Last month’s Spice bust in Loveland, in which a business owner and two employees were arrested for peddling a substance colloquially known as synthetic marijuana (even though it has little in common with cannabis), got plenty of attention. But the operation pales in comparison to a nationwide series of raids…
It’s been years since I was last in La Conte’s. Back in 2011, it was one of the few shops offering buds below $40 an eighth, with hash oil selling at $30 a gram. It wasn’t the best bud, but the value was good, and overall the shop got a…
Dear Stoner: Last week you talked about vaporizers and vape pens. What kind do you recommend?Eager Edgar Dear Edgar: It really depends on whether you want a desktop vaporizer or a portable vaporizer, and how much dinero you’re willing to drop. Vapes are like tattoos — good ones aren’t cheap,…
Medical marijuana patients whose physicians have recommended increased plant counts beyond the legally allotted six are on their own in court, since state officials said last week that they will no longer defend the practice…
Update: Both House Bill 1361, which limits hash sales, and House Bill 1366, which further regulates edibles sales, were approved by the state Senate on third reading yesterday and now head to the governor’s desk for signing. For more on what the bills will do, see our previous coverage below…
Last week, a bill intended to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of approved conditions for treatment by medical marijuana failed in the Colorado legislature– a decision one advocate called “shameful.” Roger Martin agrees. He’s the executive director of Operation Grow4Vets, a new project intended to provide cannabis for…
Update below: The two-month period during which Colorado farmers could register to grow hemp for the 2014 growing season closed on May 1. As of 4:30 p.m. that day, state records show that 42 people or businesses were approved to grow hemp and another 53 had applied but were not…
Last week, Hector Diaz was formally charged by federal prosecutors with using more than $500,000 in Colombian cash to invest in the Colorado marijuana industry. Others indicted along with Diaz insist that none of the targeted transactions had any connection with foreign drug gangs. But a longtime investigator says he’s…
Here’s an article that actually ran in several papers over the years, though we’ve singled out the version from the September 1890 Aspen Daily Times. Basically, it’s a “correspondence” with an unnamed doctor who lists ten dangerous drugs and the fates that befall the users of each. The drugs, in…
Earlier this month, Senator Linda Newell, sponsor of two controversial bills intended to clarify the definition of a drug-endangered child, refuted claims that the measures could criminalize any parent who legally smoked marijuana. Nonetheless, the measures failed this week after a tricky political maneuver. They actually passed before a reversal…
In the year or so since photos of what looks to be a clean, well-lit and well-stocked Flavored Essentials were posted on the dispensary’s Facebook page, the shop doesn’t appear to have done much upkeep. Lights were out all over the place, and the only illumination came from the few…
The Colorado Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division held a session on product potency yesterday at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, where a working group discussed how to make sure that marijuana edible serving sizes are safe for consumers. Much of the talk focused on packaging, and how to make…
Earlier this week, an effort to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions legally treatable by medical marijuana in Colorado failed — a development cannabis advocate Brian Vicente described as “shameful.” Veteran Sean Azzariti offered emotional testimony in favor of the bill and admits to being frustrated that…
Dear Stoner: If the three flowering plants (and the three soon-to-be flowering plants) I have growing as a legal red-card holder yield a very conservative ounce per, in a few months I’ll have three to six oh-zees, and the legal limit is two ounces. How do you handle a stock…
Earlier this month, lawmakers in the Colorado House approved a bill that would limit the amount of hash and other cannabis concentrates that retail marijuana stores can sell to both in-state and out-of-state customers…
As you may have heard, 4/20 is kind of a big deal in Denver on an annual basis — but this year, the first since recreational pot sales were legalized, it reached an even higher place. No wonder our regular month-in-photos slide-show roundup is devoted to all things herbal. Check…
While the State of Colorado and the City of Denver are still refusing to use marijuana legalization for promotional purposes, lotsa operations with no direct ties to the pot industry have been much more receptive to the idea — including Hotels.com, which touted increased Denver searches prior to 4/20, and…
Earlier this month, we examined two controversial bills about drug-endangered children that “could arguably make all cannabis-using parents criminals” according to our William Breathes. Senator Linda Newell, who sponsored the measures, passionately disagreed with this interpretation. But yesterday, both measures failed after the state senate reportedly approved them only to…
Yesterday, as we reported, a bill calling for post-traumatic stress disorder to be added to the conditions approved for treatment by medical marijuana came before the House committee on State, Military and Veterans Affairs. But it was rejected by a 6-5 vote. Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente, attorney and co-author of…
Given how many people traveled to Denver for the annual 4/20 festivities this year, not to mention the national hype over pot tourism in general, it’s easy to forget that there are plenty of great reasons to visit Colorado that have nothing to do with weed. Fortunately, the folks at…
Is a device dubbed ZaZZZ a new convenience for medical marijuana patients? An attention-getting gimmick? Or a little bit of both? We’ll soon find out. ZaZZZ, a vending machine designed to dispense medical marijuana, is only weeks away from debuting at a shop in Avon — and about a year…
For at least four years, local marijuana activists have fought to have post-traumatic stress disorder added to the list of conditions that can be legally treated with medical marijuana in Colorado — and each time, they’ve failed. Now, however, advocates are hoping legislation scheduled to be heard by a House…
