When Jesse Watters, a correspondent for The O’Reilly Factor, visited Denver last month, he interviewed a number of colorful homeless characters about marijuana. He spoke briefly with a guy who said he was “medicating” but couldn’t name his ailment, and another guy who said he’s been smoking dope since he…
Dear Stoner: As a medical marijuana patient, I am interested in growing my own meds, but not in or around the house, where the kids are. Do you know of something like a growing co-op that would allow me to grow somewhere else?Greenhouse Gary Dear Gary: If you’re staying strictly…
Just over three months after Maggie’s Farm opened its doors as the first recreational pot shop in Manitou Springs and began dumping money into town coffers, voters gave the business a thumbs-up, overwhelmingly defeating a proposal to ban recreational pot sales in the town. See also: “Oregon, Alaska Legalize Rec…
Update below: Marijuana fared a lot better than Democrats did at the polls yesterday. Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C. passed recreational marijuana measures closely modeled on Colorado’s, and while a medical marijuana amendment failed in Florida, it still managed to collect 58 percent support. (Under Florida law, 60 percent was…
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone who follows the cannabis industry that last week’s inaugural National Cannabis Industry Association’s Infused Product and Extraction Symposium focused heavily on safety issues — both consumer safety and employee safety. The importance of proper procedures and protocols was emphasized in almost every…
There’s a joint-rolling competition this weekend, and next week is going to be packed with events. So pull out your datebooks and start penciling some things in. See also: Marijuana Study: Legalization Hasn’t Hurt or Helped Colorado as Much as Predicted…
On Halloween, the Denver Police Department’s warnings about trick-or-treaters possibly being slipped marijuana edibles reached its peak with the graphic seen here — one that essentially suggests, against all available evidence, that pot candy could kill children. But if DPD reps hoped the #CheatTheReaper hashtag would become a thing, they…
For this extra-scary edition of Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule, we bring you a story that is strangely similar to one we’re living right now: the fear that kids are sneaking pot edibles and getting intoxicated right under our noses! Then, like now, the story was largely the product of a…
Halloween is tonight, and that means you can’t go two steps in Denver without tripping over a pumpkin. The gourds are everywhere: on people’s doorsteps, in their windows, in their pies and lattes. But when dawn breaks on November 1, all of those seasonal squashes are going to seem suddenly…
Even the name of Doctor’s Orders seems gimmicky to me, especially paired with the cartoonish image used by the shop, featuring a burnout hippie doctor who writes pot recommendations for any ailment under the sun. I know that goes on; I’m not naive. But it doesn’t represent the majority of…
Dear Stoner: Do you think the Denver Police Department is right, and kids are going to get pot candy in their bags?Frank N. Stein Dear Frank: Not at all. This is just an updated version of the tired old story that fearmongering cops — and paranoid parents — have been…
Colorado and Washington might get some company next week. Marijuana legalization initiatives are on the ballots in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C., and the proposals all strongly resemble what Colorado voters approved in 2012. See also: Pot Lies Being Used to Justify Police Shootings of Young Black and Brown Men,…
As we’ve reported, prominent addiction specialist and Project SAM principal Dr. Christian Thurstone stirred controversy via a blog post implying that marijuana contributed to — and perhaps even caused — the death of Michael Brown, whose shooting by a police officer caused weeks of rioting in Ferguson, Missouri. Thurstone subsequently…
An unexpected result of Colorado’s legalization of limited marijuana sales for recreational purposes has been a rise in the number of academic studies about whether the change has been good or bad for the state. A few months ago, a paper released by the Brookings Institution found that the rollout…
The inaugural National Cannabis Industry Association’s Infused Products and Extraction Symposium kicked off last night with a cocktail reception and networking event; today, the symposium started in earnest with two different tracks for attendees. “This is an area of the industry that’s creating a lot of conversations right now,” says…
Last week, we told you about the Twitter spat that erupted after Dr. Christian Thurstone, an addiction specialist who’s also a major player in Project SAM, a national organization fighting to prevent greater access to cannabis, shared a blog post in which he implied that marijuana contributed to — and…
A new round of Sell-SMaRT classes, the responsible cannabis vendor training program collaboration between NCIA and Cannabis Trainers, has been scheduled for today — and that’s just the first of many marijuana-related activities on this week’s calendar. See also: “Family Friendly” DIA Plans to Ban Marijuana-Related Souvenirs…
Last month, we shared Denver Police Department concerns about trick-or-treaters possibly being slipped marijuana edibles on Halloween. Literally hundreds of readers ripped such fears as unreasonable and reactionary. But rather than backing down, the DPD upped the ante with a video on the alleged threat, plus a Facebook campaign rolled…
Weed-themed weddings in Colorado are all the rage now for the pot-friendly — but apparently cannabis has been a part of nuptials in Egypt since the 1930s. At least, it was part of one Cairo bride’s wedding plan — though it didn’t seem to work out well for her according…
Did marijuana contribute to — and perhaps even cause — the death of Michael Brown, whose shooting by a police officer caused weeks of rioting in Ferguson, Missouri? That’s the implication of a blog post by Dr. Christian Thurstone, an addiction specialist who’s also a major player in Project SAM,…
Green Tree’s Northglenn location is in a former used-car dealership, which is somewhat confusing, since the other auto dealership next door parks cars for sale in Green Tree’s parking lot. I couldn’t tell if I was about to walk in the front door and be offered weed, or the Jeep…
Dear Stoner: I saw they are getting rid of the red card for a new, smaller card. What’s up with that? Blue Over Red Dear Blue: It’s true. After nearly fifteen years of listening to patients gripe about the hassle of cumbersome paper “red cards,” the Colorado Department of Public…
