Ask a Stoner: What Kind of Hash Can I Make at Home?
Butane is illegal, but as our Stoner reports, there are other ways to make hash at home.
Butane is illegal, but as our Stoner reports, there are other ways to make hash at home.
A new study on marijuana use and attitudes toward legalization was released earlier this week — just in time for 4/20. The Marist Poll Weed & the American Family survey, funded by Yahoo News,found that more than half of the adults in America have tried marijuana at least once in their lives; nearly 55 million people in this country currently use marijuana.
Attorneys and family members of Michael Lee Marshall, who died in Denver jail circa November 2015, call discipline imposed on two deputies and a supervisor over the incident incredibly insufficient. And indeed, previous suspensions of Denver law enforcers in cases that didn’t lead to death, including actions involving a sexually explicit text, flashing a badge to get faster restaurant service and more, were as long or longer than those handed out in regard to Marshall’s passing.
Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world was just announced, and it includes someone in Denver who has been making international headlines lately: Jeanette Vizguerra. Vizguerra is a well-known activist and undocumented mother of four who has taken sanctuary at the First Unitarian Society in…
The secret mandatory ingredient in the first Colroado Grow-Off was Race Fuel OG (also known as Race Fuel), a mix of High Octane OG and Face Off OG, two OG-heavy strains with names that leave little to the imagination.
Attorney Matthew Buck has filed a lawsuit in what he calls “the largest fraud case in the history of Colorado’s marijuana industry.” This contention is rejected by Scott Pack, the entrepreneur at the center of it.
Mason Jar is the “high society” organizer of the most coveted cannabis pairing dinners around; on 4/20, founder Kendal Norris will bring an event to Denve for the first time, working with Lola chef/owner Jamey Fader.
Citing confidential sources, New York magazine is reporting that Fox News has decided to part company with personality Bill O’Reilly in the wake of revelations that the network has paid $13 million in settlement money to five women who accused him of sexual harassment. Upon leaving Fox News, O’Reilly may want to consider a return to Denver.
This month, an environmental group called Colorado Moms Know Best (no, seriously) and the Girl Scouts teamed up to school the State Legislature and lieutenant governor on climate change challenges facing the 21st century. For doing this, they got not only a little experience in talking with our state’s elected officials — but also earned a new Climate Change patch.
By the end of 2017, the City of Denver will have completely phased out dumpsters in favor of cart-based trash service. Charlotte Pitt, manager of Denver Recycles and Solid Waste Management, understands that that’s a controversial statement.
4/20 has been a sacred holiday since the ’70s, and with Colorado leading the way on recreational legalization, Denver has become ground zero for the celebration. Whether it’s your first time in town for the big day or you’re a veteran, here are some tips on how to survive 4/20 at…
Tomorrow, April 20, the latest edition of the Denver 4/20 Rally will hit Civic Center Park. The event, which gets underway at 10 a.m., is expected to draw approximately 50,000 people, and there’ll be plenty of food and music courtesy of DJs, local hip-hop groups and headliner 2 Chainz, who’ll emcee the annual 4:20 p.m. countdown. But what do attendees really need to know? We asked Miguel Lopez, the man behind the bash. Here’s his personal Denver 4/20 Rally top ten.
Steve Horwitz opened Ganja Gourmet in late 2009, , turned it into a takeout joint in 2010, transformed it into a medical dispensary in 2011, then changed it into a medical/recreational store in 2015. Now, to keep up with the times, Horwitz is gearing up to stamp his candy logo on wholesale edibles and partner with a smoke room once social consumption is allowed.
Denver Police Department statistics reveal the ten Denver neighborhoods with the most crimes per square mile during the early months of 2017. But while the numbers are higher than residents would wish, they’ve actually declined over the past two years in many, if not all, of the areas.
As a 4/20 veteran with a big-boy job for a few years now, I’ve learned how to appropriately ring in the holiday without being a dirtbag – and, most important, without rubbing shoulders with dirtbags. Want to celebrate 4/20 like an adult? Follow a few of these steps and you’ll feel a lot less ashamed on Friday morning.
Has flying with marijuana become routine in the U.S.? A new survey from MissTravel.com, which calls itself “the world’s first travel dating website,” shows that more than half the respondents have taken cannabis with them on a domestic flight. But that number tumbles for people traveling internationally.
Colorado has been a 4/20 destination for more than a decade, and the allure of tax dollars helped spur a legalization movement that now brings tens of millions of consumer dollars into the state every April. Data from the Colorado Department of Revenue shows that Colorado made $2.49 million from…
In Colorado, 4/20 is famous for large rallies, smoke-filled concerts and the best deals of the year at dispensaries. If you want to avoid the crowds, you can host your own 4/20 dinner— maybe a potluck? — as an alternative celebration. Here are five tips on how to do it.
Clarke lives in the Altogether Recycling plant in unincorporated Adams County. His operators are on a fifteen-minute break; when they return, Clarke will eat. He has a strict diet of empty cartons: milk, juice, etc. Clarke is hungry. He also thinks and learns. Clarke could be the future of recycling.
Ignacio Luque-Verdugo has been found guilty of murder and more over a triple shooting at Aurora’s Bronco Bar that forever changed the life of Sergio Cinto-Duran. Sergio’s younger brother, Andres Cinto-Duran, was killed in the incident, and Sergio suffered horrific injuries that have left him paralyzed from the chest down.
Organizers are estimating that there will be more than 80,000 people celebrating in downtown Denver on 4/20, so the Colorado Department of Transportation is partnering with Lyft to give out free ride credits and discounted rides all week.
All too often these days, we hear about police violence against suspects, as in the 2015 fatal officer-involved shooting of seventeen-year-old Jessie Hernandez, which recently led to a City of Denver settlement of just under $1 million. But there are plenty of times when cops are the victims of violence from individuals they encounter, as is made clear by some startling statistics assembled by the Colorado Springs Police Department. According to FBI data detailed in a series of graphics on view below, more than 1,000 Colorado police officers have been assaulted annually in recent years, with most of those attacks taking place late at night or early in the morning.