Last week, in a post about some of the more unusual aspects of the main bill to regulate Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis, we highlighted a passage that would require marijuana magazines to be kept behind the…
Here’s a great example of people trying to making cannabis sound foreign and scary through news reports, when the reality of the situation is much more benign — just a few people getting stoned and enjoying a laugh. This 1901 story, published in the Glenwood (Springs) Post, talks about a…
Yesterday, in a post about some of the weirder aspects of the House-approved marijuana bill, attorney Warren Edson made note of a cap on the THC levels allowable in pot-infused edibles — limits that he described as “pretty low.” Jessica LeRoux, aka the Cheesecake Lady, who owns and operates Twirling…
The Healing House menu is freaking huge, and that alone makes it seem like another warehouse crap shack in the boonies getting by on a (somewhat) isolated location to sell bud. The isolated-location part is true, with the shop pretty much at the western end of Alameda just a few…
Earlier this week, marijuana attorney Warren Edson gave us his first take on the House-approved draft of HB 13-1317, the main regulatory measure pertaining to the implementation of Amendment 64. Now, after weighing in on issues like vertical integration for retail pot shops and temporary exclusivity for existing MMJ centers,…
Dear Stoner: What are these “clones” I see advertised? Are people really cloning marijuana plants like that sheep in Scotland? Dolly Lama Dear Dolly: We’re actually amassing an army of tiny clone warriors, not unlike in Star Wars — only we’re doing it with cannabis plants. The whole peaceful-revolution thing…
Could Alaska be the next state to legalize and regulate small amounts of cannabis for personal use? Supporters in Juneau think so. The process has begun to gather signatures for a ballot measure that would legalize up to an ounce of marijuana for personal use, allow for home cultivation and…
We’ve been following the rapidly evolving marijuana bills intended to enact voter-approved Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis. So, too, have assorted law enforcement groups — and judging by a letter that several organizations sent to Governor John…
We’ve been hearing a lot about Smart Colorado’s call for higher cannabis taxes in Colorado, as well as its connection to a possible attempt to repeal Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. But the group is also spreading…
Last month, as we’ve reported, the Amendment 64 task force recommended that retailers taking part in the recreational marijuana industry be required to grow 70 percent of their product under the vertical integration business model currently imposed on MMJ outlets. Earlier this month, the legislature’s A64 joint committee rejected that…
Update: Yesterday, we shared a draft proposal that would repeal Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana, if voters don’t approve a 15 percent sales tax during a November election. Also included was an opinion by attorney Ed Ramey…
Here’s a pretty interesting and surprising positive story about cannabis being used as a medicine from the Colorado Banner out of Boulder County from July 1876 — making this the oldest Cannabis Time Capsule piece we’ve run. And though the mention of marijuana is brief, it illustrates how cannabis might…
Amendment 64 opponents are threatening to force a repeal of the measure allowing adults 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of marijuana if legislators don’t approve a sales tax that’s higher than necessary to cover costs. That’s the claim of A64 proponents, who have scheduled a press…
Last year, Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH for failing a drug test, filed a complaint over the issue in Arapahoe District Court. When he lost there, attorney Michael Evans brought the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals. Now, those jurists have also rejected Coats’s…
I like sticky buds — like when you’re in the mood to roll and you start picking one apart, and it leaves your fingers feeling like they’ve been super-glued. The kind of sticky that you have to wipe your hands off before you reach for the paper or you’ll rip…
Yesterday, we noted that the marijuana bills needed to implement Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis, would be facing their first tests. But the exams are far from over. The most high-profile of the bills squeaked out of…
Dear Stoner: My bong is pretty gnarly after this past weekend. What’s the easiest way to clean my glass, and how often should I do it? Dirty Pete Dear Pete: There are tons of products you can buy at head shops these days, but why spend $5 on a tiny…
A bill that would have used $10 million in medical marijuana patient registration fees for drug-treatment programs has been gutted for the second year in a row. The Representative Beth McCann-sponsored House Bill 1238, would have transferred $10 million over the next four years from the medical marijuana program cash…
As we reported yesterday, the River North-area site of the High Times Cannabis Cup was left trashed after the event throughout Earth Day, irritating neighbors and putting a black mark on the cannabis community. A group of volunteers and a cleaning crew from the Exdo Center, where the event took…
Last month, the Amendment 64 Task Force issued its recommendations about how best to implement the measure, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. The legislature’s aptly named A64 joint committee followed suit, and it didn’t simply rubber-stamp the task force’s…
Update below: The High Times Cannabis Cup left a cloud of haze in the air that had all but disappeared by Sunday night, after the event closed. Unfortunately, the trash didn’t dissipate as easily, and by Monday afternoon — Earth Day — hundreds of pounds of junk was still sitting…
Earlier this month, the latest version of a THC driving bill that had failed the past two years seemed to be on a steady march to passage despite e-mail protests and petitions. But no: Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 to squash the measure again. Why? One advocate believes…
