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…
Earlier this week, Josiah Hesse reported about how the black market for pot remains a thriving enterprise. But there are other ways to obtain recreational marijuana other than hanging out in Civic Center Park. Last year at this time, we reported about marijuana giveaways on Craigslist, in exchange for donations…
In every city, there are buildings known for being complete black holes for any restaurant or bar that tries to open. I can think of a few in Denver off the top of my head, including one at the corner of 11th and Lincoln, where dance clubs, mescal bars and…
Earlier this week, we posted about President Barack Obama’s latest marijuana comments: He told the New Yorker that pot isn’t more dangerous than alcohol, and considers it to be less risky “in terms of its impact on the individual consumer.” Cannabis reform advocate Mason Tvert was heartened by Obama’s take…
As everyone from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to the nation’s memes-makers have noticed, the upcoming Super Bowl features teams — the Broncos and the Seahawks — from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales. So you had to know entrepreneurs would want a piece of the action…
Dear Stoner: Are there going to be high-CBD strains at recreational dispensaries? I really want to shop for the marijuana to use it medically. Anne (via the potline) Dear Anne: We’ve gotten this question a lot recently from people who want to try cannabis medically but don’t want to see…
On January 10, while much of the state’s cannabis community was focused on the launch of recreational sales, permanent rules for the recreational and medical marijuana industries were being quietly approved and put into effect by Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division. Most were unchanged from previous drafts, but cannabis concentrates for…
As we noted yesterday, the folks at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are among the yuksters having fun with the Super Bowl pairing of Denver and Seattle — teams from the only two states that have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. Memes makers are also going to…
In the latest issue of the New Yorker, President Barack Obama says marijuana isn’t more dangerous than alcohol and is actually less so in at least one significant way. Obama, who admits to smoking pot during his younger years but has spoken critically about the substance, hasn’t turned into a…
While much of northern Colorado was concentrating on seceding from the state last fall, Garden City continued to go its own way — and that way was focused squarely on the future. And yesterday, Cloud 9 Caregivers opened in that tiny town (population 241 in 2012) — the first retail…
Numbers updated below: As of January 1, when recreational marijuana sales officially began, the City of Denver had licensed eighteen shops. But far more than that are in the pipeline, and city staffers have been working diligently to process them. The result: Fifteen more stores have been licensed by the…
In late December, right before marijuana made its loud and proud entrance into the Colorado retail economy, I walked down to Civic Center Park to see if you could still buy a nickel bag off a stranger, as I did when I first moved to town a decade ago. I…
Updated numbers below: After yesterday’s Denver Bronco win, everyone in this city is plenty high. But for those who’d like to augment that euphoria, there are now 33 fully licensed retail pot shops in Denver. Late Friday, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses updated its list of the establishments…
Like most artists, Denver painter Heidi Keyes, seen here, was looking to expand her artistic endeavors. Then, a friend told her to create a Colorado-style version of the popular Sip and Paint/Canvas and Cocktails events already happening: “Why not some kind of 420-friendly painting class?” And with that, Puff, Pass…
No matter how the AFC Championship game between Denver and New England turns out, the Broncos playoff run will turn out well for Justin Staley. Why? Staley’s an owner of Mile High Medical Cannabis, whose location, at 1705 Federal Boulevard, is only steps away from Mile High Stadium. Last week,…
Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine is located in the shadow of the Interstate 70 and Highway 6 interchange, and it’s home is one of the most curious buildings in the metro area. I’ve been driving past the thing for at least fifteen years, and always assumed it was a really tiny…
As seen by CNN’s decision to assign a reporter (who got high as a kite) to spend a week covering Colorado cannabis, the national media remains fascinated by the state’s launch of recreational pot sales. A case in point is the eruption of attention for the installation of pot amnesty…
A hat tip to Denver Egotist for alerting us to a clip starring CNN’s Randi Kaye, who appears to have really enjoyed the week she spent covering recreational marijuana sales in Colorado. Especially hilarious: A giggly, occasionally incoherent Kaye looking absolutely shit-hammered during a conversation with host Anderson Cooper thanks…
Around this time last year, we began hearing reports that cars with Colorado license plates were being profiled by law enforcers in other states looking to make marijuana busts. But are similar assumptions being made about Coloradans even after they reach their out-of-state destinations? That’s the claim of one man,…
Dear Stoner: I’m a medical cannabis user and have had my red card for about two years. I noticed that some of these medical dispensaries are opening up for recreational users as well. My question is: How much can they grow for recreational users, and how much of my medicine…
After peaking for 2013 at 112,862 patients in August, the state medical marijuana registry went into a two-month decline, losing more than 2,000 patients by November, when the total was 110,785 registered medical marijuana users. But even if the overall numbers are lower, the amount of money spent by MMJ…
In recent weeks, we’ve posted about several satirical Colorado marijuana sales stories that some are taking seriously, including one that claimed pot overdoses killed 37 people and another about Representative Michele Bachmann supposedly driving stoned that prompted an official denial from Fort Collins. A piece about folks buying weed with…
