Marijuana

This afternoon, organizers of the Denver 420 Rally will formally file an appeal to a decision by the City of Denver to prohibit them from applying for any event permit during the next three years and rescind the priority status that’s let them to regularly stage the annual gathering at Civic Center Park on or around April 20. According to rally attorney Rob Corry, the officials who ordered the ban, which followed complaints about trash at the park the morning after the get-together, have trumped up trivial matters in an arbitrary, unconstitutional way that suggests a bad reaction to the smoke plume that rose over the park at 4:20 p.m. on the day of this year’s event.

Similar to Church or Flo, Blueberry Headband provides an incredibly balanced indica-sativa high that relaxes the body and uplifts the mind. I prefer it mid-day or early evening thanks to its ability to melt stress and muscle tension, but I know many smokers who enjoy it before bed for the same reasons.

If you’re planning a summer of hiking and camping around Colorado, remember that it’s still illegal to smoke on federal or state land, which rules out most campsites. There are, however, a handful of campsites on private land that do allow consumption, a well as some lodges that encourage it.

A Detroit cafe is selling coffee with CBD oil as an add-in. Our Stoner explains why that’s legal.

Last Friday, Governor Hickenlooper signed a bill finalizing Colorado’s budget for 2017-18. Last year the legalized marijuana industry brought in $200 million in taxes and this budget gives us an idea of where that money is actually going

A new study maintains that Colorado has the third most serious drug problem of any state, with the highest percentage of both teenage and adult drug users in the country. However, the findings contradict a recent Colorado report showing that teen marijuana use here is actually below the national average. And the adult use statistics don’t take into account the fact that cannabis consumption is legal for those over age 21 in Colorado.

The 420 Rally has always attracted teenagers, but that doesn’t mean that cannabis use among Colorado’s kids has increased.

On Memorial Day, law enforcement authorities will be setting up checkpoints all over metro Denver. But while it’s easy to test drivers for alcohol impairment, it’s far more difficult to do accurate testing for THC, and the result can be unfair to cannabis consumers,

The comments just keep coming about the 420 Rally last month, and the city’s response issued last weekend, which would fine the organizers of the event $12,000, and ban them from applying for another Denver permit in any park for the next three years. The organizers plan to appeal that ruling, and in the meantime, readers are issuing their own verdicts.

The Colorado Department of Transportation blames law-enforcement agencies slow to hange their culture for incomplete numbers on marijuana-induced driving deaths.

Book lovers got lit over literature at the inaugural Cannabis Literary Society author meet-and-greet book-signing on May 23. The new consumption-friendly cannabis book club is the latest endeavor of marijuana patient advocate Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, who wanted to create safe and legal space where people could talk about the plant and…

The organizers of the Denver 420 Rally are preparing to formally appeal a decision by the City of Denver to ban them from applying for any event permit during the next three years and rescind the priority status that’s allowed them to regularly stage the annual gathering at Civic Center Park on or around April 20. They say that while some minor errors were made at this year’s edition, Denver officials have either greatly exaggerated or completely invented violations in a conscious effort to destroy an enormously popular, tourist-friendly festival that appears to embarrass them.

Mixing codeine and marijuana isn’t a good idea, especially if you’re about to do a morning show. Just don’t let Lil Wayne mumble something about your personal life.

Visiting Colorado? If you want to check out a dispensary for the first time, we know that can be daunting. There are hundreds of them, including many near the airport, so how do you decide which one to go to? And once you’re inside of one, how do you know what to get? Here are some general rules that every tourist should know before heading to a recreational marijuana store.

Organizers of the Denver 420 Rally have been prohibited from applying for a Denver event permit for three years as a result of complaints about security and clean-up issues at this year’s edition, and their priority status with the city was rescinded. That pleases Colorado Christian University educator Jeff Hunt, the former marijuana user who spearheaded a petition to ban it.

Acquiring new cannabis genetics from different parts of the country is becoming easier than ever as pot prohibition’s national blockade continues to weaken. These new pipelines helped introduce me to Nurse Jackie – not the TV show many heard about but few watched, but a unique sativa gaining a respected reputation in Oregon’s medical marijuana community.

Even as Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to say terrible things about marijuana and hint at a potential crackdown against states that have approved recreational or medical sales, assorted members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at changing the way the federal government deals with the plant, including its designation as a Schedule I narcotic by the Drug Enforcement Administration. But there’s disagreement among national leaders of the cannabis community about whether it would be preferable to shift marijuana to Schedule II or Schedule III, or to de-schedule it entirely.

Colorado’s legislative session might be over, but Congressional lawmakers are paying attention to cannabis. Between the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, fifteen bills have been introduced that aim at revising federal marijuana laws.

When they meet in late June, representatives of Colorado’s city governments will pin down their role in the fight against semi-legal and illegal pot growers.

What dispensaries in Denver have lots of choices of strains? Our Stoner has the answer.