“who’s your buddy?,” Patricia Calhoun, May 22 the buddy system Two things. First, I’ve been an avid reader of Westword since almost the beginning — best “rag” in town! Second, Patricia Calhoun’s “Who’s Your Buddy?” was bang-on. The studied silence about pot (other than the hysterical TV ads to scare…
It has been a long time now. Twenty-two years this week. Long enough for the whole episode to be forgotten by the cops, the lawyers and just about everybody else. But to three graying convicts and their families, it’s still unfinished business, a problem that has to be solved. Eric…
Dear Stoner: Where can I find Spice — synthetic weed — in Denver or Lakewood? I can’t use the real stuff and can’t find the stuff I used to buy anymore anywhere.Raul, from the potline Dear Raul: Think of the sketchiest neighborhood in Denver. Now find the nearest corner store…
April saw a lot more than crop-watering showers in the marijuana world. According to the Colorado Department of Revenue, about $22 million in recreational pot was sold in April, up nearly 60 percent from January, when retail sales started. Meanwhile, medical marijuana sales — which still far outpace recreational sales…
A recent Comment of the Day about NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre’s advocacy of pot clubs spurred plenty of additional conversation. Here’s a post from a reader who thinks concerns about such venues ignore others that he considers to be more dangerous…
Denver blog posts are built to last. At our Backbeat blog, Jon Solomon offers a look inside the newly remodeled Hard Rock Cafe. Denver PR Blog has the details on Eric Sondermann’s new move. Denver Frank wishes a Happy Father’s Day to Walter White…
A new study of the Stapleton neighborhood, Denver’s nationally acclaimed infill project, concludes that key traffic engineering decisions have encouraged high-speed driving rather than traffic “calming,” made residential areas less safe and generally worked against efforts to develop the area as a showcase of New Urbanism — a design ethos…
The Hershey Co. recently sued a Colorado firm, TinctureBelle, for copyright infringement — and it’s filed a similar suit against a Washington business, Seattle Conscious Care Cooperative. Should we expect more complaints like these? Well, most pot edibles we’ve seen for sale in Colorado are in no danger of inspiring…
At this writing, devoted father Dave Nazeri remains in a coma after a hit-and-run accident allegedly caused by Lucio Roberto Vasquez-Jimenez, a sixteen-year-old accused of violating the terms of his learner’s permit, among several other charges. Meanwhile, the Nazeri family is reaching out on social media, requesting help in covering…
Yesterday, in reporting about the arrest of Denver police detective Daniel Diaz de Leon, we noted that seven Denver cops have gotten into trouble in 2014. But another Denver cop, Aaron Egger, narrowly missed the cut. Egger was reportedly received DPD discipline earlier this year for a 2013 DUI bust…
What states would be the most and least susceptible to annihilation should the Zombie Apocalypse prove to be an actual thing? The folks at Estately considered this important question — and Colorado was ranked among those states whose citizens were most likely to survive. Why? That’s explained below with a…
In January, Keith Kilbey, 23, was among the first people to be arrested for driving under the influence of drugs in the wake of limited recreational marijuana sales becoming legal; he crashed into a Colorado State Patrol vehicle and damaged a second one. Local media organizations that covered Kilbey’s arrest,…
Last year, attorney Rob Corry, who helped author Amendment 64, the 2012 law that legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, campaigned against cannabis taxation measures by, among other things, co-hosting rallies featuring free joints. Corry’s efforts fell short at the ballot box, so now he’s trying his luck at the courthouse…
A reader comment inspired by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s bad experience with a pot edible attracted plenty of additional takes. Most of them weren’t terribly kind to Dowd, but this one defends her and others who react poorly to such products…
Denver blog posts generally like openings more than closings. At our Cafe Society blog, Lori Midson gives you a tour in words and photos of Argyll Whisky Beer Astropub, which just opened in Uptown. Big Media’s Jason Salzman has something positive to say about radio host Dan Caplis. At Denver…
Denver is the Hollywood of cannabis, according to KC Stark. As for Colorado Springs, he sees it as Silicon Valley — which is why he decided it was the perfect place to serve as a base for his latest venture, MMJ Business Academy. The academy’s mission, Stark explains, is to…
What if it were possible to predict the next Arab Spring? The next Ukrainian revolution? Researchers at the Pardee Center for International Futures in the School of International Studies at the University of Denver might be able to do just that in several years. DU was one of eleven schools…
Earlier this year, we told you about the arrest of Kenneth Hosch, age 83, after a crash that killed Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Dave Baldwin, who was on routine motorcycle patrol at the time. Now, Hosch has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide — and the district attorney prosecuting the…
After the arrest of Denver Police Department Detective Daniel Diaz de Leon on charges including domestic violence and child abuse, 9News reported that he was the sixth member of the DPD to get in trouble over recent months. By our count, however, there have actually been seven — a small…
The latest most-wanted list from Metro Denver Crime Stoppers is dominated by men, as always. But the roster features more females than usual: seventeen out of seventy. Continue to see the women being sought by law enforcement agencies across the metro area, complete with details about their alleged crimes, and…
Back in April, when representatives of the Republican National Committee were touring Denver to determine if it would make a good location for the 2016 GOP convention, we came up with a list of ten alternative Denver places to take them — including the city’s dankest corner and the newly…
In a recent interview, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said he’s open to the possibility of legalizing marijuana in his country — a significant statement, given that he’s opposed such a move in the past. An advocate for progressive marijuana policies in the U.S. believes the pot-legalization examples set by…
