Earlier this month, the backers of the Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative, which would have allowed commercial establishments in Denver to offer a setting for cannabis consumption, unexpectedly withdrew the measure. The reason, according to proponent Mason Tvert? “City and business leaders agreed to work with initiative backers to develop…
“Congresswoman Diana DeGette’s office announced the introduction of the Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act, a bill intended to ensure that federal marijuana laws don’t exempt the Colorado voter-approved Amendment 64 and a similar measure in Washington state.” This sentence appeared in a November 2012 Westword post — but it could also…
Since the passage of Amendment 64 in November 2012, Colorado has been in the forefront of regulating the use of marijuana, both for medical and for recreational purposes – and Colorado State University’s library archive has begun collecting materials related to this historic event. “The Amendment 64 Collection is focused…
As we noted last week, Colorado’s legalization of limited recreational marijuana sales was a topic at the most recent Republican presidential debate, staged in Simi Valley, California. But how do the GOP candidates, as well as announced Democrats, stack up when it comes to their approach to cannabis in general?…
It’s hard for any non-beer-related event to compete with Great American Beer Festival week and its long, long list of sudsy shindigs. But there’s still plenty of pot knowledge to be spread around through the numerous classes and meet-ups in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Meet and mingle over music and…
We recently shared the latest report about marijuana legalization in Colorado from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, an anti-pot organization that receives federal funding. The group cobbled together stats meant to portray Colorado’s marijuana policies as a societal disaster that’s wreaking more havoc with each passing day…
Cannabis is growing in importance in Colorado, shaping our economy as well as our image. For a closer look at the businesses creating that image, Westword took a behind-the-scenes tour of L’Eagle, a mom-and-pop pot shop on the industrial edge of the Baker neighborhood that specializes in organic, sustainable and health-conscious…
Ever have a day when you want to shut out the world? That was me a few weeks ago, after an avalanche of bad news. First, I got a parking ticket on a street that never has meter maids, then a date bailed on me (I hadn’t been excited, but…
Last night’s Republican presidential debate, sponsored by CNN and staged at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, was advertised as a verbal steel-cage match between Donald Trump and the GOP hopefuls who he’s currently drowning out. But it wasn’t all about Trump. One notable section found multiple candidates…
Dear Stoner: I recently changed my name, and I need to change it on my purple card. What’s the easiest way to do that? Jennifer Dear Jennifer: Way to be on top of things. Even if you’re stoned, it’s really not that complicated to change your name on your medical…
Tucked away in the farm country around Eaton is the largest hemp farm in the United States. Colorado Cultivars has planted nearly 300 acres of the cash crop known not just for its CBD properties, but numerous commercial uses — including oils for cooking, topical lotions, clothing, rope and everything…
The federally funded Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area is nothing if not predictable. The organization has spent recent years on a jihad against marijuana, regularly rolling out reports suggesting that legalization is rapidly destroying the fabric of society in Colorado by way of statistics that critics have long…
It’s been more than twenty months since Colorado’s first recreational pot shops opened their doors, and despite what the rest of the world may think, most of the state’s towns and cities do not have pot shops on every corner. Amendment 64, the law allowing adult use of marijuana in…
Project SAM (the initials stand for “Smart Approach to Marijuana”) was founded in Denver in 2013 — and shortly thereafter, Rolling Stone magazine named its co-founder, Kevin Sabet, the number one enemy of marijuana legalization. Hard to tell if this designation hurt or helped Sabet’s baby — but today, Project SAM remains the…
Enjoy the final few weeks of summer-like weather by becoming one with nature in the mountains — or by playing kickball for kids at City Park — in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Clover Leaf University will teach a Cannabis Business Compliance Regulation 101 class on Tuesday, September 15, from 4…
Our Ask a Stoner columnist recently sat down with Governor John Hickenlooper. Among the topics they discussed was the upcoming marijuana-tax-holiday: September 16. Among the interesting responses to the conversation (which also included Andrew Freedman, Colorado’s director of marijuana coordination, was the following take. In it, a reader argued against buying…
As we all know, Colorado is the standard-setter when it comes to limited legal recreational marijuana sales. But plenty of other states are trying to catch up — and Westword’s Voice Media Group sister papers are documenting the process. The L.A. Weekly has an interview about legalization in California with pot…
It’s the American Dream: Go to college, get a degree, graduate with honors, start selling weed. To be fair, I was an English major, so becoming a budtender in the wild, wild West of Denver’s marijuana industry seemed like a pretty reasonable gig. I’d had my first dispensary experience several…
The best way to make people want something is to tell them they can’t have it. Every time I drove by Mile High Green Cross on my way home from work in the past, I wanted to stop in — badly — but couldn’t. The medical-only dispensary’s reputation for OG…
Gambling was supposed to create a historic jackpot in Colorado. In 1990, Coloradans approved a constitutional amendment allowing “limited-stakes gaming” in Cripple Creek, Black Hawk and Central City, a proposal pushed as a historic-preservation measure designed not just to save those crumbling mining towns by allowing gambling in their old buildings, and…
Dear Stoner: I love the variety of strains in the dispensaries, but haven’t found a good head/body combination. I don’t like to become a zombie, but the sativas are making me a little too paranoid. Is there any pot that will keep me active without the anxiety? Linda Lou Dear…
On September 16, and September 16 alone, the state will not collect the 15 percent retail marijuana excise tax — a tax holiday that could reduce state revenues by as much as $3.7 million, but greatly increase the happiness of Colorado’s cannabis consumers. When Amendment 64 passed, Governor John Hickenlooper…
