We recently posted about two illegal pot grow busts on federal land on Colorado’s Western Slope. Ten foreign nationals were arrested in the incidents — nine from Mexico, one from Honduras. Last year, as we pointed out, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area director Tom Gorman warned that Mexican cartels…
I was recovering from a long weekend of pot and football when my friend passed me a one-hitter that tasted like orange soda. I immediately demanded to know what it was and where he’d bought it, and all his stoned mouth could mutter was “Urban Medicinals.” I looked that up…
Dear Stoner: I recently found some edibles I’d forgotten I had — a candy bar that had been opened but was kept in the freezer, and a package of pot-infused mints, never opened. Does time affect potency? Can these spoil? Missing Marn Dear Marn: Treat any marijuana-infused food product as…
Marijuana attorney Rob Corry has filed a class-action lawsuit against the LivWell chain of dispensaries based on its alleged use of a pesticide called Eagle 20 “in the first quarter of 2015 and likely for many months, if not years, earlier.” The substance is described in the suit, seen in…
In 2013, after two failed attempts, Colorado approved a stoned-driving standard of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood. Critics of the proposal pointed out that there was an almost total lack of scientific evidence to suggest that this limit would be accurate for the vast majority of people, as…
Clover Leaf University and THC Safety are offering some grownup cannabis business courses this week. They’re not intended for the novice and under-qualified — but there’s still a heap of high times for regular folk in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. THC Safety is offering a Marijuana Concentrate Production Technology Course…
The Denver Police Department recently cited seven marijuana shops for selling to persons under age 21. When we shared our report on the topic, we noted that bars, restaurants and other establishments that are found to have sold alcohol to minors get far less media notice than did the dispensaries…
Right now, the biggest controversy in the National Football League — a matter far more important than trivia such as Deflategate — involves concussions. A recent study showed that 87 of 91 former players who donated their brains to science after their death tested positive for CTE, a disease linked to…
It’s hard to drive past a Sweet Leaf location without noticing the pink-and-powder-blue polka-dotted paint job. Although it’s not my favorite look, each loudly colored Sweet Leaf shop attracts potheads like a bug light. So when I noticed a new sore thumb at 4400 East Evans Avenue while stuck in…
Dear Stoner: Which Colorado mountain towns sell recreational marijuana? I’m not saying it’ll dictate where I go skiing this winter, but it would still be nice to know. Erwin Dear Erwin: You don’t have to lie to save face, Erwin. I’m the last person to judge you for planning your…
Yesterday in this space, we noted the contrast between marijuana enforcement across the country, where pot-related arrests take place every 45 seconds by one estimate, versus Colorado, a state that’s seen the rate of busts fall by more than 90 percent since the 2012 passage of Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational…
Earlier this year, we noted that marijuana charges in Colorado had fallen more than 90 percent since the passage of Amendment 64, the 2012 measure that made it legal to use and possess limited amounts of marijuana for recreational purposes. But the number of busts in other locations has continued at…
In a recent Comment of the Day, we featured a post in which a reader critical of the most recent sky-is-falling anti-marijuana report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area responded with wit. Probably hundreds have OD’d on pot, he joked — yet a number of readers took him…
Ever go on a pub crawl or an evening of bar-hopping and wonder to yourself, “Why can’t I do this with weed?” Well, your dreams are coming true — although you might have to wait for the after-party to consume. The Mass Roots Munchie Crawl is comingup, and it’s exactly…
A recent post featured this question in its headline: Why won’t Congress promise not to block Colorado’s marijuana laws? We asked about this subject because Congresswoman Diana DeGette has announced that she will be reintroducing the Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act, a bill intended to ensure that federal marijuana laws…
Was I just suddenly noticing spots I’d never seen before — or did more than a few recreational pot shops open up in the last month, right before last week’s pot-tax holiday? Every year, the shopping stampedes on Black Friday remind us how much Americans love a good deal, but…
Dear Stoner: I am heading to Colorado a week after my 21st birthday. I lost my actual ID and only have a paper copy. Will that be enough to get me into dispensaries? Alan Dear Alan: It’s time to stop struggling. You’re supposed to lose your ID after turning 21,…
Earlier this month, the backers of the Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative, which would have allowed commercial establishments in Denver to offer a setting for cannabis consumption, unexpectedly withdrew the measure. The reason, according to proponent Mason Tvert? “City and business leaders agreed to work with initiative backers to develop…
“Congresswoman Diana DeGette’s office announced the introduction of the Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act, a bill intended to ensure that federal marijuana laws don’t exempt the Colorado voter-approved Amendment 64 and a similar measure in Washington state.” This sentence appeared in a November 2012 Westword post — but it could also…
Since the passage of Amendment 64 in November 2012, Colorado has been in the forefront of regulating the use of marijuana, both for medical and for recreational purposes – and Colorado State University’s library archive has begun collecting materials related to this historic event. “The Amendment 64 Collection is focused…
As we noted last week, Colorado’s legalization of limited recreational marijuana sales was a topic at the most recent Republican presidential debate, staged in Simi Valley, California. But how do the GOP candidates, as well as announced Democrats, stack up when it comes to their approach to cannabis in general?…
It’s hard for any non-beer-related event to compete with Great American Beer Festival week and its long, long list of sudsy shindigs. But there’s still plenty of pot knowledge to be spread around through the numerous classes and meet-ups in this week’s Cannabis Calendar. Meet and mingle over music and…
