Every political observer currently drawing breath expects marijuana to be a topic of discussion during the Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado at Boulder on October 28. Given Colorado’s status as the first state to legalize limited recreational cannabis sales, the tie-in is a natural — and if…
The City of Denver is ready to officially share its marijuana experiences with politicians and regulators from around the world next week, as it hosts the Denver Marijuana Management Symposium at the Colorado Convention Center on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6. And that’s not the only marijuana education…
At 10:30 a.m. this morning, Smart Colorado, arguably the state’s leading voice against legal access to marijuana, is holding a press event to debut a new billboard at 1935 Federal Boulevard, near Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The billboard reads in part, “Mom, is today’s pot a hard drug?” In…
A new Gallup poll found that 58 percent of respondents favor marijuana legalization. Moreover, a national cannabis activist thinks Colorado deserves much of the credit thanks to the way the medical and recreational systems were rolled out. Many of our Facebook friends agree, including the following reader, who feels that the…
Overnight, a fire reportedly broke out in a two-story garage on South Bryant Street, between Federal and Hampden in the community of Sheridan. The blaze has been extinguished and is being mopped up at this hour. But it remains newsworthy because representatives of the Denver Fire Department suspect that the…
Most of my strain reviews are based on reader suggestions and buzz around town, but some happen just because I come across a new pot shop on one of my days off. This was the case with Platte Valley Dispensary, a small shop on Seventh Street that I noticed after…
Dear Stoner: I’ve heard about indica and sativa, but the words “cannabis ruderalis” were in an article, and I’d never heard of that before. Is there another type of pot out there? Wes Dear Wes: Maybe and maybe not. I’m much more of a stoner than a scientist, but the…
A new Gallup poll found that 58 percent of respondents supported legalizing marijuana. That matches the highest number ever in a Gallup survey; 58 percent also backed the concept in 2013. Why have so many Americans concluded that legalizing cannabis is the way to go? One marijuana activist thinks the success…
Back in June, we told you about a new federal policy intended to make medical marijuana research easier to accomplish — the removal of what was known as the Public Health Service review, which privately funded marijuana researchers had to pass before being allowed to move ahead with their studies…
It’s been nearly two years since Colorado legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, yet obvious pot spoofs tied to the state continue to go viral. The latest: a satirical claim that a couple of McDonald’s in the state have converted their play areas to cannabis smoking sections. As we’ve reported, the confusion…
Beloved television painter Bob Ross once said, “There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.” What type of tree he was referring to? Open to interpretation– but Heidi Keyes and her Puff, Pass and Paint Class have an interesting take in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Clover Leaf University…
Most of the stand-alone pot shops on South Broadway are relics of years gone by, when medical marijuana and stoner shacks went hand in hand. With so many newfangled retail marijuana superstores now showing up in Denver, petite medical dispensaries like Little Brown House and Little Green Pharmacy are becoming…
Join the Cannafit club and you could get high and get fit at the same time. That’s the goal of the soon-to-launch website for Cannafit, which has been called the “Fitbit for Weed,” as it will keep track of your meals as well as the amount of THC you are…
Dear Stoner: Why are all you potheads so gung-ho about the benefits of smoking weed? I smoke it from time to time, but I don’t tell my friends to light up a joint instead of visiting the doctor. It’s pot, not magic beans. Grinding Gary Dear Gary: Magic buds, maybe…
Back in August, we noted that many supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential candidacy wished that he would become more progressive when it comes to marijuana policies. At last night’s Democratic hopefuls debate in Las Vegas, they got their wish. When asked if he would vote to legalize recreational…
Last month, we noted that Representative Diana DeGette had reintroduced he Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act, a bill intended to ensure that federal marijuana statutes don’t supersede cannabis laws enacted in Colorado and numerous other states. In our coverage, we noted that the legislation faces an uphill battle. We wrote:…
The National Cannabis Summit headlines a lengthy list of pot events this week and the tornado of THC events that comes with it will keep you busy throughout. And it’s not just for the business crowd: Hemp farmers, yogis and pot snobs (some of you might be all three) are…
We recently posted about two illegal pot grow busts on federal land on Colorado’s Western Slope. Ten foreign nationals were arrested in the incidents — nine from Mexico, one from Honduras. Last year, as we pointed out, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area director Tom Gorman warned that Mexican cartels…
I was recovering from a long weekend of pot and football when my friend passed me a one-hitter that tasted like orange soda. I immediately demanded to know what it was and where he’d bought it, and all his stoned mouth could mutter was “Urban Medicinals.” I looked that up…
Dear Stoner: I recently found some edibles I’d forgotten I had — a candy bar that had been opened but was kept in the freezer, and a package of pot-infused mints, never opened. Does time affect potency? Can these spoil? Missing Marn Dear Marn: Treat any marijuana-infused food product as…
Marijuana attorney Rob Corry has filed a class-action lawsuit against the LivWell chain of dispensaries based on its alleged use of a pesticide called Eagle 20 “in the first quarter of 2015 and likely for many months, if not years, earlier.” The substance is described in the suit, seen in…
In 2013, after two failed attempts, Colorado approved a stoned-driving standard of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood. Critics of the proposal pointed out that there was an almost total lack of scientific evidence to suggest that this limit would be accurate for the vast majority of people, as…
