As Colorado nears the one-year anniversary of the first legal sale of recreational marijuana, media outlets across the country are taking a look at the financial and social effects of Amendment 64. An upcoming CNBC documentary, “Marijuana Country: The Cannabis Boom,” will show how Colorado’s cannabis industry is faring after…
Denver County Fair’s pot pavilion wasn’t supposed to have any cannabis on the premises, but several people have reported feeling sick and dizzy after eating candy bars given to them by a pavilion vendor, with two men going to the hospital — and one of them filing a class-action lawsuit…
This week, the Colorado Rockies lost another player to injury, gave up a game-winning home run to a rookie (the Cubs’ Javier Baez) making his major league debut and misspelled another of its star player’s names in the latest poorly edited promotional effort. In other words, it was just another…
John Denver’s former home in the Aspen area is up for sale. The singer lived in it until his death in 1997, and the current owner bought the property in 1999 as a vacation home. It’s 9,000-plus square feet of mountain house. Well, two mountain houses, really — the main…
Legal cannabis has attracted a wide variety of tourists to Colorado who might not have come to the state otherwise — including Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach. But Leach’s trip was work-related. He and a few staff members recently spent three days here in order to inhale as much information…
Ted Nugent used to be known for iconic guitar riffs and songs about getting laid, but now he makes headlines with his extreme political views — often peppered with vulgarity. Nugent’s remarks about certain Democrats and hot topics like immigration have made him a divisive figure (to say the least)…
Since recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, much has been made of children accidentally ingesting edible marijuana — but what about when people intentionally feed it to kids? Last week Davirak Ky pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance and child abuse for feeding two minors cannabis-infused cookies. In exchange,…
Football isn’t the only sport worried about head trauma, according to a recent study published by the The American Journal of Sports Medicine and co-authored by Dawn Comstock, an associate professor of epidemiology for the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education, and Research program at the Colorado School of Public Health. Lacrosse…
Tomorrow, two top-flight European football clubs — AS Roma (Serie A, Italy) and Manchester United (Premiere League, England) — square off at Mile High Stadium in the 2014 International Champions Cup. How would the hometown Colorado Rapids stack up against either of these touring powerhouses? Salary-wise, we know the answer:…
Typical county fairs hand out blue ribbons for livestock, quilts and homemade pies. The 2014 Denver County Fair, which starts next Friday, August 1, will hold competitions for all of those, too. Only some of the pies might get you stoned. See also: “Denver County Fair’s planned Beer Pavilion goes…
There’s no crying in air hockey.Do you consider yourself a gladiator in the arcade? When the Denver County Fair hosts the 2014 Air Hockey World Championships next weekend, all of Colorado’s rec-room warriors are free to join — but the competition sounds stiff. See also: “Beer pavilion out, super-sized pot…
The Denver Department of Environmental Health ordered the recall of products made by a local hash-infused edibles manufacturer last week after “possible contamination from unsanitary equipment” and using equipment “not intended for food manufacturing,” according to a statement by the DDEH’s Public Health Inspections Division. The equipment in question: a…
The Denver Broncos finished 25th on Forbes’s list of the world’s fifty most valuable sports teams, down two spots from last year. The rankings were based on each team’s enterprise value (total equity plus debt) and their current or pending stadium deals. The Broncos are valued at $1.161 billion. Of…
Lakewood has become the latest city in Colorado to ban cannabis businesses. But voters will decide in November if retail marijuana shops should be allowed. See also: Marijuana: Littleton City Council takes step toward banning retail pot businesses…
The demand for cannabis in Colorado this year has been stronger than anticipated, according to a recent state study on the industry. See also: Marijuana: State-approved labs can’t test private pot samples…
On Friday, June 27, several Denver police officers entered Maryjane’s 420 Shop and Social Club, at 539 West 43rd Avenue, and issued citations to some of its members. The club has been closed ever since and comments from his spokesperson suggest that Denver Mayor Michael Hancock would like it to…
Some people are just meant for certain professions. Michael Jordan was meant to play basketball, Bill Gates was meant to program software, and the kid who stole your trading cards in grade school was meant to be a felon. Murphy Murri was meant to sell cannabis to Colorado. See also:…
While Washington has yet to open a single retail marijuana store, Colorado marked its its six-month anniversary with recreational cannabis last week. And as with many committed relationships, there’s more trust going forward. See also: See the 88 recreational shops that have opened in Denver since January 1…
Colorado just marked six months since the launch of legal recreational marijuana sales. Washington, for its part, is set to follow suit on July 8. But the state may experience some growing pains…
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…
The British Bulldog may be the most American bar in Denver during the FIFA World Cup. Go to one its parties during a USA match through July, and prepare to be serenaded by multiple Bruce Springsteen songs, stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the sun and get an occasional drop of beer spilled…
The first recreational marijuana dispensary in Fort Collins opened its doors on June 20. Well, sort of. Organic Alternatives had already been operating as a medical dispensary since July of last year, but didn’t obtain a local license to sell recreationally until this past Friday. But since Choice Organics, which…
