Medical marijuana dispensary review: Denver Dispensary

Naming a Denver medical marijuana dispensary “Denver Dispensary” probably seemed like a good idea at the time: any random toker searching search for “Denver dispensary” will see their website first and likely click on it. But the generic name has had the opposite effect for me. I hadn’t heard of…

Dear Stoner: Can I light up in my parked RV?

Dear Stoner: I know that smoking marijuana openly isn’t legal anywhere, but what if I’m parked in my RV at a campsite with the windows rolled up and nobody can see me? Would that be legal? Pot Smokey the Bear Dear Bear: I like where your head is at, but…

Marijuana: Boulder moves forward with recreational pot rules

Boulder City Council members gave initial approval to newly created medical and recreational marijuana rules at last night’s meeting, picking up where they left off months ago after voting to delay rule-making until after statewide regulations had been laid out. According to the draft posted in the council agenda, most…

Marijuana: Obama administration will not sue to stop Amendment 64

The Obama administration will not sue to stop Colorado’s Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of marijuana, and establishes a foundation for retail sales of recreational pot. This long-awaited news was confirmed by the office of Colorado-based U.S. Attorney John Walsh shortly…

We Americans smoke a lot of pot

Dear Stoner: Do Americans smoke way more herb than the rest of the world, or is there somewhere else I should be living? Smoke Two Joints Dear Two Joints: A staggering amount of Americans have smoked cannabis — we consume more than 18 million pounds of it annually, by some…

Pot friendly motels in Denver? The canna-tourists want to know

Among the first questions to arise after the passage of Amendment 64 last November was: “Will Colorado become a destination for pot tourism?” Given the rise of companies such as My 420 Tours, which created visitor packages in April for what was dubbed World Cannabis Week, the answer seems to…

Denver police Reddit “Ask Me Anything” on marijuana highlights

As we’ve reported, Denver Police chief of staff Lieutenant Matt Murray felt the department’s initial Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session went so well that another AMA was scheduled to deal with what was arguably the first one’s most popular topic: pot. The conversation happened yesterday, and it was definitely free-wheeling,…

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Lush in Denver

The word “lush” can describe the thick foliage of a plant, something lavishly productive, or an object or experience that is sensational. The term has also taken on the slang meaning for a sloppy drunk, though that connotation doesn’t really come to mind after visiting Lush, which has been around…

Dear Stoner: Can marijuana cure cancer?

Dear Stoner: Can this hippie medicine really cure cancer, or are all of these activists just getting too high off their own supply?Key Mo Dear Key: Yes, some parts of the cannabis plant have been shown to kill cancer cells in certain cases — though to say outright that marijuana…