In the last two weeks of 2016, LivWell Cares, the philanthropic arm of LivWell Enlightened Health, gave away almost $800,000 worth of cannabidiol (CBD) to members of American Medical Refugees and the CannAbility Foundation, two prominent advocacy groups for medical marijuana patients.
Medical marijuana has been legal in Nevada since 2000, but late last week their state government website accidentally leaked personal information for nearly 12,000 people who have applied for medical dispensary licenses.
Bradley Nowell’s stoner scripture, “I smoke two joints in the morning,” sounds too extreme for most — but plenty of functioning, successful people prefer a hit or two of cannabis in the morning to a cup of joe. Durban Poison, Lemon Skunk, Sour Diesel and other sativas can definitely perk…
Natasha Irizarry is sitting across from her business partner, DJ Shott, as their dogs run around the office; her sister is in the next room, boxing up products for the holiday rush. Stashbox is where brands and consumers meet, Irizarry explains. Irizarry and Shott, who are originally from North Carolina,…
Vicente Sederberg, one of Colorado’s first law firms to focus on marijuana, is expanding. Two of the firm’s partners were involved in crafting Amendment 64, the proposal to legalize recreational marijuana that Colorado voters approved in 2012, and the firm also had a hand in writing Denver’s social-use initiative, I-300, which was…
Dear Stoner: I think pot will help my grandfather’s arthritis. Is there a kind of pot product — flower, edible, whatever — you’d recommend? Scott Dear Scott: According to science, you’re probably right. A study by the University of Oxford showed that cannabis-based medicine administered orally helped reduce rheumatoid arthritis…
In November Massachusetts voters approved recreational marijuana; that state was supposed to start legal sales in January 2018 — but now that date has been pushed back at least six months. Personal possession, use and cultivation of cannabis became legal in Massachusetts on December 15, but last week state lawmakers…
Our most popular news stories of 2016 focused on homelessness, marijuana, boobs and JonBenet Ramsey.
All year we’ve kept you up to date on all things weed, both here in Colorado and as legalization sweeps the nation. Here are the stories you were most excited to read. 1. Denver Law Firm Considering Lawsuit Over DEA’s New CBD Classification 2. CBD and Other Marijuana Extracts Illegal…
This year, Colorado proved just how profitable marijuana can be. In the first ten months of 2016, Colorado topped $1 billion in marijuana sales, according to the Department of Revenue. By the end of October, the state had racked up $1.1 billion in legal sales of medical and recreational marijuana —…
Marijuana stories that prove reality is stranger than fiction.
Cooking with cannabis can be intimidating, so Emma Levy, the chef at BlueKudu, has made it easy for us. She’s created a dark chocolate cookie recipe that pairs with BlueKudu’s Polar Caps bar. All you need to do is bake the cookies, prepare the chocolate ganache topping and frost the cookies,…
This was the biggest year for marijuana on record: four more states legalized recreational marijuana and Colorado passed one billion dollars in sales. If 2016 was any indication, the marijuana market will just keep growing. Here are six things to watch for in 2016. 1. President Donald Trump Marijuana advocates are…
In his budget request for the 2017-’18 fiscal year, Governor John Hickenlooper asked Colorado’s lawmakers to put aside $12.3 million of the revenue garnered from marijuana taxes during that time and use the money to build 1,200 new housing units for people on the streets experiencing chronic and episodic homelessness, as well as an additional 300 units every five years for people facing periodic homelessness.
It’s been a big year for pot. More than half the states in the country now allow marijuana use of some kind, Denver expanded its understanding of social use and voters approved a ballot initiative that will allow marijuana to be smoked in public, and Colorado sold over one billion…
Jeanine Moss was out with her girlfriends one night. All of the women in the group consume cannabis in one way or another, and they all decided to smoke together. Everyone started pulling out baggies and tins of weed. The next day, Moss remembers, she started looking for little cases to…
Dear Stoner: I recently went all in on dabs and now love shatter, butter, rosin, resin, etc. After dabbing, if I take a hit of even the dankest flower, it tastes like sh*t — like burned hair mixed with dry hay. I mention this to fellow dabbers and almost always…
After a heavy week of sleep and sadness thanks to indica-leaning joints of Death Star and the ending of the new Star Wars movie, I decided to blast off with a much more uplifting variety. Space Queen, a fruity hybrid of Cinderella 99 and Romulan, always takes me on a…
You send us your questions and every week, our resident stoner answers them. He’s told you everything from how to pass a drug test to where you can stash pot at concerts. We’ve rounded up the ten most popular Ask a Stoner questions of 2016 (most of them from this…
As our resident Stoner, Herbert Fuego reviews a different strain every week, taking you on a journey through past and present smoking experiences, and documenting what you can expect when you try some of the best strains have to offer. Here’s a list of favorites — not Fuego’s (although the…
Still trying to figure out what to get that special lady in your life this holiday season? We reached into Stoner Santa’s bag and came up with great gifts for your favorite female toker — from pipes to handbags to date nights. Here are the ten best: 1. AnnaBis Handbag…
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s recently decided to add cannabidiol to its Schedule I substance list. The change directly affects both hemp and cannabis-derived CBD oil, a substance that is non-psychoactive and has more medical benefits than we can name. The DEA’s move raises a lot of questions, including these: What,…
