Marijuana

No area of Colorado represents the controversy of legal cannabis quite like Pueblo County.

The general trend: quality over quantity

You don’t want to waste part of your $70-plus purchase, though, do you?

Ceria Beverages will offer a THC-infused drink with the “same onset time as alcohol,” according to the company.

Because of Colorado’s seed-to-sale tracking system, all pot products must be sold in order to leave a dispensary.

After Denver banned kratom for human consumption last November, advocates, including the communications director for the Libertarian Party of Colorado, spoke out on behalf of the herbal substance, calling it an effective pain reliever that can be substituted for much more dangerous opioids. But one Denver-area resident who spoke at length to Westword warns that kratom isn’t always benign, especially for people, like him, with addictive personalities. In his words, “Kratom ruined my life.”

With such a heavy coat of resin glands and THC levels approaching 30 percent, I’m surprised this strain wasn’t named after Savannah Smiles.

Denver’s first licensed cannabis consumption lounge opened its doors in March, and a bill in the Colorado General Assembly would allow dispensary tasting rooms. But what if it’s all for naught?

Colorado’s cannabis industry saw some new competition in 2018, but it hasn’t seemed to affect the money coming in.

If it’s a group outing, be sure that you each hold on to or claim possession of your cannabis separately, as possessing more than an ounce of pot is still illegal in Colorado.

For Heather DeRose, hemp made sense because it checks off a lot of nutritional boxes. It’s high in magnesium, vitamins B and E, iron, zinc and omega-3 acids. Many of the vitamins it contains help support proper brain function, which in turn helps her epilepsy, she said.

Make plans to get educated about marijuana in March 2018.

A recent study found that many workers are high at work. But some readers argue that means nothing.

Herbert Fuego visited the Coffee Joint, Denver’s first licensed pot lounge that allows consumption, but readers want more.

In the hip, liberal enclave that is Denver, it’s hard imagine that anyone could still be oblivious to the difference between hemp and marijuana.

Colorado’s senators wanted the feds to protect the state’s pot laws. But they didn’t get any respect.

The concept of a pot lounge might give you an image of a heady cafe in Amsterdam with pot brownies and bongs at the tables for your leisure, but that’s not how this works in Denver.

You all could figure out your THC tolerances and consume responsibly — but I realize that’s asking a lot of college kids.

The Colorado Department of Transportation is making good on its promise to involve the public’s opinion as it seeks solutions for drivers impaired by cannabis.

The study found most Colorado cannabis employees were happy with their jobs, but it also concluded that a sizeable portion of them were high at their jobs.

Granola Funk isn’t a jam band that opens for Phish or Umphrey’s McGee, but it might be in the same ballpark.

The model would come with more purchasing and consumption limits than its brewery counterparts, and the tasting areas would only be allowed next to recreational stores, not medical dispensaries.