We’ve been hearing a lot about Smart Colorado’s call for higher cannabis taxes in Colorado, as well as its connection to a possible attempt to repeal Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. But the group is also spreading…
Last month, as we’ve reported, the Amendment 64 task force recommended that retailers taking part in the recreational marijuana industry be required to grow 70 percent of their product under the vertical integration business model currently imposed on MMJ outlets. Earlier this month, the legislature’s A64 joint committee rejected that…
Update: Yesterday, we shared a draft proposal that would repeal Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana, if voters don’t approve a 15 percent sales tax during a November election. Also included was an opinion by attorney Ed Ramey…
Here’s a pretty interesting and surprising positive story about cannabis being used as a medicine from the Colorado Banner out of Boulder County from July 1876 — making this the oldest Cannabis Time Capsule piece we’ve run. And though the mention of marijuana is brief, it illustrates how cannabis might…
Amendment 64 opponents are threatening to force a repeal of the measure allowing adults 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of marijuana if legislators don’t approve a sales tax that’s higher than necessary to cover costs. That’s the claim of A64 proponents, who have scheduled a press…
Last year, Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient fired by DISH for failing a drug test, filed a complaint over the issue in Arapahoe District Court. When he lost there, attorney Michael Evans brought the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals. Now, those jurists have also rejected Coats’s…
I like sticky buds — like when you’re in the mood to roll and you start picking one apart, and it leaves your fingers feeling like they’ve been super-glued. The kind of sticky that you have to wipe your hands off before you reach for the paper or you’ll rip…
Yesterday, we noted that the marijuana bills needed to implement Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of cannabis, would be facing their first tests. But the exams are far from over. The most high-profile of the bills squeaked out of…
Dear Stoner: My bong is pretty gnarly after this past weekend. What’s the easiest way to clean my glass, and how often should I do it? Dirty Pete Dear Pete: There are tons of products you can buy at head shops these days, but why spend $5 on a tiny…
A bill that would have used $10 million in medical marijuana patient registration fees for drug-treatment programs has been gutted for the second year in a row. The Representative Beth McCann-sponsored House Bill 1238, would have transferred $10 million over the next four years from the medical marijuana program cash…
As we reported yesterday, the River North-area site of the High Times Cannabis Cup was left trashed after the event throughout Earth Day, irritating neighbors and putting a black mark on the cannabis community. A group of volunteers and a cleaning crew from the Exdo Center, where the event took…
Last month, the Amendment 64 Task Force issued its recommendations about how best to implement the measure, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. The legislature’s aptly named A64 joint committee followed suit, and it didn’t simply rubber-stamp the task force’s…
Update below: The High Times Cannabis Cup left a cloud of haze in the air that had all but disappeared by Sunday night, after the event closed. Unfortunately, the trash didn’t dissipate as easily, and by Monday afternoon — Earth Day — hundreds of pounds of junk was still sitting…
Earlier this month, the latest version of a THC driving bill that had failed the past two years seemed to be on a steady march to passage despite e-mail protests and petitions. But no: Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 to squash the measure again. Why? One advocate believes…
As you might expect, William Breathes, the solar system’s first medical marijuana critic and overseer of our sister Toke of the Town blog, was everywhere on 4/20 weekend. And he brought his camera with him. Before Saturday’s 4/20 rally dissolved into chaos after shots were fired, injuring three, Breathes captured…
Sean Azzariti (who we’ve featured in this space in the past) is a veteran of the Iraq War, medical marijuana patient, an advocate for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress who want to be able to use cannabis to help them cope, and a cannabis enthusiast. Azzariti also happens to be…
High Times Magazine threw arguable the biggest private pot parties in the nation over the weekend, drawing thousands of people over two days to the Exdo Events Center for the mag’s third cannabis contest in as many years. The past two years, only medical marijuana patients were allowed to puff…
Update below: For months, anticipation has built toward this year’s 4/20 Rally at Civic Center Park, touted as a mix of pot, hip hop and serious politics to be witnessed by locals and visitors from all over the country. Yet the positive nature of the event was countered by a…
This week’s multi-part cover story about the state of the state of marijuana takes a look at Amendment 64 and how legislators will address implementing the legalization of small amounts of cannabis and the shops that will sell it. Our print edition also features a Q&A with Amendment 64 proponent…
The video kicks off with a couple awkwardly sitting next to each other as glasses of wine on a nearby table and the sound of Marvin Gaye singing “Let’s Get It On” encourage them to do…something. What happens next? Rather than succumbing to Marvin’s entreaties and ripping each other’s clothes…
We at Westword strive to be your go-to source for news about 4/20 — and we’ve been covering the big event at Civic Center Park for years. As proof, we offer the following photos, culled from five different 4/20 slide shows snapped between 2009 and 2012. Be sure to click…
It’s not so much that Artisanal Medicinals looks sketchy from the outside. It’s…ummm…okay, the place looks sketchy from the outside. It’s in a forgotten corner of Denver that you probably only visited back in the day if you were buying paint, having a car repaired or spray painting murals at…
