It’s only been a matter of minutes since news broke about the Obama administration announcing that it won’t sue to stop Amendment 64 from going into effect. But we’re already hearing from major players about this huge development, including Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, marijuana advocate…
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…
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…
With more than two dozen cities and as many as fifty counties deciding against allowing recreational marijuana sales in one way or another, it seems that finding a legal bag of herb for sale come January 1 will be limited to a handful of locales. Some places are seeing this…
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…
Yesterday, a Denver City Council committee further refined a draft ordinance related to retail marijuana sales, and marijuana attorney Warren Edson says one of the changes, related to the coexistence of medical and recreational weed, represents a step forward. Yet he’s also puzzled about why a couple of “million dollar…
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,…
Last week, the White House finally talked pot, albeit mainly to reiterate statements made by President Barack Obama last year. As such, members of the Colorado cannabis community were left to wonder how long the current administration could stretch Attorney General Eric Holder’s statement last March about a federal decision…
Did you know that if you close your eyes you can make pictures like photographs on the back of your eyelids? Yes. You probably did know that, as does anyone who had a childhood. Which is what makes this 1904 borderline stream-of-conscious editorial about the fantastic images laying in wait…
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…
Members of the Colorado marijuana scene have been waiting since election day for the federal government to definitively state its position on Amendment 64. Instead, the White House has been largely silent on the topic of pot for the better part of a year — until yesterday, when deputy press…
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…
While its stance isn’t surprising, the National Institute on Drug Abuse defied all common knowledge, logic and science earlier this week by contending that alcohol and marijuana are equally toxic. The NIDA position is an indirect response to the Marijuana Policy Project’s message that marijuana is a much safer recreational…
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has arguably been the most outspoken state official on the dangers of pot. He energetically opposed the bill establishing a regulatory system for medical marijuana sales back in 2010, and he was also against the passage of Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over…
A new poll suggests that the war on drugs is even more unpopular than Congress. A survey from last month showed Congress with a 12 percent approval rating. However, a new poll finds that only 4 percent of respondents feel we’re winning the war on drugs, while 82 percent disagree…
Denver City Council has marijuana on the brain, though sadly not in the way we would like to see. Council spent most of yesterday dealing with marijuana issues, starting with a three-hour committee meeting focused largely on zoning and ending with a lengthy council meeting spent debating marijuana tax proposals…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has been illegally sharing confidential patient information through an online database, and the only way to prevent more breaches is to shut it down immediately. That’s the contention of activists organizing a protest at tomorrow’s state Board of Health meeting — and…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie isn’t the most progressive official when it comes to marijuana policy — and as we’ve noted, he’s previously cited Colorado as a negative example of state pot laws. Now, however, Christie has come out in favor of allowing sick kids access to medical marijuana. But…
The rulemaking surrounding Amendment 64 is in full swing at the state level. The Department of Revenue has released a set of draft rule changes and clarifications for a huge chunk of medical marijuana law, as well as draft regs regarding the recreational cannabis industry. The 100-plus page document is…
Egyptians? Yeah, they smoke the herb. Same with Persians, Turks, English, Austrians, French and Italians. But especially Egyptians. They love their hash. Oh, and as for Greeks? They don’t smoke it at all. At least, that was the case in 1908 according to the then-Greek consulate Edward I. Nathan in…
All right now. Won’t you listen? Or read, as the case may be? Black Sabbath may be one of my earliest musical obsessions — something that had a lot to do with the theatrics of Ozzy Osbourne and his slaying guitarists. The most memorable to me is Tony Iommi. Specifically,…
Dear Stoner: I just moved to Colorado, and I want to learn about the different types of weed. But looking in the back of Westword can be a little overwhelming. What do you think is a good starting point for finding the info? E3K Dear E3K: We’ve been over this…
