The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has launched a survey to begin monitoring patterns of retail marijuana use in this state. The Cannabis Users Survey on Health includes 32 questions on everything from why people are using marijuana to their preferred method of consumption and frequency of use. Marijuana continues…
Dear Stoner: I want to try my hand at making CBD-extracted products. Is it better to use hemp or real marijuana for it? C-Mac Dear Mac: It depends on your experience with marijuana and cannabinoid extraction. Most cannabidiol (CBD) users and product-makers use industrial hemp, because it’s easier to grow…
Convention-goers and Philadelphia residents witnessed two 51-foot inflatable joints being marched up Broad Street yesterday in celebration of the Democratic National Committee’s progressive platform on marijuana. The Philadelphia branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and DCMJ, the outfit that helped legalize marijuana in Washington., D.C., organized…
It’s a great time to be an unemployed weed lover in Colorado: One of the nation’s largest cannabis career fairs is coming to Denver on Thursday, July 28. Over fifty companies ranging from dispensaries to labs are hiring for over 1,000 positions, from entry level to executive. From 2 to 8 p.m…
In a bizarre case of scientific improbability, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office yesterday issued warnings about THC in the water supply of Hugo, a town ninety minutes southeast of Denver. “There were signs of tampering with the local water supply,” said Captain Michael Yowell of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…
At a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing convened last week to consider “the potential medical benefits of marijuana,” lawmakers heard from cannabis advocates and doctors alike. Their testimony overwhelmingly supported marijuana being used for medical purposes; many of the speakers also supported rescheduling cannabis to a Schedule II substance. Numerous…
Sharing weed stories has become commonplace over the past ten years or so. As with sexcapades, drunken stupors and fisherman’s tales, everyone has a story about some one-hitter strain that took them higher than they’d ever been. More than half the time, those stories begin with the words “This purple…
Dear Stoner: My dad has expressed an interest in getting in on all this marijuana business; as a supportive daughter, I’m wondering if there is any opportunity for a veteran civil engineer in the industry. Marisa Dear Marisa: Your dad is probably overqualified for 99.5 percent of the jobs in…
Democrats have adopted a platform that their members are trumpeting as the “most progressive platform in party history” — and when it comes to marijuana, Dems aren’t just blowing smoke. The Party of the Donkey has taken a position on marijuana that no major political party in the United States…
On the website of the Marijuana Industry Group, among the most powerful cannabis business organizations in Colorado and the country as a whole, executive director Michael Elliott remains front and center at this writing. Elliott, who’s headed MIG under both its current name and its previous moniker, the Medical Marijuana…
Don’t you hate it when you’re out chasing Pokémon and you run out of weed? Same. Don’t fear, Pokémon masters, because we’ve come up with the ultimate Denver guide to Pokéstops that happen to be right next to, across the street from, or even on dispensaries. Here are the five best…
Colorado’s top three favorite strains, according to commercial marijuana data firm BDS Analytics, are Blue Dream, Durban Poison and Alien Dawg. With the help of a couple of growers, I’ve already offered my field guide to the first two. Now it’s Alien Dawg’s turn in the spotlight. A surprise on…
“The Porno, The Hitchhiker & The Weed,” tonight’s episode of Viceland’s Vice Does America, will bring viewers to Denver as hosts Abdullah Saeed, Will Cooper and Martina de Alba visit the Denver Relief grow house and discuss Colorado’s marijuana legalization. This was not Saeed’s first foray into the world of…
Dear Stoner: I’ll be visiting Colorado this summer, and everyone is telling me I can only buy a quarter-ounce. Is that true? If so, is that for every shop, or can I buy more at another? Based B Dear Based: It used to be that way, but not any longer!…
A sign thirty feet high can be seen from exit 204 off I-25, announcing The Clinic’s new location at Colorado and Buchtel boulevards. The store, which opened on July 8 in a former payday loan location, now has bright white walls and high ceilings; the space was designed to seem open and…
Starting today, you can purchase weed that’s been given a quality-assurance grade. Created by the Trichome Institute, a Colorado-based company dedicated to science, education and certification, the Trichome Assurance Grade (TAG) system analyzes potentially unhealthy, even dangerous, parts of marijuana for which the government doesn’t require testing. Currently Colorado only compels…
Want to take your weed-snob knowledge to the next level? Under President Max Montrose and CEO Jim Nathanson, the Trichome Institute offers a series of cannabis courses, culminating with the “weed sommelier,” or interpening, class. In his interpening — technically “interpreting terpenes” — class, Montrose regularly guides cannabis enthusiasts through the ins…
Amendment 139, a proposal that’s seeking a spot on the November ballot, is getting attention primarily for a section that would limit the potency of marijuana products to 16 percent THC — a reduction for a huge number of currently available items. But that’s not all the measure would do…
A dirt road winds through a mountain pass to a sign reading “Aspen Canyon Ranch.” Horses graze on the land leading up to the main lodge; dogs run free throughout the property. Welcome to Camp Bud+Breakfast, a partnership between Bud+Breakfast and Aspen Canyon Ranch, which opened last weekend near Parshall in Grand…
I was happy to see Durban Poison, a personal favorite, make the list of the three most popular strains among Coloradans in 2015, according to commercial marijuana data firm BDS Analytics. Last week I offered a field guide to the top-ranked strain, Blue Dream; this time Durban Poison gets the…
Dear Stoner: My friend said his landlord has been giving him shit for smoking pot. WTF? It’s legal! Deb Dear Deb: It sure is, but that doesn’t protect renters who smoke pot in a house owned by someone else. It’s not uncommon to see no-smoking stipulations in leases, and they…
New regulations for medical and recreational marijuana businesses will go into effect today. Renewal fees for medical marijuana licenses have decreased, and how retail marijuana grow facilities are categorized has changed to be more specific; plant numbers are broken into smaller unit sizes. Overall, it’s now more expensive to set…
