My experiences at chain dispensaries over the past few months have me worried about the quality of cannabis in Colorado. Yes, you can legally buy an ounce on almost any block in the city — but if that store has several other locations, that ounce may not be top-notch. I’d…
Congress voted on two amendments to a Department of Justice spending bill Wednesday that would protect marijuana businesses in states where they’re legal, but only one of them passed. Introduced by Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic Congressman Sam Farr, both of California, the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment will prohibit federal funding…
Over 4/20 weekend, as we’ve reported, police officers raided and shut down two Denver pot clubs, Grassroots Colorado, at 2209 Larimer Street, and POTUS Club, 1395 Alameda Avenue (the old Sugar House location). The approach to doing preventing the businesses from reopening has involved declaring them nuisances and pressuring landlords…
Dear Stoner: Some of the dispensaries I go to make me use a locked bag so it’s “childproof” when I leave, but others just let me walk out with a paper bag full of pot. What gives? Kenny Dear Kenny: Ever notice a pattern in the packaging your buds come…
Colorado Representative Jared Polis is considered to be among the most marijuana-friendly legislators elected to national office. Earlier this year, for instance, he was cited as a role model by the #IVoteCannabis campaign. But that doesn’t mean pot activists universally support his policies. Case in point: He’s already getting pushback…
In mid-April, a former Colorado Springs-area Fox Sports radio outlet switched its format to K-HIGH, a marijuana-talk station. Now, a Denver station has followed suit. What had been KDCO-FM/Mile High Sports Radio is now KBUD-FM, also known as Smokin 94.1. In March, the station and its sister signal at 1550 AM…
As the less attractive but smarter sister of marijuana, hemp rarely gets the political or social attention it deserves. Now that there’s some hemp events happening in this week’s Cannabis Calendar, be sure to show the Jan Brady of the marijuana movement some love. Colorado Rocky Mountain High Singles is…
People perusing Craiglist are typically looking for love or searching for bargains. This ad one of our readers stumbled upon certainly appears to offer the latter. It features a 1979 Volkswagen Bus — the kind of vehicle that generations of free spirits have transformed into hippie vans — selling for the incredibly…
Most people assume that Colorado has the best pot prices of any state in the union thanks to the volume of legal limited recreational sales here. But most people would be wrong — as of this week, anyhow. And the ranking could change at any moment. Example: Earlier this month,…
Euflora opened its first location on the 16th Street Mall, which made it a hot spot for tourists, but not local potheads, who complained about the hot prices. Euflora now has two stores open in Aurora, and both see a steady stream of traffic. Curious to see if these suburban…
Dear Stoner: I’ve had a vaporizer for almost a year now and have a buttload of golden-brown vaped weed saved up. Is there anything I can do with it, or have I been wasting my energy? Nicholas Dear Nicholas: If your vaporizer isn’t turning your flower black, it might eventually…
In recent years, we’ve published several posts featuring Deuel County, Nebraska Sheriff Adam Hayward. Why? Hayward is among the Nebraska badge-wearers most devoted to busting people who bring Colorado marijuana into his state —and he’s a prime target of those who feel Colorado drivers are being profiled when they cross state…
Tired of spending money at dispensaries and interested in a basement garden? There are multiple classes this week on the process of cultivating your own private or commercial marijuana grows, the usual pot-friendly lineup at Green Labs and more in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. On Thursday, May 28, Clover Leaf…
Congress can’t seem to get the veterans hospital in Aurora straightened out, but a Senate Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a Veterans Affairs funding bill yesterday that would allow Veterans Health Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients in states where it is legal. The 2016 Military Construction,…
For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been spreading the word about local dispensary owner Jim Rice’s bid for another shot on CBS’s Survivor. After placing twelfth in Survivor: South Pacific in 2011 (we followed his progress before he was voted out), Rice was hoping to get enough audience votes…
With a thirty-day guarantee on its clones and thirty-plus to choose from, La Conte’s Clone Bar and Dispensary on Washington Street has become a go-to for some basement growers. Its younger sister at 105 East Seventh Avenue, which started out as a medical dispensary, hasn’t gained the same notoriety —…
Dear Stoner: Do you have any good infused-product recipes that require smaller amounts of pot? I’m looking for a mentor in making pot edibles and dabs. Mckenzy Dear Mckenzy: If you don’t want to pay for classes on extraction or cooking with cannabis, there are plenty of recipes to help…
Last month, we told you about Denver police raids at two pot clubs over 4/20 weekend. Among the places hit was Grassroots Colorado, located at 2209 Larimer Street. The business, which includes a clothing and hat shop and a private club area known as The Break Room, may not be there…
Over the past few years, we’ve written numerous posts about claims of pot profiling — drivers in cars with Colorado license plates who say they were pulled over in other states for incredibly minor or nonexistent infractions as a pretext to search the vehicle for cannabis. Wyoming is among the places…
Cannabis events are pretty sparse this week, but as always, Green Labs has mixture of weekly classes and pot-friendly social mixers to educate and entertain. Also check out a photo gallery showcasing the intricacies of marijuana grows, cultivation classes and more in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Mixed Bag: Marijuana in…
Back in March, we wrote about the death of Luke Goodman, an Oklahoma resident who killed himself in Keystone, reportedly after eating a marijuana edible. Now, CBS4, the station that led the way on the Goodman story, has discovered that the coroner who analyzed the 2012 suicide of Daniel Juarez, an…
Today, Governor John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 15-014, which has been characterized as a “medical pot crackdown bill.” Among other things, the legislation will empower a board, in consultation with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, to “establish guidelines for physicians making medical marijuana recommendations.” The provision is…
