Strain Gang: Phantom OG Kush at Peak Dispensary

Strain Gang is our new weekly critique of a cannabis strain at a recreational store. For MMJ reviews, read Mile Highs and Lows at westword.com/news. Broadway’s notorious dispensary row is known for cramped quarters and strong cannabis, but some shops can claim only the former. Sad to say, using popular…

Marijuana Dispensary Review: The Station in Boulder

No insult to The Station, but the main reason I chose to review this spot was because I was in the area and had to pee. Not a good reason.   I remembered the shop well, though. Even after four years, I know that its executive-style bathrooms would be open —…

Strain Gang: Pre-Rollin’ the Dice at L’Eagle Services

Strain Gang is our new weekly critique of a cannabis strain at a recreational store. For MMJ reviews, read Mile Highs and Lows at westword.com/news.  Pre-rolled joints have quickly become the hot dogs of Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry. They’re cheap to make, easy to consume and extremely convenient — but…

Dear Stoner: What Is Bat Guano?

Dear Stoner: I was at my neighborhood stoner store recently and noticed an ingredient I was not familiar with: bat guano. What is that? L.L. Pot Seed Dear L.L.: The answer is poop. Bat poop, specifically. While bats may be disease-carrying flying rats with poor eyesight, their excrement is like…

Photos: Conan O’Brien’s Top Sixteen Colorado Marijuana Jokes

After Colorado voters approved 2012’s Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, comedians nationwide began making pot jokes about the state. And they haven’t stopped. As evidence, we offer gags accessible at TeamCoco.com, the official website of Conan O’Brien. The site’s joke archive is searchable, and when we typed…

Pot Pesticide Contamination in Denver Grows?

Six marijuana grows in Denver were ordered to quarantine and possibly destroy plant harvests after Denver Fire Department officials determined that the grow facilities weren’t using chemicals properly. Bugs and pests are a fact of life for commercial growers, but dealing with them appropriately is important, because eventually, humans will…

Dear Stoner: Which Vaporizers Have Good Temperature Control?

Dear Stoner: I have an Iolite mini-vaporizer, and I’ve noticed that many different kinds of herb taste the same in it. Could this be because of the constant temperature the vaporizer operates on? Is there a moderate-priced vaporizer with temperature control that will let me enjoy the various flavors of…

Christine Tatum Blasts Critics of Gazette‘s Anti-Pot Series

Yesterday, we noted that anti-pot zealot Christine Tatum was among the authors of “Clearing the Haze,” a four-day marijuana-hating jeremiad published by the Colorado Springs Gazette. At this writing, Tatum, the wife of Dr. Christian Thurstone, another notable Colorado cannabis critic who’s featured in the package, has not responded to interview requests…

Anti-Pot Zealot Christine Tatum Co-Authors Gazette Marijuana Series

“Clearing the Haze,” a new four-part series by the Colorado Springs Gazette, is hardly an even-handed look at marijuana in the state a year-plus after the legalization of limited recreational pot sales. Rather, it’s a beautifully presented but woefully one-sided anti-weed screed typified by a headline on a March 24…

Colorado Pot Study: Contaminants and Potency High, Medical Effect Low

Get ready for the next big marijuana controversy. Charas Scientific, one of eight labs licensed by Colorado to test cannabis for potency, among other things, has conducted a new pot study based on the reported analysis of 600 buds from legal growers and sellers in the state. This afternoon, Charas Scientific’s Andy…