Photos: “Free” marijuana deals budding on Denver Craigslist

Earlier this week, Josiah Hesse reported about how the black market for pot remains a thriving enterprise. But there are other ways to obtain recreational marijuana other than hanging out in Civic Center Park. Last year at this time, we reported about marijuana giveaways on Craigslist, in exchange for donations…

Photos: Pot Bowl 2014 T-shirts that are absolutely Super

As everyone from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to the nation’s memes-makers have noticed, the upcoming Super Bowl features teams — the Broncos and the Seahawks — from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales. So you had to know entrepreneurs would want a piece of the action…

Marijuana Enforcement Division finalizes recreational pot and MMJ rules

On January 10, while much of the state’s cannabis community was focused on the launch of recreational sales, permanent rules for the recreational and medical marijuana industries were being quietly approved and put into effect by Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division. Most were unchanged from previous drafts, but cannabis concentrates for…

Photos: Our fifteen favorite Super Bowl pot memes — so far

As we noted yesterday, the folks at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are among the yuksters having fun with the Super Bowl pairing of Denver and Seattle — teams from the only two states that have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. Memes makers are also going to…

Marijuana: 33 retail pot stores now licensed in Denver

Updated numbers below: After yesterday’s Denver Bronco win, everyone in this city is plenty high. But for those who’d like to augment that euphoria, there are now 33 fully licensed retail pot shops in Denver. Late Friday, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses updated its list of the establishments…

Marijuana: Puff, Pass and Paint offers a 420-friendly art experience

Like most artists, Denver painter Heidi Keyes, seen here, was looking to expand her artistic endeavors. Then, a friend told her to create a Colorado-style version of the popular Sip and Paint/Canvas and Cocktails events already happening: “Why not some kind of 420-friendly painting class?” And with that, Puff, Pass…

Patriots fans in Denver for game scoring plenty of legal pot

No matter how the AFC Championship game between Denver and New England turns out, the Broncos playoff run will turn out well for Justin Staley. Why? Staley’s an owner of Mile High Medical Cannabis, whose location, at 1705 Federal Boulevard, is only steps away from Mile High Stadium. Last week,…

Medical marijuana revenues in Colorado in 2013: $328 million-plus

After peaking for 2013 at 112,862 patients in August, the state medical marijuana registry went into a two-month decline, losing more than 2,000 patients by November, when the total was 110,785 registered medical marijuana users. But even if the overall numbers are lower, the amount of money spent by MMJ…

Photos: Ten best marijuana concentrates of 2013

Editor’s note: William Breathes became the planet’s first professional medical marijuana critic when he joined Westword in 2009, and since then, he’s emerged as the local expert on all things cannabis. Today, he lists his ten favorite marijuana concentrates of 2013. Check out his choices below, and click on the…