Colorado Universities Using IPods to Study How Cannabis Dabs Affect Driving
To better mirror consumption trends, the study uses subjects who just dabbed hash…but not on campus.
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Denver Auditor: Marijuana Policy Office Needs More Transparency
The City of Denver should be more transparent in the way it spends our tax dollars, specifically money from legal cannabis revenue, according to Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien.
How Mystery of Mountain Bike Pioneer Mike Rust’s Death Was Finally Solved
The mystery behind the death of Colorado mountain-biking pioneer Mike Rust has finally been solved. Yesterday, December 7, a jury in Saguache County, found Charles Moises Gonzales guilty of killing Rust, whose remains weren’t found until nearly seven years after he vanished in 2009 under mysterious circumstances.
Frontier’s Latest Sh*t Show: Pilot Protest, Strike Threats Right Before the Holidays
As we’ve reported, Frontier, which promotes itself as Denver’s hometown airline, has had one public embarrassment after another of late, including bottom-scraping quality ratings in the wake of its disastrous response to a snowstorm this time last year and comments by its main investor in which he compared customers who complained to teenage spoiled brats. As such, a downtown Denver protest yesterday, December 7, by Frontier pilots who eagerly declared themselves to be “100 Percent Ready to Strike” qualifies as the latest horror story for the carrier, which has had no shortage of such tales in the past.
Suit: Boulder Jail at Fault After Ryan Partridge Gouged Out His Own Eyes
On December 17, 2016, during a psychotic episode, Ryan Partridge, an inmate at Boulder County Jail, tore his own eyeballs from his head. Partridge survived this horrifying example of self-harm, and he’s now suing Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle and more than twenty other named defendants. David Lane, the attorney who filed the lawsuit, accessible below in its entirety, stresses that this shocking incident isn’t isolated.
Ten Things You Should Know About Denver Weather
If you like a mix of seasons, sunny weather (even if it’s not 300 days a year worth, but more on that later), bits of warm air pretty much year-round, massive temperature swings and the occasional blizzard, you’re in the right place.
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Five Stoner Stocking Stuffers for Loved Ones
Since we’re in Colorado, why not include something infused with cannabis in your loved one’s stocking this year? There’s plenty of pot goodies and accessories available at dispensaries and online for both regular and occasional users.
Lindsey Vonn: I Won’t Represent Donald Trump at Olympics or Visit White House
In a new interview, Vail’s Lindsey Vonn, among the most famous and accomplished skiers ever from the State of Colorado, says that if she makes the United States team for the next Winter Olympics games, to be held during February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she will be representing America but not President Donald Trump. Vonn adds that should she be invited to the White House with the squad or after earning a medal, she will not attend.
Gun Porn: See the Gat Rep. Lori Saine Was Busted for Taking Into DIA
As we’ve reported, Colorado Representative Lori Saine was arrested at Denver International Airport on December 5 on suspicion of introducing a firearm into a transportation facility. Since the publication of our previous item, the Denver Police Department has released a probable cause statement that reveals the make and style of Saine’s weapon: a Kahr Arms 9mm semi-automatic handgun that’s the subject of consistently positive online reviews and a YouTube video that’s been viewed more than 67,000 times at this writing.
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The Not-Guilty-by-Reason-of-Insanity Horror Story of David Lynn Cooper
As we’ve reported, Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood will learn during a December 15 hearing if he’ll be allowed to venture unsupervised off the grounds of Pueblo’s Colorado Mental Health Institute, where he’s resided since being found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2010 shooting at Deer Creek Middle School. First Judicial District DA Pete Weir is among those objecting to this plan, and he offers as one reason for caution the awful story of David Lynn Cooper, who brutally killed his ten-year-old daughter mere months after being released from the state mental hospital because he’d supposedly regained his sanity.
Denver Rent Increases in 2017 Were Even Worse Than You Thought
As we’ve reported, rent prices have finally started to moderate in Denver. But these shifts follow a long period in which rental costs have continued to go up and up and up in the Mile High City’s red-hot housing market. Even with recent improvements, rents for one-bedroom apartments during the course of 2017 have increased by well over 15 percent, a rate that’s the third highest out of one-hundred large and mid-size cities across the country.
Ask a Stoner: How Do I Get High on a Ski Lift?
Sneaking tokes on the mountain isn’t very hard, but if you don’t want paranoia to dampen your shred sesh, try an edible.
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David Mueller: I Did So Pay Taylor Swift $1 Judgment — With Sacagawea Coin
The ugliness that marked the dueling lawsuits between Denver DJ David Mueller and pop star Taylor Swift over an alleged butt-grabbing incident at a 2013 Pepsi Center concert has provided a predictably nasty coda. As we’ve reported, Swift told Time magazine that Mueller had never paid her the $1 judgement she won during an August trial, adding that she considered his failure to do so “an act of defiance” that was “symbolic in itself.” But Mueller quickly fired back, insisting that he had sent her the $1 in the form of a Sacagawea coin that served as a symbol for him.
Ten Reasons Denver Is the Worst City for Dating
The Great Love Debate will be at the Denver Improv at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13, to further debate this subject — all in the spirit of entertainment. Regardless of its nature, the project raises an interesting possibility about dating in Denver: Is it as bad as Howie makes it sound? Probably, but not for the reasons Howie might think. Here are ten actual reasons dating sucks in Denver.
Taylor Swift: Denver DJ Hasn’t Paid $1 Judgment for Grabbing My Ass
In an interview for Time magazine’s Person of the Year issue, which pays tribute to women, dubbed “silence breakers,” who spoke out about sexual harassment and assault in 2017, pop star Taylor Swift says Denver DJ David Mueller, who sued her in June 2015 for getting him fired from his job at KYGO after claiming (falsely, he insisted) that he’d grabbed her ass during a 2013 show at the Pepsi Center, still hasn’t paid her the $1 she won from him at a high-profile trial earlier this year.
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The Green Solution’s In-House Edible Brand Issues Drink Recall
The in-house edibles brand for one of Colorado’s largest dispensary chains has issued a voluntary recall for a flavor its infused sodas.
Thanks, Donald Trump: Anti-Semitic Incidents in Colorado Double
According to an analysis by the Anti-Defamation League, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Colorado doubled during the first nine months of 2017 as compared to the same period last year. And while an ADL representative doesn’t directly blame President Donald Trump for mainstreaming such behavior, he makes it clear the Commander in Chief isn’t helping the situation.
Rep. Lori Saine, Busted for Bringing Gun to DIA, Wants Guns in Schools, Too
In some ways, the Tuesday, December 5 arrest of Representative Lori Saine, a Weld County Republican from Dacono, for bringing a gun to Denver International Airport is no surprise. After all, she’s among the state legislature’s most prominent advocates for allowing guns in public places, including schools.
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Why DA, Victim’s Family Object to More Freedom for Deer Creek School Shooter
Next week, on Friday, December 15, a judge will determine if Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood will be allowed to venture unsupervised off the grounds of the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo, where he’s resided since being found not guilty by reason of insanity for shooting and wounding two students at Deer Creek Middle School seven years ago. Among those who strongly oppose this idea are Pete Weir, current DA in the First Judicial District, where Eastwood was prosecuted, and the family of Matt Thieu, who survived after Eastwood shot him in the torso.
Why Colorado Tokers Love Berry White
In the weed world, Berry White (the strain, not the legendary baritone) has been given the Puff Daddy treatment, with Blue Widow, Blue Venom and White Berry serving as alter-egos.
Can HOPE’s Erik Soliván Solve Denver’s Affordable-Housing Crisis?
The director of the Mayor Michael Hancock’s new Office of Housing and Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE), Erik Soliván is the driving force behind Denver’s five-year affordable-housing plan.
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Weed Porn: The Grow Off Awards Colorado’s Top MMJ Growers
Forty teams of medical marijuana growers put themselves to the test in the Grow Off, a competition that gives commercial marijuana cultivations the same genetics and then tests the harvest for potency, terpenes and yield.