Marijuana

Colorado’s marijuana industry reached $1.3 billion in sales in 2016, and it’s not showing any signs of slowing down. Earlier this month the Colorado Department of Revenue released the sales data for March, and it showed that for the tenth consecutive month, marijuana sales had surpassed $100 million. March’s total was a whopping $131.7 million, a new monthly record. And April’s numbers are bound to be good, too, because that sales period includes 4/20.

Two days before Mother’s Day, Susan Squibb and her team at 4&20 Blackbirds hosted the fifth annual Mother’s High Tea, an event fit for a queen with beautifully prepared food, a stand-out group of speakers and such gourmet teas as Ginger Peach, Rose Oolong and Elegant Earl Grey. Neither the teas…

Veritas Cannabis, a wholesale grow, has introduced four spring strains. Here’s how they rate.

West Washington Park neighbors met on May 13 to discuss the International Church of Cannabis that opened last month at 400 South Logan Street. And what started as an attempt to heal the divides between the congregation and the community ended with threats of legal action.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has released its overview of 2016. Marijuana accounts for close to a quarter of federal drug cases, but this overview found that cannabis consumers typically have less serious criminal histories than users of other drugs. Reading through the report, we noted five interesting things: 1. Drug arrests…

After six months of meetings, the Social Consumption Advisory Committee, tasked with implementing Initiative 300, has finalized rules and regulations for social consumption.

How many friends can consume cannabis on a front porch? Some Colorado lawmakers wanted to limit it to five.

DRUID launched in the app store in July 2016. It allows users to play games that measure things like reaction time and balance. If the score comes back too high, you’ll know you’re too impaired to drive.

When Ilan Freeman was growing up, his favorite movie was The Lion King, and he named his new company Hakuna Supply to reflect the problem-free philosophy popularized by the movie. Hakuna: No worries.The Colorado-based company offers walnut and mahogany stash boxes, rolling trays and other accessories like stash jars and grinders. “I made the first boxes by hand,” Freeman says. “Keep it simple, keep it functional — that’s the whole idea.”

After some but not all of Eric Jarrin’s marijuana was stolen, the Colorado resident reported what had happened. But because the crime took place in Wyoming, which has some of the strongest anti-cannabis laws in the country, the police officers who responded didn’t bother going after the thief. Instead, they promptly arrested Jarrin and fellow Colorado pal Christopher Rathe, whose actions raise an important question: Were the pair too stoned to remember they were in a state where pot is illegal?

A consumer wants to know why more stores don’t sell clones; our Stoner has the answer.

If neighbors were already concerned about traffic, noise and an influx of visitors to their West Washington Park neighborhood, this news won’t make them any happier: The International Church of Cannabis has announced that it will start hosting weddings for fellow Elevationists.

Pueblo County is quickly becoming a center not only for cannabis production, but for cannabis research, too. In late April, Pueblo hosted two major scientific gatherings featuring speakers from around the globe.

Most cannabis consumers just want whatever’s on sale or the buds that’ll lift them the highest – but those two qualities rarely co-exist. The few strains that are both inexpensive and elevating, like Blue Dream and Gorilla Glue, quickly become popular on dispensary shelves. Still, while THC Bomb’s price is often in inverse proportion to its THC numbers, it hasn’t yet reached the same level of demand.

For the last six months, BDS Analytics has been working on a survey to analyze marijuana consumers in Colorado and California. The company surveyed 1,000 people in each state and broke respondents into two categories: acceptors and rejectors.

Cindy Sovine-Miller is a growing force at the Colorado Legislature, where she keeps pushing for the rights of medical-marijuana patients.

A customer wants to know why he can’t use his phone in many dispensaries. Our Stoner has the answer.

According to data shared by the Colorado Department of Revenue, 29 counties in Colorado generated nearly $35 million in tax revenues during 2016, not counting the nearly $200 million in tax revenue collected by the state itself. The amounts range from just over $70,000 in one mountain county to more than $14 million in the state’s most populous metro area.

Visiting Colorado? Here are the ten dispensaries that are closest to Denver International Airport.

Jeff Hunt, the Colorado Christian University educator behind the petition to ban the Denver 420 Rally, says teenage pot smoking that harmed his short-term memory and the negative marijuana experiences of friends turned him against cannabis, which he and others at CCU see as a civic ill that needs to be cured.

After a few weeks of delays, The Green Solution has opened another dispensary in Aurora, the first store it’s built from the ground up and the last of the 24 stores currently allowed in that town. It’s also one of the rec locations closest to Denver International Airport, although still twenty miles awya.

The city is reviewing its policies for Denver’s parks, especially Civic Center, in the wake of problems — long lines, trash — during this year’s 420 Rally. But the Mile High City’s annual celebration can definitely be saved, according to readers.