Readers: I Was Proud to See Denver Set an Example for the Country

Comments are still pouring in about the classy way Denver protesters — and the Denver Police Department — behaved on Thursday night during a massive demonstration against the election results.  There will be another community gathering at 2:30 p.m. today, November 13, in Civic Center Park. “It is time that we…

Five Ways President-Elect Donald Trump Has Already Impacted Colorado

When Donald Trump was announced the winner of the 2016 presidential race, Colorado’s pot advocates got to work on a petition demanding the president-elect leave legal marijuana alone. They have reason to be nervous; people close to Trump, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, have publicly spoken against states’ legalizing pot. Though Christie was booted from Trump’s transition team on Friday, Giuliani is still close to the Donald and has been floated as a potential Attorney General. Yeah, holy shit is right.

Pot Petition to Donald Trump: Leave Colorado, Legal States Alone

The election of Donald Trump has raised concerns on a seemingly endless number of fronts. Note that the day after he defeated Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, immigrant children were in tears at schools across Denver out of fear that their undocumented parents would be deported before the final bell…

Tommy Chong Is In Denver Today; Watch Our Facebook Live With Him!

Tommy Chong will be answering your questions and teaching you how to roll the perfect joint during a Facebook Live video on our Denver Westword Facebook page today at 3:00 p.m. Get your questions (and rolling papers) ready. Chong, the actor, comedian and lifelong cannabis advocate, is in town for the official Colorado launch of his Chong’s Choice edibles and pre-rolls, adding to the three certified strains of his Chong’s Choice cannabis line grown by Verde Naturals.

Eight Ways the Jinxed A Line Could Get Worse

We’re not one to believe in jinxes, but it sure seems like there’s some bad juju lingering around RTD’s vaunted A Line. The “Train to the Plane” was designed to connect the airport to downtown, with a few stops along the way that would make some neighborhoods (perhaps most notably…

For Immigrant Kids in Denver, Trump’s Election Is Their 9/11

In basic ways, the three Denver-area schools are different. One is public, one is charter, one is Catholic. But demographically, they have a lot in common. Their students come from exceedingly diverse national, ethnic and religious backgrounds, and their families tend to be on the lower end of the economic…

Libertarian Party: It’s Great to Be Blamed for Hillary’s Loss

Among the narratives to emerge from the wreckage of Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential campaign is the theory that she might have come out on top in the key state of Florida if it weren’t for the impact there of Gary Johnson and William Weld, the ticket representing the Libertarian Party. At…

Pueblo Defeats Measure to Eliminate Retail Pot, Talks Marijuana Museum

A margin of 7,600 votes determined whether the retail marijuana market in Pueblo would survive this election. Question 200 appeared on the ballot after opposition groups campaigned against the legal marijuana industry. If passed, 200 would have eliminated the cultivation of recreational marijuana, ended retail sales, closed existing cannabis businesses,…

ComCor: Halfway House Under Scrutiny After Drug Deaths, Sex Allegations

A halfway house operation in Colorado Springs, where two men died from suspected drug overdoses last month, has also been sharply criticized by state and county officials for bungling two separate investigations into sexual misconduct among its residents. The same company recently fired an employee who was suspected of “assisting clients in altering urine samples” that are required as part of mandatory drug-testing for felons making a transition from prison to the community.