Even though Colorado received more than 40,000 new medical marijuana patient applications in 2013, the total number of active patients on the state’s registry stayed about the same as in 2012, when voters went beyond MMJ to let adults 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of cannabis…
We recently shared an Inside Edition report about smoke shacks at ski areas — after which personnel at Breckenridge destroyed Leo’s Smoke Shack, which had been featured in hidden-camera footage. But while Leo’s is gone, its spirit lives in a hilarious parody put together by photog Arthur Balluff and a…
Artistic entrepreneur Dana Cain, co-founder of the Denver County Fair, can cross one thing off her bucket list. She’s going to be in Penthouse magazine. “They wanted me to be the centerfold, but I don’t know about that,” she jokes. “I’m not at liberty to share the photos.” Okay, so…
Yesterday, we told you about the decision by administrators at CU-Boulder to close the campus on 4/20 for the third consecutive year; see our previous coverage below. Presumably, there won’t be much going on in the buildings near Norlin Quad (longtime ground zero of 4/20 at CU) on the date,…
Last month, we shared a letter sent by Rob Corry, attorney for the 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park, to Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver City Council. The gist: While public pot smoking is nixed by Amendment 64, the measure allows it at home — and since Civic Center Park…
In early January, shortly after the launch of legal recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, we posted about several pot satires that were mistaken for actual news, including one claiming that weed overdoses killed 37 people on day one of retail operations here. Michael Pristoop was among those fooled, and he…
Hemp farmers can now register with the Colorado Department of Agriculture to become sanctioned growers of the long-outlawed crop. The registration officially opened on March 1, a Saturday — and this is the first business day that hemp registration is, well, open for business. But the state agriculture department wants…
With a headline like “To Farm Insanity Plant,” we were hoping to find a grow guide of sorts from 1909. But alas, that wasn’t the case. Instead, this article from the March 5, 1909 Yampa Leader was just more of the usual anti-marijuana propaganda connecting cannabis with the feared brown-skinned…
Two years ago, when we first stopped by Chronorado Medical in Denver, we left unimpressed but hopeful after discovering the White Urkle we brought home was infested with bugs. It was a shame, because otherwise, the buds were plump, ripe with THC goodness and stank to high heaven with light…
Inside Edition’s hysterical report about ski-area smoke shacks — a phenomenon our William Breathes has been covering for years — was quickly followed by the destruction of Leo’s Smoke Shack in Breckenridge, the most elaborate structure featured in the IE piece. Although a ski-area rep who spoke to us about…
Update: How quickly is the Denver recreational marijuana scene changing? On February 4, when we last updated our list of recreational marijuana shops licensed by the city so far, the total was 37 — more than double the eighteen that opened on January 1. And now, just over three weeks…
Dear Stoner: I was wondering about RVIA licenses for vehicles and motor homes — whether people can use marijuana in the enclosed area of those vehicles when they’re not in use. I know there are some quasi-public ones around, but I’m more interested in private use and whether I can…
Millions of dollars in tax revenue are now pouring into Colorado’s coffers due to recreational marijuana sales. And that’s not to mention the personal-liberties victory that came when limited amounts of cannabis was legalized for personal adult use and consumption. Yet Governor John Hickenlooper wouldn’t suggest that other states change…
Yesterday, we shared a completely hysterical Inside Edition report about smoke shacks at Colorado ski resorts — a longtime phenomenon that our William Breathes has been writing about in depth for years. Turns out, though, that one of the main settings for the Inside Edition piece — Leo’s Smoke Shack…
Back in October, at a time when plenty of jurisdictions across Colorado were balking at allowing recreational marijuana sales, Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace told us that officials in his part of southern Colorado had chosen to embrace the new industry. “As communities turn down this part of Amendment 64,…
Back in 2012, our William Breathes offered an in-depth tour of smoke shacks — low-key structures at numerous Colorado ski resorts where particularly kind skiers stop to smoke a little pot before getting back to the slopes. Now, Inside Edition has discovered these venerable attractions, but the hilariously hysterical tone…
Last week, we told you about the soft launch of Terrapin Care Station, Boulder’s first recreational marijuana store. But days after our post, TCS celebrated its grand opening in style, with a ribbon-cutting courtesy of Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles, seen here with owner Christopher Woods, and guest appearances by…
Editor’s note: We couldn’t wait for 4:20 to publish our post about it always being 4:20 at Denver’s Union Station. But we didn’t want to harsh your buzz at 4:20 today — so here’s a classic post from 2012. In doing research for our feature on the history of cannabis…
The other week, I was dropping off my pop at the Oxford Hotel downtown around 2 p.m. when I noticed that the clock was wrong at Union Station. Or, better, the clock was right on at Union Station. Yup. 4:20. At 2 p.m. in the afternoon. I’m not downtown much…
The Denver Police Department has historically looked the other way in regard to marijuana smoking during the annual 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park. But as we reported a few days back, rally organizers are concerned about threats to issue citations this year — so much so that fest attorney…
Eight years ago, seven strangers were picked to live in a converted meat-market bar in Lower Downtown and have their lives videotaped — and they found out what happens when people stop being polite and start being really, really bad at acting like they aren’t in a reality-TV show. I’m…
Doubts about whether demand for recreational marijuana would cover the cost of the program put in place to regulate its sale appear to have been unfounded, at least during its early stages. Evidence comes via Governor John Hickenlooper, who’s come up with a plan to spend recreational-pot tax revenues: $4.5…
