While the results of the Jefferson County School Board recall were the biggest election story locally, there were plenty of other important measures that went before Colorado voters, including Proposition BB, which was touted as allowing the state to spend excess tax money generated by marijuana sales beyond state estimates — a requirement…
There’s plenty of optimism that recreational marijuana sales will be legalized in more states. Not long ago, 24/7 Wall Street offered a list of eleven states that could jump on the legalization bandwagon next: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. But progress…
Englewood’s City Council postponed its decision on marijuana consumption clubs Monday night as it gathers more information and waits for the results of tonight’s local election, in which four new council seats will be assigned. In October, the Englewood Liquor and Medical Marijuana Licensing Authority presented a drafted ordinance that…
Last year, the Denver Police Department and Smart Colorado, an organization concerned about youth access to marijuana, hyped up the possibility of pot edibles being handed out to Halloween trick-or-treaters. Afterward, as we pointed out, the number of reports about such issues topped out at zero — meaning that there…
Last week we told you about the city of Denver’s Marijuana Management Symposium, where politicians and potential regulators from around the globe will listen to some of Colorado’s legal marijuana administrators share their experiences with taking on the world’s first major legal cannabis market. On Thursday, November 5 and Friday,…
After hysterical Halloween 2014 headlines, this year the Denver Police Department and Smart Colorado have abstained from warning the public about crazed criminals who give pot-laced candy to trick-or-treating kids. Maybe that’s because no such criminals were reported last year. Or because cops and concerned parents alike realized that the cost…
There’s just one statewide measure on the ballot this November: Proposition BB. If passed, it would allow the state to retain and spend $66.1 million in revenue from marijuana collected through the first year of Proposition AA taxes. If it fails, that money will be refunded to taxpayers (it would…
All three Pure Medical Dispensary locations now cater to the recreational crowd, but their employees are quick to tell you that their patient-friendly practices remain the same as always. I had never tried any of Pure’s flower before stopping by the original shop on Bannock Street, and I was interested…
“Or even some famous Colorado brownies.” On the day that Democratic — make that self-labeled “democratic socialist” — Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced that he supports removing marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule 1 drug by the federal government, in effect leaving its regulation up to the states,…
Dear Stoner: What is a moratorium? It doesn’t seem to be friendly to the dispensaries based on my Facebook feed. Allison Dear Allison: A moratorium is a temporary prohibition of an activity, and Amendment 64 gives local municipalities the right to ban or freeze marijuana-related applications, so your Facebook friends…
Every political observer currently drawing breath expects marijuana to be a topic of discussion during the Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado at Boulder on October 28. Given Colorado’s status as the first state to legalize limited recreational cannabis sales, the tie-in is a natural — and if…
The City of Denver is ready to officially share its marijuana experiences with politicians and regulators from around the world next week, as it hosts the Denver Marijuana Management Symposium at the Colorado Convention Center on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6. And that’s not the only marijuana education…
At 10:30 a.m. this morning, Smart Colorado, arguably the state’s leading voice against legal access to marijuana, is holding a press event to debut a new billboard at 1935 Federal Boulevard, near Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The billboard reads in part, “Mom, is today’s pot a hard drug?” In…
A new Gallup poll found that 58 percent of respondents favor marijuana legalization. Moreover, a national cannabis activist thinks Colorado deserves much of the credit thanks to the way the medical and recreational systems were rolled out. Many of our Facebook friends agree, including the following reader, who feels that the…
Overnight, a fire reportedly broke out in a two-story garage on South Bryant Street, between Federal and Hampden in the community of Sheridan. The blaze has been extinguished and is being mopped up at this hour. But it remains newsworthy because representatives of the Denver Fire Department suspect that the…
Most of my strain reviews are based on reader suggestions and buzz around town, but some happen just because I come across a new pot shop on one of my days off. This was the case with Platte Valley Dispensary, a small shop on Seventh Street that I noticed after…
Dear Stoner: I’ve heard about indica and sativa, but the words “cannabis ruderalis” were in an article, and I’d never heard of that before. Is there another type of pot out there? Wes Dear Wes: Maybe and maybe not. I’m much more of a stoner than a scientist, but the…
A new Gallup poll found that 58 percent of respondents supported legalizing marijuana. That matches the highest number ever in a Gallup survey; 58 percent also backed the concept in 2013. Why have so many Americans concluded that legalizing cannabis is the way to go? One marijuana activist thinks the success…
Back in June, we told you about a new federal policy intended to make medical marijuana research easier to accomplish — the removal of what was known as the Public Health Service review, which privately funded marijuana researchers had to pass before being allowed to move ahead with their studies…
It’s been nearly two years since Colorado legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, yet obvious pot spoofs tied to the state continue to go viral. The latest: a satirical claim that a couple of McDonald’s in the state have converted their play areas to cannabis smoking sections. As we’ve reported, the confusion…
Beloved television painter Bob Ross once said, “There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.” What type of tree he was referring to? Open to interpretation– but Heidi Keyes and her Puff, Pass and Paint Class have an interesting take in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Clover Leaf University…
Most of the stand-alone pot shops on South Broadway are relics of years gone by, when medical marijuana and stoner shacks went hand in hand. With so many newfangled retail marijuana superstores now showing up in Denver, petite medical dispensaries like Little Brown House and Little Green Pharmacy are becoming…
