The forecast for Denver’s marijuana industry is hazier than usual this winter as the City and County of Denver considers extending a moratorium on pot businesses for another two years, leaving entrepreneurs and owners holding their collective breath. The original marijuana moratorium, approved before the first legal sales on January…
Much to the dismay of medical marijuana patients, Colorado Alternative Medicine closed a little more than a year ago after its owner got in trouble with the state Marijuana Enforcement Division for some forged documents. The dispensary’s potent, rare strains had made the cottage-style dispensary a regular stop for cannabis…
Dear Stoner: What is pipe resin made of? It’s not what the dispensaries sell, is it? Brick Dear Brick: Lord, no. The black, gooey stuff that’s left in your pipe after smoking buds is basically tar, with some ash, carbon and a little THC mixed in. Igniting cannabis flower burns…
Given Colorado’s role as a leader when it come progressive marijuana policy, it’s natural to assume our medical marijuana rules and regulations are the best in the nation. But according to a new report from Americans for Safe Access, that simply isn’t true. In the document, on view below in…
One aspect of marijuana’s legalization that isn’t up for debate is demand, as a recent report says adult pot sales in the U.S. were up 184 percent in 2015. According to marijuana investment group ArcView, and financial data firm New Frontier, America’s legal recreational marijuana industry sold $998 million in…
Our post about the announcement by Denver NORML to create a marijuana social use initiative inspired some debate about the necessity of such a rule. But not much. The majority of those who weighed in believe such a measure is needed just as much as it was last year, when a…
This week, federal agents, including representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, raided the Lazy Lion, a marijuana club that’s been operating for well over a year. And while the Lazy Lion is in Colorado Springs, not Denver, Jordan Person, executive director of Denver NORML, thinks the incident demonstrates why the…
You’ll never hear me complain about this job, though I am slightly annoyed by the steady stream of texts from friends who ask, “What’s a good dispensary to go to?” Actually, the follow-up messages are what irk me, because after taking the time to send a few recommendations specific to…
Dear Stoner: Do marijuana allergies exist? If so, what happens if you’re allergic to marijuana and smoke it? Mick Dear Mick: Marijuana can cure many ills, but like pollen, peanuts or grass, it’s also capable of making some people swell up and turn red. According to a story in U.S…
In a recent Comment of the Day, a reader maintained that since marijuana was legalized, every fast-food worker in Colorado is stoned. Some folks saw this take as humorous and responded in kind, as it were. Others, though, took the topic in a much more serious direction. Here’s an example…
Whether it’s officially acknowledged or not, marijuana has long been part of the X Games. But with X Games 2016 slated to take place January 28-31, Aspen and Snowmass Village are taking very different approaches toward pot events. The latest version of an Aspen party that turned heads last year…
We’ve covered some of the weirdest ways to ingest cannabis in the past, but Foria may have one-upped anything we’ve written about with its new pot-infused vaginal suppository, which is set to hit California dispensary shelves today and Colorado’s very soon. The same company that you brought pot-infused sex lube,…
The comments keep rolling in for Patricia Calhoun’s post about the ten things to expect when your state legalizes marijuana. Some of the takes have been serious. Others have been hilarious. This one falls into the latter category — although, depending upon your experiences at fast-food restaurants over the past…
One unfortunately common dilemma for Denverites and tourists alike is finding a place to puff when out on the town. On top of that whole illegal thing, smoking marijuana (or anything else, for that matter) in public places or venues can be rude and detrimental to the health of others…
As we’ve reported, negotiations are ongoing between marijuana reformers, business interests and officials to allow social marijuana use in Denver. But last week, Mason Tvert, a proponent of a social cannabis-use measure that was withdrawn from the 2015 ballot in order to allow these talks to get underway, made it…
Only a fool ignores his audience, and foolish is how I felt after finally visiting Green Man — after failing to follow the recommendations of many readers for months. It wasn’t like I didn’t believe them; a friend of mine once had me try some Ghost Train Haze that he’d…
Dear Stoner: Can you list some shops that have a good selection of edibles? Also, can you recommend something to eat along with edibles so that they have the full effect? Gracias! Bar Hopper 62 Dear Bar Hopper: I go to a new dispensary every week for my Strain Gang…
Last month, we reported about a Colorado marijuana fact-finding mission involving officials from Indio, California. Their tour featured plenty of input from local law-enforcement reps who emphasized problems with legal cannabis — and afterward, Indio’s city council authored a proposal to ban medical marijuana there. A similar journey through the Colorado…
Nearly two dozen states have legalized marijuana for medical use; four states, as well as Washington, D.C., now allow the sale of recreational cannabis to adults – and many more states are considering doing the same. Nevada already has a measure that would legalize pot on its November ballot, California…
There has been no shortage of scribes offering their versions of Colorado’s journey to legalizing cannabis, but few have presented it as the fascinating, epic comedy that it really is. Now Frisco bartender/author Johnny Welsh seems to have hit that target in his new book, Weedgalized in Colorado: True Tales from…
The first item on this week’s Cannabis Calendar pertained to a company dedicated to helping couples create the ultimate stoner wedding. This concept proved surprisingly contentious among our readers. One thread featured a debate about whether criticizing a marijuana-themed wedding was justified when so many ceremonies are awash in alcohol. Here’s…
A pair of recent Comment of the Day items found our readers debating whether or not people moving to Colorado for marijuana were making the state worse or better. Turns out the debate is raging in Colorado places beyond the Mile High City. “For those who continue to hate on…
