Due to its notorious status, marijuana has often been left behind as science moves forward with the study of botany. But much of that has changed with the passage of Amendment 64. “Despite the fact that cannabis is one of the most valuable and historically important crop species, we know…
Comedy can be the best medicine, especially if mixed with some medicinal cannabis. That was the idea behind the Medical Cannabis Health Fair & Comedy Fundraiser held last Friday night at the Oriental Theater. Set up by the Cannabis Patient Network, the event featured healthcare and educational vendors, speakers and…
As we’ve noted, official tourism agencies in Colorado continue to keep marijuana at arm’s length, as it were. For instance, a VISIT DENVER list of things the city has in common with Seattle, released prior to the Super Bowl, somehow managed to skip legal pot entirely. Not that the media…
Colleges and universities in Colorado and other states where industrial hemp is legal are now allowed to grow the crop for research purposes, thanks to a provision in the Farm Bill signed into law on Friday by President Obama. The provision, which was originally introduced as an amendment by Colorado…
Ashley Weber is a quadriplegic who lives with her young son, Collin, in a house whose rent she can afford due to a Section 8 housing voucher courtesy of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. But in December 2012, after revealing that she uses medical marijuana for pain…
While actual marijuana buds probably weren’t anything new to most non-medical cannabis consumers when the sale of recreational pot became legal on January 1, the huge variety of edible forms must have been an eye-opener for many longtime stoners accustomed to only the occasional batch of pot brownies. You can…
Editor’s note: William Breathes is on paternity leave. His 4:20 p.m. Thursday dispensary reviews will return soon. In the meantime, here’s one of his greatest hits: the top five questions Facebook and Twitter pals asked after being featured in a 2010 CNN profile on view below. The calls and texts…
Dear Stoner: Is there any truth to the Internet rumor that some strains that contain high levels of THC-V can actually help with weight loss by reducing appetite? If so, do you know of anyone who needs a subject for a long-term scientific study?Big J Dear Big J: We’ve done…
Mason Tvert, featured in the following wide-ranging Q&A, has played a key role in Colorado’s legalization of marijuana since 2005. Beginning with pro-pot campaigns at Colorado State University and the University of Colorado, Tvert and his SAFER organization advocated for statewide recreational marijuana legalization for eight years, working step by…
President Barack Obama may be regretting his decision to talk marijuana in an interview last month. After telling the New Yorker that, in his opinion, pot is less risky than alcohol for the individual user, Obama was asked in a CNN followup if he’d consider rescheduling cannabis, currently listed by…
We haven’t come upon continuing local coverage of old pot events while going through our stash of musty, vintage Colorado news. At least, none as intriguing as the tale of Frank Valdez as told through the local news briefs section from the Steamboat Pilot from 1937 through 1949. Basically, what…
Ever since Colorado’s medical marijuana boom, law enforcers have been worried about people driving stoned — and these concerns likely helped motivate strict open-container laws related to marijuana. But now, following the launch of recreational pot sales, one of Colorado’s most powerful legislators has introduced a bill that would make…
Maybe it’s just me and I’ve visited too many dispensaries in the last five years, but sometimes the names of these shops sound like heavy, stoner-rock bands from the ’70s. Like,”‘Did you see the festival lineup for Hemp Fest, man? Kind Love, Nature’s Kiss, Good Chemistry, Standing Akimbo and, dude,…
Dear Stoner: Given the concern about diversion of cannabis out of state, will simply having Colorado license plates be probable cause for a traffic stop by police in the states surrounding Colorado?The Bud Bandit Dear Bud: Have you ever met anyone from Amsterdam? You can imagine the question they’re asked…
A Georgia state representative introduced a bill earlier today that would legalize CBD-rich medical cannabis oil for children suffering from severe seizure disorders, including epilepsy. But the state won’t allow for cultivation of pot. Instead, Representative Allen Peake suggests connecting patients with needed medicine by importing medical cannabis oil from…
Although Governor John Hickenlooper opposed Amendment 64, he signed the marijuana measure into law after Colorado voters approved it in 2012. But that doesn’t mean he’s reached a happy place regarding the law. Far from it: In a column by the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, Hick talks negatively about…
In 2012, Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH for failing a drug test, filed a complaint over the issue in Arapahoe District Court. When he lost there, attorney Michael Evans brought the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals, where jurists also rejected Coats’s argument. But…
This past September, the Marijuana Policy Project put up a billboard near Mile High Stadium criticizing the NFL’s pot policy — a gambit that echoed past efforts by Denver-based MPP spokesman Mason Tvert. Check out the photos below. Now, Tvert and company are taking their campaign to an even bigger…
“Our fifteen favorite Super Bowl pot memes — so far” featured a headline we didn’t choose at random. After all, we figured meme makers from around the country weren’t done celebrating the face-off between the Broncos and the Seahawks, who represent the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales…
Last week, Denver-based Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Mason Tvert called President Obama’s comments suggesting that marijuana may be less harmful than alcohol “refreshing.” But his group, a major backer of Colorado’s Amendment 64, is considerably less impressed by statements attributed to Drug Enforcement Administration chief Michele Leonhart, who’s widely perceived…
We recently noted the budding of “free” marijuana deals on Denver Craigslist, with folks frequently offering cannabis in exchange for a donation or as a bonus for the purchase of another item. But such proposals aren’t the only kind of weed-related deals on the site. Here’s a memorable example: An…
Big Tobacco was alive and well in 1908, promoting itself as the only thing that people should be putting in their pipes and lighting up. That’s painfully clear in this 1908 article from the Telluride Daily Journal detailing substitutes for tobacco from around the world (notably in places inhabited by…
