Press releases don’t typically stir passions. But cannabis activist Wanda James was incensed after receiving a missive from Mayor Michael Hancock (see it below) in which he thanked the Denver City Council for passing his $3.35 million marijuana budget proposal but offered no kudos to the pot industry that generated…
The Clinton Global Initiative, which took place in Denver last week, received a showy national platform yesterday via an extended Meet the Press segment featuring former President Bill Clinton. Among the questions posed by host/interviewer David Gregory was one about medical marijuana, and Clinton’s expressed support for state’s rights strikes…
The inaugural Weedstock, a three-day conference at the Westin Hotel-Tabor Center, examined the investment opportunities that have opened up in the cannabis world. The event featured numerous securities-and-exchanges experts offering tips for prospective investors — and many, many prospective investors looking for information and leads. At one breakout session, analyst…
Aside from being unusually cute, two-year-old June Jessee could be any of the smiley toddlers at the South Pearl Street Farmers Market today. It’s so hot our cheeks are red, but June sleeps easily in her stroller, cool in her pink and green jumper, head heavy to one side as…
The Marijuana Memes Facebook page is among the most regularly updated addresses of its type. Some of the material is political, some of it’s funny and a lot of it is both. Check out our twenty favorites below…
Talk about overzealousness. The headline alone from this September 1920 front page story in the Aspen Democrat-Times is salacious enough. But the idea of “dope peddlers” hanging outside of VA hospitals “fleecing” vets out of their money for drugs was probably enough to boil the blood of all the good…
The Cannabis Business Summit took over part of the Colorado Convention Center this week — and many of the products on sale in the expo hall, from business insurance to marketing solutions, were a testament to the ever-growing professionalism of this state’s marijuana industry members. But there were some fun…
Metro Cannabis isn’t really known for much. It is generally seen by patients as a warehouse shop with warehouse-quality buds and nothing to really offer someone who wants true variety and well-grown herb. It’s a low-rent shop set up along a rough stretch of Colfax that relies on walk-in traffic…
Dear Stoner: I’m out of town on business a lot, and whenever I tell people I’m from Colorado, it eventually leads to someone asking me about legal pot sales. I’m all for it and smoke from time to time myself; I just don’t really want to talk about it with…
The Colorado Medical Marijuana Registry program has hit its highest number in nearly three years. According to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment statistics, there were 116,180 patients on the registry as of April 30, 2014 — raising the possibility that more people are getting medical cards to avoid…
Between the hotel-room antics of Maureen Dowd and a tragic pot-related tourist death and a fatal shooting earlier this year, marijuana’s national image has taken some heavy hits recently. All of those incidents involved edibles — and like members of any industry, marijuana salespeople (medical and adult-use alike) are concerned…
Congressman Jared Polis is among the majority of U.S. House representatives who voted in favor of defunding DEA raids on medical marijuana businesses in states where MMJ is legal. But even though that effort is currently stalled in the Senate, Polis is trying to push ahead on other cannabis-related fronts…
Lawyers have been known to use some pretty outlandish gimmicks to promote themselves. But one Denver DUI attorney is taking a route that has some people rolling up in laughter. Or just rolling up…
Late last month, the U.S. House voted to defund DEA medical marijuana raids in Colorado and other states that have legalized MMJ — an unprecedented development that was greeted with cheers by many cannabis reformers. But the next step in the legislative process — passage by the U.S. Senate –…
Crowd funding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo have revolutionized the way new businesses start up. But are they ready to help combine marijuana and mobile technology? The folks behind AbacaRX and Dispensed2U hope so…
The headline pretty much says it all in this November 24, 1923 article off the front pages of the Aspen Democrat-Times. Despite the fact that he was likely an American, Tony — the man in question — happens to have a Hispanic surname (though, honestly, we can’t figure out exactly…
The name of Medicinal Wellness Center sounded so generic that after I noticed it the other day online, I couldn’t recall if I had been there before, a long time ago, or hadn’t been there at all. Turns out I was right on both fronts, sort of…
Dear Stoner: My husband and I are traveling to Colorado from Illinois and are wondering: If we have medical marijuana licenses from California, would they work in Colorado?Shirley, via the potline Dear Shirley: Unfortunately, no. Your card from California will not work in Colorado, as we don’t offer reciprocation for…
There’s not much going on in the tiny northeast Colorado town of Sedgwick, which has a full-time population of about 150 people, a game preserve nearby and the South Platte River to play in from time to time — when the water’s up. Most people see the town in their…
Our recent photo post highlighting twenty marijuana edibles that risk copyright lawsuits was inspired by a Hershey Company complaint against TinctureBelle. The suit, on view below, charges the Colorado firm with “the unauthorized use of a number of famous and well-known Hershey trademarks to sell chocolate candy that contains cannabis…
At the start of the 2013-2014 ski season, marijuana seemed like it might be a bigger story than moguls, what with some snowbirds threatening to stay away from Colorado if they were subjected to legal pot, a ski-area executive pledging to yank lift tickets from public tokers, a Forest Service…
Ever have big plans for your life, but then you got high? Lethargic and under-achieving potheads may have created a bum rap for all of us, but that doesn’t mean success and lighting it up are mutually exclusive. Breaking news: a lot of famous celebrities and creative-types smoke weed. If…
