijuana data firm BDS Analytics. Last week I offered a field guide to the top-ranked strain, Blue Dream; this time Durban Poison gets the…
Dear Stoner: My friend said his landlord has been giving him shit for smoking pot. WTF? It’s legal! Deb Dear Deb: It sure is, but that doesn’t protect renters who smoke pot in a house owned by someone else. It’s not uncommon to see no-smoking stipulations in leases, and they…
New regulations for medical and recreational marijuana businesses will go into effect today. Renewal fees for medical marijuana licenses have decreased, and how retail marijuana grow facilities are categorized has changed to be more specific; plant numbers are broken into smaller unit sizes. Overall, it’s now more expensive to set…
As you travel around Denver trying new dispensaries and the strains they stock, you can’t help noticing some inconsistencies in strain characteristics. One shop’s Golden Goat will smell of sweet citrus and soil (as it should), another’s will smell like hay soaked in a musty fart. Then again, while a…
Dear Stoner: I really want to try my hand at growing my own, but I live across the street from an elementary school. What am I supposed to? Jamey Dear Jamey: Once cultivating marijuana became legal under the Colorado Constitution in 2012, you’ve been allowed to grow marijuana in your…
After a four-day trip to Colorado earlier this month that took him through Boulder, Golden, and Denver, New Jersey State Senator Nicholas Scutari, a Democrat from Union, examined the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana. He concluded similar legislation could benefit New Jersey. His trip included visits to dispensaries and meetings…
How important is pot to Colorado tourism? “It is the elephant in the room,” said Cathy Ritter, the new state tourism head who moved here from Illinois, shortly after she started in January. “Everyone does want to know about the impact of marijuana in Colorado.” Author Mindy Sink wrote her first…
Dear Stoner: I hate dry pot. My roommate says he puts his on the bathroom counter, turns the shower on hot and lets the steam bring it back to life. Thoughts? Monte Dear Monte: Few things are worse than pinching a bud and seeing it crumble to dust — as…
Over the years, anti-marijuana groups have argued that greater legal access to cannabis inevitably leads to increased teen pot use. Last year, for example, Project SAM, an organization co-founded by former Representative Patrick Kennedy and launched in Denver, claimed that national figures from the Department of Health and Human Services showed…
We recently shared a Comment of the Day that’s among our most viewed ever. The 2014 item is headlined, “Reader: Denver Rent Prices Are So High They’re Pushing People Into Homelessness.” As was the case at the time of its original publication, the post generated a landslide of responses, including…
There are an infinite number of ways that a person can become a Schmuck of the Week. And Jared Howard appears to have found a new twist on an old favorite: squealing. The 23-year-old Texas college student was caught with a car full of marijuana while in Colorado — after…
