By this point in the 2016 presidential campaign, plenty of observers thought Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders would have raised the white flag, allowing ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to march unobstructed to the Democratic nomination. Instead, he remains a viable candidate, with some prognosticators crediting his position on marijuana for…
A recent Comment of the Day was prompted by our report about the High Times U.S. Cannabis Cup’s move to California following complaints over last year’s event at the Denver Mart. In it, a reader argued that Denver needs to get its head out of its ass about public pot consumption. This…
An independent, pesticide-free certification process will soon be offered to Colorado’s commercial marijuana grows in an effort to raise industry credibility and consumer safety. As commercial marijuana grows continue to receive plant quarantines and product recalls over the use of potentially harmful pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, one industry group is…
Our post about the High Times Cannabis Cup’s move to California after problems in both Denver and Pueblo sparked a wide-ranging conversation. Some of our readers blamed High Times for the problems, suggesting that better management of last year’s event might have prevented push-back from officials. Others pointed the finger at rules…
Ever get off work right at rush hour, take one look at the jammed roads, say “Nope, not today,” and then head for the bar rather than home? That’s how I was feeling last week when I saw that two lanes on Broadway were shut at 4 p.m. Already sick…
Starting this summer, medical marijuana products will be required to undergo testing by certified facilities, much the way recreational products are currently tested. Last week the Colorado House passed House Bill 16-1064, which will enable facilities to get a medical-marijuana testing license in anticipation of that testing, and the state…
The High Times Cannabis Cup, which was rejected in Denver and ensnared in bureaucracy after an announced plan to move to Pueblo, will be skipping Colorado entirely this year. High Times magazine has announced that the event will instead be taking place at the National Orange Show Events Center in San…
Facebook may be blocking the pages of pot businesses, including a number in Colorado. But Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, continues to be a great place to find eye-popping marijuana images, many of which are shared by local companies — or local cannabis enthusiasts. As evidence, check out the…
Dear Stoner: I booked my hotel near the old Cannabis Cup venue. Will there be stoner buses going to Pueblo? I’m mad at High Times for moving it — two-hour drive, with cops! Billy Dear Billy: I feel your pain, brother. Like drinking and driving, smoking pot while driving is…
The Colorado Department of Transportation doesn’t want you to smoke weed and drive, as we report in this week’s cover story, “Weed Limit,” but thinking about where you can stop off to buy weed is apparently just fine. In fact, there are now small signs along I-70 and I-25 that…
Westword contributor Matthew Van Deventer recently wrote about the prospect of Denver placing a limit on the number of marijuana business and grows in the city. Most of the readers who responded suggested that the market, not the government, should dictate how many shops and grows Denver can support. We also heard…
Melanie Brinegar woke up one morning in July 2014, took her daily dose of medicine and then headed to work. She never got there. Police pulled her over for an expired license plate, then noticed an empty dispensary bottle in the back of her car. Brinegar, an employee of RiverRock…
The High Times Cannabis Cup may not be coming to Pueblo after all. According to a spokeswoman for Pueblo County Commissioners, the magazine has pulled its Special Events Permit application for the annual cannabis festival. After getting the boot from the Denver Mart by Adams County Commissioners in February thanks…
The response to our post offering a first look at Denver NORML’s initiative to allow marijuana clubs suggests that there’s a lot of support for the idea. Comments flooded in, with the vast majority backing the concept. The most common reason cited was the Amendment 64-vintage call for marijuana to be…
I’m a person who doesn’t carry a lot of cash, because having it enables my weak-minded impulsiveness. I’ve usually got enough money to cover my (bargain) meals, but I still often find myself cashless when driving toward a dispensary I’ve never visited before. I was worried that I was about…
In the middle of a four-month extension of the 2014 marijuana moratorium that was set to expire on January 1, 2016, Denver City Council is considering all options — including imposing caps on locations, a proposal that at-large council rep Robin Kniech presented on February 22. The Special Issues Marijuana…
Dear Stoner: Where can I find cannabis-friendly events around Denver? I have a business in cannabis and would like to host a smoke-friendly event, but I’m not sure where to look. Tarik Dear Tarik: Hosting a cannabis-friendly event in Colorado is pretty easy, but hosting a pot-smoking-friendly event? Not so…
Can an insurance company refuse to pay for damage to marijuana at a legal pot shop because cannabis remains illegal at the federal level? That was among the many questions asked in a lawsuit filed by Green Earth Wellness Center, a Colorado Springs medical marijuana business, against its insurer, Atain…
Last month, we reported about Denver NORML’s plan to introduce a marijuana social use initiative for the 2016 ballot. And when we chatted with Denver NORML executive director Jordan Person about a marijuana raid in Colorado Springs that she saw as an example of why such an initiative was needed,…
Marcus Forzani, seventeen, was carrying a vape pen in his pocket when something unexpected happened. The vaporizer’s battery exploded — an uncommon occurrence, but one that’s not exactly unprecedented. As a result, Forzani suffered second- and third-degree burns to one leg. A GoFundMe page has been created to help raise…
News broke earlier in February that Adams County had denied the High Times Cannabis Cup’s event permit, only for the publication to later announce that the festival would move to Pueblo. But now, the status of the Pueblo site is also in question. Originally scheduled to be at the Denver…
Our Thomas Mitchell recently reported about a study showing that the legal marijuana business used over $6 billion in energy during 2015. The report started a firestorm among our commenters, with many of them pointing out that the energy costs would be substantially diminished if outdoor grows were allowed. Among…
