Marijuana

The chemical structure of THC and other cannabinoids found in cannabis begins to change when exposed to heat and starts to deteriorate the higher the temperature gets.

Run by a longtime reporter on Colorado politics, the website is funded by a dispensary chain and isn’t hiding its subjectivity.

Auctions have long been an avenue for car buyers looking for deals off the beaten path, but in Colorado, they’re also a cheap way to supply your cannabis cultivation.

Shortly after we published a post about Lakewood entrepreneur Faith Day facing down the Food and Drug Administration over a kratom investigation, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in conjunction with the FDA, released a health warning about a “multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections” related to the popular but controversial herbal pain reliever, with one person from Colorado said to among those affected. And even though Day and the feds have very different views about kratom, some of the concerns voiced by the CDC echo ones she shared with us.

I’ve found that potent hybrids create the best shit-eating grins and munchies without causing anxiety, and Blue Dragon is a definite contender.

Grow-Off co-founder Jake Browne had kept the genetics for each contest unknown until the awards ceremony to ensure there were no advantages among the teams.

On November 20, 2017, Denver Environmental Health prohibited the sale of kratom for human consumption in the city and began raiding local shops selling the popular herbal pain reliever as part of what DEH’s own board later concluded was a flawed process. In the meantime, Clean Kratom Wellness Center in Lakewood, a community that has not enacted a ban, is being investigated by the Food and Drug Administration even though the federal government’s current position on the substance consists only of warning about its use.

Sifting through the buds of hemp plants would obviously produce some CBD-rich kief, but you’d also be collecting THC and any other cannabinoids present on the plant.

One of Denver’s largest dispensary chains has issued a voluntary recall for medical and recreational cannabis products over concerns from possible contamination.

The Republican donors expressed a statement condoning the overturn of the Cole memo, potentially giving Colorado Republicans an ‘out’ if they choose to criticize the Trump administration on legal marijuana.

The Colorado Springs Gazette, owned by conservative billionaire Phil Anschutz, has earned a reputation as the most overtly anti-marijuana major newspaper in the state. And while the first entry in a new series presented beneath the banner “Is Colorado better off five years after legalizing marijuana?” is an improvement over an anti-pot screed from nearly three years ago that was partially penned by a prominent and devoted cannabis hater, it still focuses almost entirely on bad news.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has now been commemorated with a strain: Jeff Sesh-ons. What’s Next?

The proposal sped through the Colorado legislature in less than a month and is headed for Governor John Hickenlooper’s desk for his signature.

As we’ve reported, the Colfax branch of Myxed Up Creations was raided shortly after Denver Environmental Health banned the sale of kratom for human consumption, only to be allowed to transfer its supply of the popular herbal pain reliever to locations outside the city limits rather than being forced to destroy it after DEH’s own board called its process flawed. But while Myxed Up founder Phil Guerin is pleased by this turn of events, his battles with Denver aren’t over, thanks to an upcoming court case involving CBDs.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in 2018, imitation can also be simple mockery.

Colorado Senator Cory Gardner had been assured by Jeff Sessions that Justice wouldn’t interfere with state-compliant cannabis businesses and users.

A former NFL player, a twelve-year-old medical marijuana patient and three other plaintiffs are suing Jeff Sessions and the Drug Enforcement Administration over the federal government’s classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug.

While advocating for a bill to create a safe-injection site pilot program, Representative Leslie Herod, a vocal backer of the measure, told us, “We already have a safe-use site in Denver. It’s operated illegally, and it’s operating because of need. That’s our Denver Public Library” — specifically the central branch at 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway, where six people overdosed during the first three months of 2017 alone — “and it’s a huge problem. We need to move that population away from the library, and away from the bathrooms in coffee shops and restaurants, and move them to a place where they can get connected with services.” But that’s not going to happen now, because the legislation is officially dead.

If you keep a cartridge filled with butane hash oil around long enough without using it, you’ll notice that it turns darker and thicker and has a bitter taste with less potency.

I desperately tried to tiptoe around the flu bug that just swept through Denver, popping vitamin C and obsessively washing my hands for weeks. Didn’t matter. Within twelve hours of feeling a tickle in my throat, fluids were exiting my body as though I were a Civil War soldier stricken…

Even though Coloradans voted to legalize medical marijuana use in 2000 and recreational pot sales in 2012, employers in the state can still legally sack workers who score positive for cannabis on drug tests. But the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’ local branch is trying to change that. Denver NORML executive director Jordan Person says the organization is currently looking for Colorado legislators to sponsor a bill that would prevent businesses from, in her words, “firing people on Wednesday for performing a lawful activity on Saturday.”

Most hot hemp crops occur when farmers are working with a new seed, according to the Colorado Department Agriculture, but other factors can cause a THC spike in hemp plants, such as the growing environment and overly long flowering periods.