Marijuana

Recent Colorado Department of Transportation figures show that stoned driving fatalities went down from 2016 to 2017 for those over the legal intoxication limit but up in fatal crashes involving drivers who tested positive for any marijuana in their system, whether above the line or under it. Such mixed results are typical according to a new report, which acknowledges that getting firm answers about the risks involved with driving high remains an enormous challenge.

Westword interviewed one of the state’s most powerful marijuana officials to learn about his job and opinions on commercializing the plant.

“By cherry-picking data to support pre-ordained and misinformed conclusions on marijuana, the Trump Administration has further eroded any credibility it had on this issue,” Bennet writes in the letter to Carroll.

Does the president’s staff share Donald Trump’s feelings about marijuana?

There are different degrees of risk at play here, and they’ll vary based on your son’s school’s drug-testing policy and what CBD products you’re using.

The number of fatalities involving at least one driver over the legal limit for marijuana impairment in Colorado went down from 2016 to 2017. However, such fatalities are up during the same period for those testing positive for cannabis use at levels either above or below that limit. And the inconsistencies in regard to the collection of the information makes the scope of the issue unclear.

Like ceviche or vinaigrette? Pucker up.

Northglenn pot shops currently charge a 2 percent special sales tax on all marijuana sales.

Advocates for kratom tout the popular herbal substance grown mainly in Southeast Asia as great for treating chronic pain, anxiety and heroin addiction, among many other uses, and decry Denver Environmental Health’s decision to ban it for human consumption last November. But University of Colorado professor and pharmacologist Robert Valuck thinks such a prohibition makes sense even if kratom has medical value.

Buy a pre-roll, or quit whining.

“We’ve seen a lot of other companies get big rapidly, and [then] crash and burn — so we really like to go slow and steady.”

Colorado Cannabis Tours is taking interested visitors up to the Trotters’ pot farm throughout September to learn how the couple use the fat of the land for their sustainably operated commercial grow.

According to a recent Wikileaf survey, prices are low in the Mile High City.

Vape and Play will operate a bar that will give consumers all the tools they need to get high — save for the pot itself, which isn’t allowed under city rules — and offer games, TVs and vending machines and live entertainment from comedians and musicians.

Several influential brands have announced partnerships with cannabis companies over the past few months.

Westword spoke with Incredibles founder Bob Eschino about what’s been going on in the kitchen.

Imagine our surprise when Oklahoma’s voters approved a wide-ranging medical marijuana law in June. Unfortunately, it’s still not advisable to drive into Oklahoma with weed and assume all is good.

The marijuana growing challenge pits dozens of cultivation staffs throughout the state against each other to see who can grow the best herb.

Also known as “Floog,” the indica-leaning hybrid hails from Denver.

Sweet Leaf was growing fast. Then came the raids, and it all went sour.

Not unless you’re slipping them inside “special orders” for black-market buyers.

One study shows that we don’t have it too bad in Denver compared to other cities with legal marijuana.