As we’ve reported, negotiations are ongoing between marijuana reformers, business interests and officials to allow social marijuana use in Denver. But last week, Mason Tvert, a proponent of a social cannabis-use measure that was withdrawn from the 2015 ballot in order to allow these talks to get underway, made it…
Only a fool ignores his audience, and foolish is how I felt after finally visiting Green Man — after failing to follow the recommendations of many readers for months. It wasn’t like I didn’t believe them; a friend of mine once had me try some Ghost Train Haze that he’d…
Dear Stoner: Can you list some shops that have a good selection of edibles? Also, can you recommend something to eat along with edibles so that they have the full effect? Gracias! Bar Hopper 62 Dear Bar Hopper: I go to a new dispensary every week for my Strain Gang…
Last month, we reported about a Colorado marijuana fact-finding mission involving officials from Indio, California. Their tour featured plenty of input from local law-enforcement reps who emphasized problems with legal cannabis — and afterward, Indio’s city council authored a proposal to ban medical marijuana there. A similar journey through the Colorado…
Nearly two dozen states have legalized marijuana for medical use; four states, as well as Washington, D.C., now allow the sale of recreational cannabis to adults – and many more states are considering doing the same. Nevada already has a measure that would legalize pot on its November ballot, California…
There has been no shortage of scribes offering their versions of Colorado’s journey to legalizing cannabis, but few have presented it as the fascinating, epic comedy that it really is. Now Frisco bartender/author Johnny Welsh seems to have hit that target in his new book, Weedgalized in Colorado: True Tales from…
The first item on this week’s Cannabis Calendar pertained to a company dedicated to helping couples create the ultimate stoner wedding. This concept proved surprisingly contentious among our readers. One thread featured a debate about whether criticizing a marijuana-themed wedding was justified when so many ceremonies are awash in alcohol. Here’s…
A pair of recent Comment of the Day items found our readers debating whether or not people moving to Colorado for marijuana were making the state worse or better. Turns out the debate is raging in Colorado places beyond the Mile High City. “For those who continue to hate on…
Construction on the clusterfuck that is West Sixth Avenue kept me away from the west end of town longer than it should have. Say what you will about Edgewater and Lakewood, but both the food and the cannabis over there could be some of metro Denver’s better-kept secrets. While stuffing…
As we’ve reported, the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a law-enforcement group that receives federal funding, has spent the past several years churning out material intended to show the negative effects of marijuana legalization in Colorado. Its latest effort in a series known as “The Legalization of Marijuana…
Dear Stoner: The “natives” here like to throw around the word “transplant” a lot — with some vitriol, I might add. I’ve never heard this term where I come from (California and New York), and was wondering if it had anything to do with the weed revolution going on here…
There was a big response to our recent post about vaping in public. As we reported, fourteen Colorado cities have already passed public vaping bans with varying restrictions, and Greenwood Village appears to be headed in that direction. Some of our readers made a distinction between smoking and vaping, whether the…
What a difference a few years make. In August 2012, during the campaign for Amendment 64,which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, we refereed a debate between opponents and proponents arguing over a report suggesting that passage of the measure could result in $60 million in new revenue and…
As you know, public marijuana smoking is illegal in Colorado under Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational pot sales in the state. And cannabis fans who’ve gotten around the ban through the use of vape pens will find it increasingly difficult to do so. Greenwood Village is just the latest…
Booze and cigars are synonymous with wedding celebrations, so why not pot? That’s what the coordinators of the Cannabis Wedding Expo are asking as they prepare to show you how to legally infuse ganja into your reception this Sunday at Point Gallery. Couples, business owners and anyone else over the…
We recently wrote about the falling value of marijuana in Mexico, which is being attributed to the liberalization of cannabis policies in the United States — and especially in Colorado. As a result, some farmers are reportedly shifting resources away from pot and toward poppies, as a result of the…
As delightful as the holidays may be, a week-plus of gifts and celebrations can be draining on all of us — and our bank accounts. After ten days of holiday parties, Christmas shopping, plane rides and a little work sprinkled in between, all I wanted when I got back to…
Dear Stoner: I’m having a hard time keeping food down. Do you know of any strains I can smoke that would be good for my appetite? Dee 12 Dear Dee: Assuming you’re able to smoke flower despite your condition, there are quite a few strains out there that should help…
A recent Comment of the Day found one reader arguing that Colorado was awesome before so many people moved here for the weed. No surprise that plenty of people disagreed about whether this viewpoint represents fact or fiction. However, the following take stood out for its sunny positivity. Here’s the…
Colorado marijuana sales topped $100 million in August, and even though subsequent revenue totals haven’t hit those heights, the success of the recreational cannabis sales here and in a handful of other municipalities is clearly having an impact well beyond state lines. As evidence, check out a new report from Public…
When perusing our Marijuana archives, we made a simple yet profound discovery: A lot of the cannabis-related posts we published in 2015 were, for want of a better word, weird. And definitely worth sharing again. Below, find excerpts five of the strangest pot stories from last year, complete with photos…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader argued that Colorado natives are starting to sound like Donald Trump. His point? He thinks some of those born in Colorado would like to build a wall around the state, so no one else can move here — sort of like…
