You’re a medical marijuana patient, and a police officer pulls you over and says he smells pot. So you immediately show him your ID card and talk about how long it’s been since you’ve medicated. Smart move? Not according to ex-judge Leonard Frieling, who says this approach will likely result…
For 24 years, counterculture magazine High Times has put on the Cannabis Cup in marijuana-tolerant Amsterdam to award the best in an admittedly underground community. A lot of Colorado folks made the trek this year, some even taking home awards. Local marijuana attorney Warren Edson also traveled to Holland to…
We’ve been hearing a lot about the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012, whose petition passed the 130,000 signature mark last week and could be submitted to the state by year’s end according to proponent Mason Tvert. But what about a rival measure, Legalize 2012? Laura Kriho, among its…
Update: After we published our review of The Station, on view in its entirety below, several of our commenters said the dispensary had closed — and they were right. However, it’s open again. What’s the story? City of Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntley has the answers…
Senator Pat Steadman has been floating the idea of starting up a sort of medical marijuana center credit union for a few months now, ever since the two remaining local banks to do business with pot shops — Colorado Springs State Bank and the Bank of Denver — had an…
Last night, the legislative council of the CU Boulder student government, known collectively as CUSG, passed a resolution calling for the annual 4/20 celebration to be moved off-campus. The vote was unanimous, which CUSG vice president of external affairs Brooks Kanski sees as significant…
Last month, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released statistics for the medical marijuana registry showing a roughly 20 percent decrease in patients from August to September. At the time, it was anybody’s guess as to what caused the drop off. But an announcement from the CDPHE may…
This week, governors in Rhode Island and Washington asked the federal government to concede that marijuana has medical uses. A Colorado official is required to send a similar message by year’s end — but would John Hickenlooper consider following the lead of these fellow governors and do the deed himself?…
This week in Stoner MacGyver, we’re changing things up and giving away a brand new Silver Surfer Vaporizer from Colorado-based Seventh Floor. The catch? We want to make sure it goes to the most deserving person…
Art Way, who manages Colorado’s branch of the Drug Policy Alliance, is currently hard at work on an intriguing piece of legislation set for introduction in the next session: a Good Samaritan bill intended to prevent those who call 911 when a friend is overdosing from being arrested for doing…
The subject of driving under the influence of marijuana has been much debated in these parts. A bill to set a THC driving limit was shelved in May, shortly before an HDNet report demonstrated pot-related driving impairment — and in August, the Colorado Department of Transportation launched a drugged-driving campaign…
Backbeat editor Dave Herrera broke the news that Nedfest music festival founder “Michigan” Mike Torpie had died at the age of 43. As Herrera wrote, Tarpie was a “vital, highly esteemed and beloved member of the [music] scene.” But his death is also a blow to the Colorado pot community,…
The number one spots in the 2011 High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam last week for Best Seed Company indica, hybrid and sativa were all taken by Colorado-based companies. Even in Amsterdam, long known as the Mecca for cannabis cultivation and use, Colorado herb comes out on top…
What started with the sharing of green treats in the tailgate parking lots of concerts has quickly grown into one of Colorado’s most delectable marijuana edible companies. The Cheesecake Lady, aka Jessica LeRoux, has made her name in the ganja world with the magnificent morsels she creates in her kitchen…
Aside from 4/20, there’s really no better day for celebrating cannabis than Thanksgiving. A good spliff goes great with stuffing, potatoes and entire turkeys waiting to be devoured. So to get your munchies going, here’s our Thanksgiving day Mile Highs and Lows dispensary review of Walking Raven…
During our sniff adventures for Denver’s Dankest Street Corners, William Breathes and I stumbled across the Museum of Marijuana, which is really just a little house nearly lost to the office spaces and retail fronts along South Broadway. Neither of us had heard of this place before, and due to…
In recent weeks, news broke that Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division head Dan Hartman would be leaving that post in favor of Laura Harris, director of the Liquor and Tobacco Enforcement Division — a controversial move that prompted plenty of speculation. Harris took charge of MMED on November 14, and she…
Love some wake-and-bake continental breakfast with a little marijuana politics on a Saturday morning? You’re in luck. Senator Pat Steadman will be speaking tomorrow at the new offices of the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA) for the nonprofit’s open-house breakfast…
The first time I had a Mountain Medicine peanut butter cup, it was so freaking delicious and potent that it changed my life for a day. Even though I don’t remember the day because I was so blazed…
Unlike so many patients stuck in medical marijuana limbo, I received my red card in the mail this week — 29 days from the date I sent my information and a check for $90 to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It was postmarked a week after it was…
Call it a byproduct from years of being made to feel like a felon, but I’m not the biggest fan of police. I’ve met a few cool cops. Still, most of them view my life as a crime in progress — which is why I’ve subconsciously been avoiding shops near…
Yesterday, 9News broke the story of Colorado School of Mines student Tim Wilson. The 25-year-old is facing up to ten years in prison in Japan because a friend back here in Colorado sent him a care package containing some pot cookies and Cheeba Chews…
