At 1 p.m. today, the Amendment 64 Task Force will announce its recommendations for implementing the title measure, which allows adults 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. We’ll be on the scene to provide a full report. But we’ve already got a pretty good idea…
A post asking whether Colorado drivers are being profiled as a result of the state’s marijuana policies begat a Comment of the Day from one reader who shared his own profile-target experience. And that post spawned still more memorable comments — like this one dissing the places across Colorado’s borders…
Late last month, Overland High teacher Carly McKinney made international headlines after being suspended in the wake of tweets featuring NSFW photos and jokes about drugs; examples below. Since then, there’s been a month of silence from the Cherry Creek School District. But according to a district spokeswoman, that quiet…
Legislation to set THC driving standards in Colorado has failed twice before. However, a new version that also tweaks alcohol DUI rules won unanimous approval during its first House committee hearing earlier this week. Aiding this momentum are assorted news videos that purport to show the dangers of driving while…
Among the oddest local cul de sacs in the ultra-popular online community Redditt is Denver Circlejerk — a place for users to share their thoughts and images, be they serious rants or bizarre non sequiturs. We’ve gathered (and in some cases photo-illustrated) our ten favorite recent items, complete with original…
Nick Kasa, a CU Buffs tight end, is getting a lot of attention in the wake of the NFL Combine, an annual meat market where players are examined, tested and quizzed by teams. The reason, though, is only marginally connected to his (first-rate) play and potential. During an interview with…
Dear Stoner: Is there a mechanism — like a process or a form — to remove one’s name from the registry once the red card has expired? I’ve asked quite a few people, including a local marijuana attorney’s office, and nobody seems to be able to give me a straight…
Few events in the life of a city are as relentlessly cheerful as a groundbreaking for a new school building. It’s a time for back-slapping congratulations and lofty, forward-looking speeches; for misty-eyed reminiscences about the eternal struggle to advance educational ideals; for bold declarations about the opportunities and challenges facing…
“Collision Course,” Patricia Calhoun, February 14 Sand of Time It is not only the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations that should be upset with History Colorado. Anyone visiting the new structure on Broadway will be equally offended. Most exhibits currently on display contain little history and are lame and uninspired on…
How much do voters care where campaign money comes from? Peak Campaign, working for CleanSlateNow.org, just polled 400 active voters in Colorado, asking them this question: “During election years, special-interest groups such as unions, trial lawyers, banks, oil companies, environmentalists and developers use political action committees, sometimes called PACs, to…
By just about any measure, Congress is at its lowest point in history. Only 9 percent of the country has a favorable view of the 535 men and women who make up the bicameral body. One poll even revealed that they’re less popular than cockroaches, traffic jams, and that ultimate…
Elite cannabis genetics aren’t shared with just anyone who asks for them. Growers pride themselves on holding certain rare strains close — and dispensaries have been known to hoard them. For these reasons, you don’t often see anyone freely distributing clones of hard-to-find strains. So it’s surprising (and refreshing) to…
Today, Westword is welcoming the latest addition to its family: the new, improved and ready-to-use Westword mobile app. Like the previous version of our Westword app, you can use it as a handy, thumb-friendly guide to Denver arts, entertainment and dining. Hungry for Asian? We’ve got you covered. Bored with…
Denver blog posts know the feeling. Colorado Pols on the post-close-election reinvention of the Congressman Dems refer to as “Mike ‘Forcible Rape’ Coffman,” including his call for a vote on the U.S. Senate’s Violence Against Women Act, which he previously eschewed. Denver Stiffs’ Colin Neilson previews the Nuggets in Portlandia…
As Nederland attempts to become the first U.S. city to regulate marijuana since its prohibition, it’s clear the road will have its share of bumps. The town’s Board of Trustees gathered on a snowy Tuesday night to begin the convoluted process of opening stores to the recreational sale of pot…
When you’re a bureaucrat under fire, accused of being a tool of Big Oil, there’s nothing like a big, wet kiss from your critics to let you know you’re being watched — closely. Particularly if that greeting takes the form of a giant billboard on I-70 in Golden, not far…
Four years ago today, the Rocky Mountain News closed on the cusp of its 150th birthday. The changes in the Denver media scene since then have been profound. And while the Denver Post, the city’s surviving paper, continues to exist, its present doesn’t look much like the future that seemed…
As we reported yesterday, CEO Franklin Sain was arrested over threatening e-mails to state rep and gun-control advocate Rhonda Fields; see examples below. (Warning: They’re explicit.) The firm for which Sain works has now suspended him, but that’s not enough for the region’s NAACP affiliate. The organization is calling for…
Our post about the latest recommendations from the Amendment 64 task force — including blessing the prospect of marijuana tourism — spurred a lively conversation about the pros and cons of assorted rules and regs. Still, responses to the concept didn’t go more positive than this one:…
Earlier this month, the Justice Department decided not to charge the officers who beat Alex Landau to a pulp with federal civil rights violations. This conclusion frustrated Landau, but he figured that at least he’d find out the results of a local investigation put on hold due to the feds’…
Last year, we shared “Ten hilariously unnecessary items from the 1950s,” using as our source a mid-century-era catalog from a now-defunct operation called Sunset House. But that initial batch was only the tip of the weirdness iceberg. Here’s our latest top ten, featuring unbecoming undergarments, penis-shaped sponges and more. Count…
Yesterday, in reporting about an Amendment 64 task force recommendation to consider purchase limits on cannabis for in-state residents, a marijuana attorney argued that such a move would result in pot prices going up in a big way. But Christian Sederberg, the A64 task force member who helped push this…
