Marijuana

On November 20, 2017, Denver Environmental Health prohibited the sale of kratom for human consumption in the city and began raiding local shops selling the popular herbal pain reliever as part of what DEH’s own board later concluded was a flawed process. In the meantime, Clean Kratom Wellness Center in Lakewood, a community that has not enacted a ban, is being investigated by the Food and Drug Administration even though the federal government’s current position on the substance consists only of warning about its use.

Sifting through the buds of hemp plants would obviously produce some CBD-rich kief, but you’d also be collecting THC and any other cannabinoids present on the plant.

One of Denver’s largest dispensary chains has issued a voluntary recall for medical and recreational cannabis products over concerns from possible contamination.

The Republican donors expressed a statement condoning the overturn of the Cole memo, potentially giving Colorado Republicans an ‘out’ if they choose to criticize the Trump administration on legal marijuana.

The Colorado Springs Gazette, owned by conservative billionaire Phil Anschutz, has earned a reputation as the most overtly anti-marijuana major newspaper in the state. And while the first entry in a new series presented beneath the banner “Is Colorado better off five years after legalizing marijuana?” is an improvement over an anti-pot screed from nearly three years ago that was partially penned by a prominent and devoted cannabis hater, it still focuses almost entirely on bad news.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has now been commemorated with a strain: Jeff Sesh-ons. What’s Next?

The proposal sped through the Colorado legislature in less than a month and is headed for Governor John Hickenlooper’s desk for his signature.

As we’ve reported, the Colfax branch of Myxed Up Creations was raided shortly after Denver Environmental Health banned the sale of kratom for human consumption, only to be allowed to transfer its supply of the popular herbal pain reliever to locations outside the city limits rather than being forced to destroy it after DEH’s own board called its process flawed. But while Myxed Up founder Phil Guerin is pleased by this turn of events, his battles with Denver aren’t over, thanks to an upcoming court case involving CBDs.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in 2018, imitation can also be simple mockery.

Colorado Senator Cory Gardner had been assured by Jeff Sessions that Justice wouldn’t interfere with state-compliant cannabis businesses and users.

A former NFL player, a twelve-year-old medical marijuana patient and three other plaintiffs are suing Jeff Sessions and the Drug Enforcement Administration over the federal government’s classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug.

While advocating for a bill to create a safe-injection site pilot program, Representative Leslie Herod, a vocal backer of the measure, told us, “We already have a safe-use site in Denver. It’s operated illegally, and it’s operating because of need. That’s our Denver Public Library” — specifically the central branch at 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway, where six people overdosed during the first three months of 2017 alone — “and it’s a huge problem. We need to move that population away from the library, and away from the bathrooms in coffee shops and restaurants, and move them to a place where they can get connected with services.” But that’s not going to happen now, because the legislation is officially dead.

If you keep a cartridge filled with butane hash oil around long enough without using it, you’ll notice that it turns darker and thicker and has a bitter taste with less potency.

I desperately tried to tiptoe around the flu bug that just swept through Denver, popping vitamin C and obsessively washing my hands for weeks. Didn’t matter. Within twelve hours of feeling a tickle in my throat, fluids were exiting my body as though I were a Civil War soldier stricken…

Even though Coloradans voted to legalize medical marijuana use in 2000 and recreational pot sales in 2012, employers in the state can still legally sack workers who score positive for cannabis on drug tests. But the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’ local branch is trying to change that. Denver NORML executive director Jordan Person says the organization is currently looking for Colorado legislators to sponsor a bill that would prevent businesses from, in her words, “firing people on Wednesday for performing a lawful activity on Saturday.”

Most hot hemp crops occur when farmers are working with a new seed, according to the Colorado Department Agriculture, but other factors can cause a THC spike in hemp plants, such as the growing environment and overly long flowering periods.

The Three a Light app is based on the book of the same name that aims to teach regular people how to increase their yields from their cannabis plants.

Colorado has seen sustained growth in cannabis sales revenue since introducing retail sales, increasing over 120 percent from 2014 to 2017.

The NCIA Seed to Sale Show, held in Denver for the last two years, will move to Boston in 2019, according to an announcement from the NCIA.

Some readers claim that a little herb goes a long way in lowering their sexual inhibitions, increasing euphoria and prolonging their perception of time.

Around noon on November 20, 2017, mere hours after Denver Environmental Health announced a ban on the sale of kratom for human consumption in the city, DEH representatives stormed into the 5800 East Colfax Avenue branch of Myxed Up Creations, which had been selling the popular herbal pain reliever, and ordered stock valued in the thousands of dollars to be destroyed on the spot. Michael Gross, the shop’s attorney, who likened the action to “a commando raid,” managed to prevent the supply from being trashed, and now the agency’s own board is allowing the kratom in question to be transferred to Myxed Up’s sister stores outside the city limits after criticizing the way the matter was handled. But as many as fourteen other businesses in Denver weren’t so lucky.

At this writing, thirty states and the District of Columbia have legalized some form of marijuana, be it recreational, medical or both, with Colorado having been in the latter category for more than four years. Nonetheless, Facebook and Instagram continue to make it difficult for cannabis businesses to advertise and promote themselves on the platforms. The scenario causes frustration within the industry even as it forces marketers to come up with clever ways to get around restrictions.