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,…
Not all stoners are Star Wars fans, but I’d bet a lot of the midnight movie-goers at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last week were smoking themselves into a galaxy far, far away before walking into theaters. Cheering on Leia, Luke and the boys as they fight the Evil…
Dispensaries are in the holiday spirit, helping out medical marijuana patients and veterans. Starting Wednesday, December 21, LivWell Enlightened Health is providing an ounce of CBD for a penny to qualified medical patients through its LivWell Cares program, in partnership with CannAbility and American Medical Refugees (AMR). “We’re always looking…
Dear Stoner: What are some good recipes for Christmas edibles? Too many people to count Dear Everyone: It’s that toasty time of year again, when dozens of friends, relatives and strangers hit me up for holiday-themed pot recipes for their snowy nights and ugly-sweater parties. You can always search the…
goPuff, a company that delivers everything from food to rolling papers to booze, is now in business in Denver, just in time for the cold weather. Federal law restricts the company from delivering marijuana, but it does have 3,000 items that can be delivered to your door in thirty minutes,…
Colorado residents are likely to see tighter restrictions on marijuana home grows in 2017. Not only is Denver working on a plan to limit unlicensed recreational and medical grows in private residences, but Governor John Hickenlooper is working on a statewide proposal to battle what he sees as an abuse…
The National Fraternal Order of Police released a statement through its website last week asking Donald Trump to tackle a number of issues within his first 100 days in office. In addition to more than a dozen proposals, the FOP also requested that Trump not use federal law enforcement agencies to pursue…
From the DEA’s recent reclassification of CBD to a tasty cannabis-infused granola bar recipe, here are ten stories we’ve recently written about marijuana.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) could be facing a lawsuit after its announcement earlier this week that it now considers cannabidiol, or CBD, an illegal substance. The DEA doesn’t have the authority to make a law and schedule controlled substances without an act of Congress, argues Robert Hoban, managing partner…
