Book lovers got lit over literature at the inaugural Cannabis Literary Society author meet-and-greet book-signing on May 23. The new consumption-friendly cannabis book club is the latest endeavor of marijuana patient advocate Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, who wanted to create safe and legal space where people could talk about the plant and…
Stats about Denver’s scorching hot (read: nearly impossible to enter) housing market abound, but I didn’t truly understand how crazy things were until my husband and I started looking ourselves. The first time we toured a crap hole and learned later the house had 22 offers — most over asking price —…
As the end of ski season creeps closer (though kept alive momentarily by recent storms), Arapahoe Basin is preparing to retire its colorful and dedicated gang of ski patrol volunteers. The volunteer ski patrol unit has been around since the ’40s and is an integral part of A-Basin’s culture. For Alan…
The organizers of the Denver 420 Rally are preparing to formally appeal a decision by the City of Denver to ban them from applying for any event permit during the next three years and rescind the priority status that’s allowed them to regularly stage the annual gathering at Civic Center Park on or around April 20. They say that while some minor errors were made at this year’s edition, Denver officials have either greatly exaggerated or completely invented violations in a conscious effort to destroy an enormously popular, tourist-friendly festival that appears to embarrass them.
Mixing codeine and marijuana isn’t a good idea, especially if you’re about to do a morning show. Just don’t let Lil Wayne mumble something about your personal life.
Brian Lucero has been identified as the victim of a fatal stabbing in the parking lot of Torchy’s Tacos, near the intersection of 11th and Broadway early on May 23. His alleged killer, Christian Gulzow, a Denver-area death metal singer with a substantial criminal record, has been arrested in the death of Lucero, a transient whose fate is evidence of the dangers regularly faced by members of the homeless community.
Visiting Colorado? If you want to check out a dispensary for the first time, we know that can be daunting. There are hundreds of them, including many near the airport, so how do you decide which one to go to? And once you’re inside of one, how do you know what to get? Here are some general rules that every tourist should know before heading to a recreational marijuana store.
The man identified by Denver police as Christian Gulzow, the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Brian Lucero in the Torchy’s Tacos parking lot early on May 23, is known online as both Christöf Gülzow and Nürüm Bellüm, a death metal vocalist. His various social media platforms feature multiple images of him with white makeup and gloves with long tips of the sort allegedly worn by the killer in the case, and a video on his Instagram account includes violent and bloody knifings.
Christian Gulzow, 36, has been arrested in what the Denver Police Department has now confirmed was a homicide that took place early this morning near the Torchy’s Tacos branch at 1085 Broadway. According to the probable cause statement, accessible below, Gulzow wore white, clown-like make-up and was wearing gloves that recall those associated with fictional ghoul Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street horror-film series.
Across Colorado, but especially in Costilla County, officials are contending with off-the-grid residents who hold “sovereign” beliefs and do not observe the laws of the U.S. government.
Since the election of President Trump in November 2016, there has been an uptick in hate crimes across the nation. Denver is no exception, with some notable examples: Eight days after the election, on November 16, a transgender woman in Capitol Hill found her car spray-painted with swastikas and the…
Organizers of the Denver 420 Rally have been prohibited from applying for a Denver event permit for three years as a result of complaints about security and clean-up issues at this year’s edition, and their priority status with the city was rescinded. That pleases Colorado Christian University educator Jeff Hunt, the former marijuana user who spearheaded a petition to ban it.
Acquiring new cannabis genetics from different parts of the country is becoming easier than ever as pot prohibition’s national blockade continues to weaken. These new pipelines helped introduce me to Nurse Jackie – not the TV show many heard about but few watched, but a unique sativa gaining a respected reputation in Oregon’s medical marijuana community.
Even as Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to say terrible things about marijuana and hint at a potential crackdown against states that have approved recreational or medical sales, assorted members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at changing the way the federal government deals with the plant, including its designation as a Schedule I narcotic by the Drug Enforcement Administration. But there’s disagreement among national leaders of the cannabis community about whether it would be preferable to shift marijuana to Schedule II or Schedule III, or to de-schedule it entirely.
Colorado’s legislative session might be over, but Congressional lawmakers are paying attention to cannabis. Between the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, fifteen bills have been introduced that aim at revising federal marijuana laws.
When they meet in late June, representatives of Colorado’s city governments will pin down their role in the fight against semi-legal and illegal pot growers.
A northeast Denver neighborhood group hopes to use the funds awarded by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice to aid in gathering independent research on health and safety issues raised by the I-70 construction.
Aaron Thompson, who was convicted in 2009 of child abuse resulting in death and more in regard to his daughter, Aaroné, despite the fact that her body was never found, has lost his latest attempt to gain his freedom. The Colorado Court of Appeals narrowly rejected his argument that he’d been unconstitutionally prevented from using the lawyer of his choice.
The 2017 County Health Rankings for Colorado vividly show the relationship between health and money. The Colorado counties that scored best in the report tend to be the most affluent, while the ones that finished toward the bottom of the roster are typically poorer. But there are exceptions to this rule, as witnessed by Denver winding up near the back of the pack when it comes to the CHR’s two main metrics.
What dispensaries in Denver have lots of choices of strains? Our Stoner has the answer.
Stacy Rewitzer and Jo Roby, a pair of flight attendants for Frontier Airlines, are at the center of a federal complaint that accuses the carrier of discriminating against them and their colleagues by not providing adequate accommodations related to pregnancy and breastfeeding, with one plaintiff maintaining that a representative of the carrier told her she’d have to wait approximately ten hours in order to express breast milk. The charges arrive one year after the filing of a similar lawsuit on behalf of four Frontier pilots.
Control of Denver’s parks and rules for events there are currently under the director of Parks and Recreation. Civic activist Tom Morris argues that it’s time they fall under they fall under zoning regulations.
