Marijuana

A specialized spectrum of invisible light that will kill all the pesticides in your grow: that’s what SpectrumGro promises.
The light emanates from rods about an inch and a half thick and 48 inches long. They’re installed two feet from the crop, either above it, under it, or to the side, and once they’re turned on in the grow, they get to work eliminating pesticides in the plants and in the soil. The light eliminates mold, bacteria, fungi, powdery mildew, and most kinds of yeast.

The INDO Expo brought its fifth cannabis trade show to the Denver Mart January 28 to 29, attracting both industry insiders and members of the public eager to learn about the latest innovations and advances in marijuana. Over the years, the show has doubled the number of booths and attendance has tripled.

This month, we’ve been sharing our favorite Instagram photos from dispensaries, growers, and protests of Trump’s inaguration. Now, we’ve rounded up our favorite posts from you. Enjoy!

Coloradans suffering from mental illnesses have been left behind when it comes to the state’s legalization efforts, according to Teri Robnett, founder and executive director of Cannabis Patients Alliance. That’s why advocates plan to perform 22 pushups on the steps of the State Capitol on Monday, January 30, as part of an effort to get Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), among other mental illnesses, on the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana in Colorado.

TDA_Boulder has no problems with its employees getting high — for the sake of creativity. The advertising agency partnered with grower Colorado Kind to create three specific strains of weed for “The Fifty,” the 2017 theme for the Denver Ad Club’s annual awards show. Each strain was tailored to aid different personality types in the advertising profession.

Emmett Reistroffer was one of the authors of Initiative 300 and worked on the campaign to get the social-use ordinance passed last November. Now the event planner serves on the city’s social consumption advisory committee. We sat down with Reistroffer to chat about social use, the first committee meeting, and what he thinks about how the process is going.

Here are the six best places to buy marijuana late night in and around Denver.

Marijuana and hip-hop have a long and harmonious relationship, so much so that the names of most hybrid strains sound like rap-song titles. If I told you I was listening to “Girl Scout Cookies” by OG Kush featuring Durban Poison or “The Truth” by SFV OG featuring Chemdawg, you’d probably think…

For the last four years, anytime police seized cannabis in a criminal investigation, they’ve been required to care for it — either by keeping the plants alive or by returning the marijuana in a usable form to the owner. That’s no longer the case.

Thirty percent of marijuana businesses are audited each year by the IRS; cannabis companies are always dealing with new regulations. Wurk is trying to work out solutions for these challenges.

Why has dispensary service been so slow in Colorado lately? Our Stoner has the answer.

Nearly three years ago, the first of three marijuana amnesty boxes was installed at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. The idea behind the boxes was to give fliers a way to dispose of legal cannabis before they boarded a plane bound for a destination where the substance might be against the law, and Pitkin County Undersheriff Ron Ryan considers the containers to be a success, even though weed isn’t the only aromatic thing sometimes being left in them.

The cannabis industry is growing, and would-be employees in the field are growing up, judging from a recent job fair.

On the first morning of the Trump presidency, we’re giving you a rundown of the best marijuana posts on Instagram saying goodbye to Obama and ushering in a new administration. From naming strains in honor of our departing president to protesting in Washington D.C., the cannabis community was vocal about…

The world hasn’t come to an end. U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter was told it would when Colorado voters legalized recreational marijuana use in November 2012 and he started introducing legislation in Congress that would aid the industry as businesses began to struggle with banking problems, among other issues. Now, as President Donald Trump takes the oath of office, Perlmutter says he’s not finished fighting for marijuana legalization at the federal level.

Denver’s South Pearl Street neighborhood is a reflection of its artsy, upscale residents, and now its getting a new cannabis dispensary designed with those people in mind: High Rollers, a high-end cannabis shop that will open on Saturday, January 21. “The eclectic mix of culture, community, and convenience in the…

On Thursday, January 19, GMC LLC, or Green Man Cannabis, issued a voluntary recall of its bud and other marijuana products, “due to the presence of potentially unsafe pesticide residues.” There has been no reports of illnesses and only products at two Green Man Cannabis stores were affected: 1355 Santa…

Toby Ripson moved from Idaho to Denver and partnered with Mike Leibowitz to start Veritas Cannabis, the first licensed stand-alone grow operation in Colorado. The team has hand-crafted each part of the grow process. It takes longer and is more expensive, but by controlling the environment and paying close attention to each part of the production process, Veritas growers can assure customers that they’ll get the same experience each time they smoke the bud, no matter where they buy it.

On January 18, twenty people appointed by the city began a conversation that no other municipality in the United States has had: how to regulate the social use of recreational cannabis.

Lighthouse Cannabis Project launched last June to host sightseeing tours, but now it’s started hosting music sessions in grows.

Last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a new rule for marijuana extracts forcing any business with hemp or CBD products to register with the federal government using a new code — even if those products have under 0.3 percent THC.  At the time, the Hoban Law Group said it would…