Aside from the Supermax in Florence and the U.S. Mint in Denver, few places in this state are as heavily secured as medical marijuana dispensaries. To burglarize one after closing is usually a waste of time, as Colorado law says weed has to be locked up and owners often keep…
Five years ago tomorrow, on August 6, 2009, Jason Lauve was acquitted in a high-profile medical marijuana case decided on the cusp of the MMJ boom. Since the conclusion of the landmark trial, Lauve is astonished by everything that’s happened on the Colorado pot scene. But while he’s optimistic about…
Those in favor of marijuana legalization frequently stress that cannabis users don’t conform to hippie-centric stereotypes. Rather, they’re folks in all walks of life, including suit-wearing business executives, as suggested by the image above. Not that this pic is supposed to inspire people to support pot-law reform. Far from it:…
We’re more than halfway through our first year of legal adult-use marijuana — and the pot stores just keep on openin’. There were nine new locations selling recreational marijuana in July throughout Colorado. Here they are: See also: Update: See All 88 Retail Pot Shops Denver Has Licensed in Six…
Here’s a follow up to a Cannabis Time Capsule post from December 2013 about a wily Philly amateur pharmacist selling a hemp “cure” for tuberculosis. Actually, it’s more of the prequel, as it seems that we found one of the actual advertisements for Dr. H. James’s “Accidental Cure,” or at…
Since the January 1 launch of legal recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, there’s been debate aplenty about the wisdom of this civic experiment — and a new report from the Brookings Institution’s Center for Effective Public Management on view below won’t end it. But the findings of the study, unambiguously…
Legal cannabis has attracted a wide variety of tourists to Colorado who might not have come to the state otherwise — including Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach. But Leach’s trip was work-related. He and a few staff members recently spent three days here in order to inhale as much information…
Personalized Organic Treatment is tucked into a warehouse district just south of the traffic nightmare that is 6th Avenue at I-25 — on Second Avenue, just before it snakes south and turns into Tejon. There’s not much drive-by traffic other than truckers and people like myself trying unsuccessfully to dodge…
Dear Stoner: Can you just brew up cannabis like tea and drink it to get stoned? I figure a bud in a teabag in the morning is much easier than taking an afternoon to make myself butter and then all those fatty treats.T Sipper Dear T: Yes, you can make…
State health officials are calling for a public rule-making committee this fall to iron out details involving the medical marijuana patient registry, including limiting the ability of caregivers to serve more than five patients. In a letter to the Colorado Board of Health earlier this month, Ron Hyman, director of…
Since recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, much has been made of children accidentally ingesting edible marijuana — but what about when people intentionally feed it to kids? Last week Davirak Ky pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance and child abuse for feeding two minors cannabis-infused cookies. In exchange,…
Since Colorado voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana in November 2012, rules and regulations regarding the industry have been changing quickly. Proposed ballot initiative #3 would call for yet another change: eradicating all fines and sentences for the possession of cannabis, and guaranteeing that in the Colorado Constitution. But its proponents…
The New York Times editorial board is calling for the repeal of the prohibition against pot, and its stance had all the talking heads yapping yesterday. Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal went on ABC’s This Week yesterday morning to discuss the “High Times” series, and host Jon Karl asked…
Today in Cannabis Time Capsule, we’d like to introduce you to the Father of American Prohibition, Richard Pearson Hobson. You can thank him for such things as marijuana prohibition, the war on drugs and America’s failed attempt at making alcohol illegal in the 1920s. In this 1933 article from the…
How to get rich quick from the marijuana boom without having anything to do with marijuana? Sell someone a pot-oriented domain name for big bucks! May sound like a long shot, but we found plenty of people on Denver Craigslist trying this tack, peddling sometimes clever/sometimes bizarre/sometimes stupid domain names…
Green Leaf probably does a lot of walk-in business from people living in nearby apartments who either can’t get to other dispensaries closer to downtown for lack of transportation or are just too lazy to care. If it wasn’t for the housing within walking distance to Green Leaf, I’m not…
Back in April, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ripped the quality of life in Colorado due to marijuana legalization — a statement that prompted Governor John Hickenlooper’s office to come up with a list of eight ways Colorado tops New Jersey. Yesterday, Christie was in Colorado to stump for Bob…
Dear Stoner: My dad lives in Aurora, and we’re coming out for his 75th birthday party. My wife has never smoked pot (or anything, not even cigarettes) but suffers from chronic migraines. She wants to try a pot edible, but I heard that pot can only be purchased by non-residents…
According to data compiled by the National Review, welfare recipients have used electronic benefit (EBT) cards to withdraw cash at dispensaries at least 259 times since the sale of limited amounts of cannabis to adults 21 and up began in Colorado on January 1. In total, more than $23,600 of…
Last month, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd shared a bad experience with a marijuana edible during a visit to Colorado, joking (maybe) that such items be stamped with a “stoned skull and bones.” The Dowd piece, coupled with other negative news stories linked to edibles use, is among the…
Earlier this month, we told you about what customers at Maryjane’s 420 Shop and Social Club characterized as a raid on the establishment by the Denver Police Department. The DPD doesn’t refer to the action this way, but whatever’s the most accurate definition, Maryjane’s remains closed weeks after the fact…
These days, we think of the American Legion as a conservative lobbying arm for veterans. But back in 1923, legionnaires were a force to be reckoned with — or at least they wanted to be seen that way. Their war on drugs in the early 1920s was just one way…
