Denver Issues License to City’s First Pot Lounge
After years of making little ground in Colorado, social cannabis consumption is finally starting to see some progression.
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Will the FCC Sink Pirate Radio in Colorado?
For the last two months, the FCC has been attacking pirate radio stations in this state.
Homeless Class Action Lawsuit Could Be Heading Toward “Monster Trial”
Attorney Jason Flores-Williams provides an update on the federal lawsuit in which thousands of people experiencing homelessness are suing Denver for violating their constitutional rights during sweeps.
Terrapin-Backed Bill Would Allow Dispensary Tasting Rooms
If passed, the proposal would create the first statewide licensing program for cannabis consumption.
Alexis Bortell, 12, Won’t Let Court Loss Stop Jeff Sessions Medical Pot Fight
Last year, then-eleven-year-old Colorado resident and medical marijuana patient Alexis Bortell joined other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against pot-hating Attorney General Jeff Sessions over federal scheduling of cannabis. Yesterday, February 26, a judge with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the suit, but Bortell, now twelve, wasn’t distressed. Shortly after the news went public, a post appeared on her Facebook page reading, “We were ready. Smile. We know #SCOTUS [Supreme Court of the United States] is where we are probably going.”
Ask a Stoner: How Do I Replace a Dead Hash Pen Battery?
If it’s pure hash oil and there’s no vaping liquid in there, then you can dab or eat that oil all you want. But don’t give up just yet.
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Why Keanu Reeves Has Been Blamed for Both Parkland and Columbine
As we’ve noted, reporters and anchors covering the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have frequently mentioned the disturbing similarity between images from the latest tragic event, during which seventeen people died, and those from the April 20, 1999, attack on Columbine High School in Littleton. But there’s another tie between these tragedies beyond bloodshed and heartache. Politicians and stakeholders desperate to deflect calls for tougher gun laws are once again suggesting that violence in popular culture is more responsible for what happened in Parkland than are easily procured automatic weapons. And as was the case after Columbine, one of the main whipping boys is actor Keanu Reeves.
Leon Christopher, College Ski Champ, ID’d as Skier Who Died at Keystone
The man killed in a fatal accident at Keystone on Sunday, February 25, has been identified as 32-year-old North Carolina resident Leon Harding Christopher III. He’s the third person to die at a Colorado ski area during the 2017-2018 season and the second to lose his life at Keystone, following an accident that took the life of Nathan Enright in December.
Filmmaker Windy Borman Talks Puffragettes and The Women of Weed
In an interview with Westword, Borman talks about “puffragettes,” today’s challenges in the industry and much more.
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The 2018 Race Might Be the Last Big Democratic Stand Against Coffman
Mike Coffman is likely facing his toughest electoral challenge since 2011 redistricting. But if he prevails, he will finally firmly solidify himself in his swingy congressional district.
Who Owns an Elected City Official’s Social-Media Pages?
A complaint alleges that Denver City Council President Albus Brooks used city resources via Twitter to promote a campaign fundraiser. But Brooks argues no one but he controls @AlbusBrooksD9.
Women, Weed and Work Ethic: This Week’s Cannabis Calendar
The cannabis calendar is filling as February moves to March 2018.
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Colorado Wins More 2018 Winter Olympics Medals Than 78 Countries
In the first few days after the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, we shared a post headlined “Colorado’s Won More 2018 Winter Olympic Medals Than 81 Countries” to celebrate the achievements of the state’s first two medalists, snowboarders Red Gerard and Arielle Gold. In the days that followed, plenty of other athletes from these parts competed in various disciplines, and while critics expressed disappointment with the performance of the U.S. Olympic team overall, Coloradans still managed to collect ten medals, more than 78 of the nations that took part.
Kratom, Marijuana Can Help People Kick Opiates, Addiction Expert Says
After Denver Environmental Health prohibited sales of kratom for human consumption in the wake of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration alert late last year, advocates for the plant-based pain reliever spoke out, with many saying the product had helped them kick addictions to powerful opioids, including heroin. These testimonials are echoed by Roxanne Gullikson, facility director for Portland, Maine’s Greener Pastures Holisticare, a residential treatment center opening next month that will use kratom in combination with marijuana as part of a formal and comprehensive addiction treatment regimen. To her, Denver’s ban is both unjustified and potentially damaging.
Second Skier Death at Keystone This Season
On the afternoon of Sunday, February 25, a skier died at Keystone, a short time before 47-year-old Gabriel Wright was killed while snowboarding in the backcountry not far from his home in Telluride. The Keystone death is the second this season at the resort, following the fatal accident that took the life of Nathan Enright in December. And the ski area has also been at the center of two other major stories recently shared in this space, involving a controversial negligence ruling and an organ-and-tissue-donation failure after the passing of Jason Taylor, who was killed at Keystone two years ago.
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Reader: We Need Better Highways Now!
CDOT is proposing at least one fix to a problem known as “The Gap.” The treacherous eighteen-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Monument could be expanded to include a toll lane.
Op Ed: How Social Consumption Lounges Will Improve Our Communities
The president and general counsel for Weedmaps predicts that 2018 will be a big year for the cannabis industry.
Reader: No One’s Blaming the Guns, They’re Blaming Easy Access
Debates about guns and access to them continues more than a week after the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left seventeen students and staff dead. And in Colorado, home to the most infamous school shooting in modern history, the debates feel especially personal.
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Anti-Pot Group Releases Scathing Report Card on Commercial Cannabis
Two conservative organizations are joining forces to burst Colorado’s pot bubble while warning other states of what they believe has been a big mistake.
Bill to Address Pot-Tax Error Signed Into Law
SB 88 zoomed through the Colorado General Assembly in barely over a month and was signed by Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne on Thursday, February 22.
Sweet Leaf Moving Ahead With New Thornton Store
The dispensary chain’s Thornton location could be open within the next couple months, according to Thornton city officials.
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Aurora Mobile Home Park Sues Landlord, Fights Gentrification
Denver Meadows Mobile Home & RV Park residents offered their landlord $20.4 million to buy their community and prevent it from redevelopment. But he refused. Now, residents are suing their landlord for what they allege is retaliation for their years of community organizing to thwart redevelopment. And they’re taking their fight all the way to city hall.