Marijuana

Members of the Justice Department’s Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety have been ordered to “undertake a review of existing policies” regarding federal marijuana law enforcement, among other things. Their report is due on or before July 27, and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws believes the document may use as its template a list by a fellow at the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation of eleven ways the administration of President Donald Trump can shut down legal cannabis.

A reader wants to know where to find a strain with equal amounts of THC and CBD. Our Stoner has the answer.

The Vie was developed in Denver, where for almost three years Barak Rigbi has worked on a vaporizer that smokes flower and concentrates, and can be sold for a reasonable price. “Let’s start a revolution,” promises the company’s website.

Two marijuana businesses, Denver Marijuana and Denver Smoke Buds, are currently being investigated by the BBB, and a warning was recently sent out to consumers.

Deadhead OG is a hybrid bred by California-based Cali Connection Seeds, but it’s not hard to find in Denver if you go to the right places – and it’s worth the search if you’re in pain, emotionally or physically.

A reader wants to know if a U.S. passport works as ID at a dispensary. Our Stoner has the answer

Colorado State University has expanded its addiction counseling program to include instruction on how counselors should deal with those addicted to marijuana — whether physically or emotionally. Readers think it’s the wrong focus.

Check out some of Colorado’s finest rosin and shatter slabs and how dabbers are enjoying them.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has released an intelligence report given out to law enforcement agents to help them keep up with the latest drug lingo. There are nearly 300 terms on the list; here’s a sample, along with our definitions.

EatDenver, a nonprofit group of independent restaurants, held a panel discussion June 14 for chefs and restaurateurs who wanted to learn about to learn about cooking and serving around legal marijuana consumption. Here are ten tips served up at that event.

Most users consider marijuana addiction a myth, but Colorado State University’s psychology department takes it seriously…so seriously that it’s focusing on marijuana in its new master’s program on addiction counseling.

Is anyone fooled by hash pens? According to our Stoner, only those who want to be, since these are the equivalent of brown paper bags.

Fox News, which has a history of portraying Colorado pot smokers as apathetic morons, recently ran a piece suggesting that the Western Slope community of Durango has been overtaken by panhandlers in the wake of recreational cannabis legalization. The head of a business organization that created a Facebook video ripping the article as false says the Fox News reporter with whom he spoke seemed disinterested in any information that contradicted his conclusion that weed had put the town on the fast road to hell even though the supposed link between homelessness and cannabis has been widely discredited.

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is sending a clear signal to the administration of President Donald Trump following the latest negative words and deeds aimed at legal marijuana in Colorado and beyond by Justice Department officials Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein. In the words of NORML policy director Justin Strekal, “Should the Department of Justice decide to throw out the Tenth Amendment and respect for states’ rights as they govern their own interstate commerce, they’re going to have a fight on their hands.”

Over a hundred people crammed into a hearing room in the Webb building for nearly three hours on June 13, to give Denver officials a final round of feedback on the proposed social-consumption regulations to implement Initiative 300, which Denver voters approved last November.

The Larry and Kathie J morning show, which was recently canceled by KS 107.5 after a contract dispute despite being one of Denver’s most popular radio programs over the past decade-plus, is coming back to the Mile High City, and the world, next month as part of a new Internet radio station funded by The Green Solution, one of Colorado’s largest marijuana-dispensary chains. Co-host Larry Ulibarri, who admits to being frustrated by the duo’s exit from KS 107.5, provides a preview of the new concept, which he sees as unusual in all the right ways.

A new landmark study conducted by BDS Analytics reveals cannabis users in Colorado and California are some of the happiest, most successful and well-adjusted adults.

Moonshine Haze blew up in 2011, winning best sativa in the High Times Cannabis Cup and bringing Colorado breeder Rare Dankness to national prominence. After acquiring an Afghani-heavy cut of Amnesia Haze, Rare Dankness crossed it with sativa Nevil’s Wreck for a confident, cloudy high. This Moonshine is stiffer than most, easily reaching THC levels of 22 to 27 percent. It doesn’t have the herbal spice most Hazes are known for, instead pushing out sour, intense aromas and tastes of berries and pine with hints of bubblegum.

Colorado’s new laws address a wide array of issues in commercial marijuana, industrial hemp and the grey and black markets, but Governor Hickenlooper hasn’t given every bill his official go-ahead. Here’s a breakdown of each marijuana related bill Hickenlooper has seen, the actions he’s taken with them and when they’ll become effective.

PTSD and stress disorders were just added to the list of conditions for which you can get MMJ in Colorado. And the others?

Mike McCarron is facing a methamphetamine charge even though he’s never knowingly possessed or used the substance. Prosecutors in El Paso County are pressing the accusation because they say a small amount of marijuana found in his truck tested positive for meth, even though a follicle analysis shows no trace of it in his system.