When last we checked in with Zonker Harris, a long-running character in the seminal Doonesbury comic strip, he dreamed of becoming either a local hemp farmer named Kevin Colorado Springs or a respected drug lord in Boulder. Now, he’s in Colorado, but he’s got a new professional goal: He and…
The headline on a post published around this time last Tuesday — “Marijuana: Denver City Council ban on front-porch smoking looks bound for victory” — reflected the conventional wisdom regarding an addition to the Denver pot ordinance that would have made smoking weed on front porches and front lawns an…
Are attorneys who work with marijuana businesses violating professional ethics by assisting folks whose actions are legal in Colorado but break federal law? According to the Colorado Bar Association, the answer is: Not always, but often. This conclusion concerns Warren Edson, an attorney who specializes in weed-related matters. But he…
The Ridge is our second Strainwise dispensary to review. Last September, we stopped by The Retreat on Colorado Boulevard in Denver, at the time one of the newest Strainwise shops. We were not too excited by their buds, but hopeful that they would improve on their newly found “blank canvas”…
Back in October, we shared with you the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s draft regulations for the growing of industrial hemp. Now, those regulations are official — with one change. Instead of facing a registration suspension or revocation if testing reveals that a grower’s plants exceed 0.3 percent THC, the final…
Dear Stoner: I’m reading a Sports Illustrated/MMQB article that says “a lot of players suggest that marijuana is one way to heal their bodies.” So if a Bronco gets legal medical marijuana in Colorado and then fails an NFL drug test, who wins? Not At All Related to Patricia Calhoun…
Marijuana use for adults 21 and over is legal in Colorado and Washington, but any wannabe toking tourists headed here from other countries might want to keep quiet about it until they get here. According to reports in the Canadian press, simply admitting to a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol…
Since last week’s raids on several area marijuana businesses, we’ve been learning more about the individuals named as targets by authorities. Prominent among them is Laszlo Bagi, owner of Swiss Medical Industries in Boulder and grow facilities in Commerce City. Bagi, whose attorney says he’s done nothing wrong, is a…
At last night’s Denver City Council meeting, members heard public comment about an amendment to the community’s pot ordinance that would outlaw smoking pot on one’s front porch or balcony. But despite plenty of vocal opposition among the 26 people who spoke, the council voted 7-5 to approve the measure,…
Last week, the DEA and the IRS, aided by local officers, conducted raids on multiple marijuana businesses in Denver and Boulder. While the feds aren’t sharing details of these actions, info has surfaced about a potential link to Juan Guardarrama, aka “Tony Montana, a Miami con who, until recently, held…
Might Denver City Council’s proposed sniff test, which would outlaw residents’ use of marijuana on their porches and balconies if others could see or smell it, give one of Amendment 64’s main proponents nowhere in his hometown to legally smoke? That’s among the contentions of Mason Tvert, and to dramatize…
Editor’s note: This month marks the one-year anniversary of Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. To celebrate, we’re featuring one of our favorites from the archive. Here’s one of the oldest examples of reefer madness we’ve dug up so far for Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. This article, which ran August 24, 1904,…
Although details are few about Colorado medical marijuana dispensary raids yesterday, we’re learning more from warrants that name ten “target subjects.” These individuals allegedly violated one or more of the eight priorities listed in an August memo guiding U.S. Attorneys in dealing with state pot laws that contradict federal policy…
Google maps.Kind Pain Management is in a small, one-story, ’60s-era duplex building. It’s got a dispensary for medical pot patients on one side and little old ladies getting their hair and nails done on the other. The smell of greenery, however, occupies the entire building — which is much better…
Updates below: Westword has learned that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is conducting raids at this writing at multiple marijuana businesses in the Denver area. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver has issued a statement confirming the ongoing operation, which is being conducted by the DEA in collaboration with the…
Here’s more evidence about the mainstreaming of marijuana in Colorado: The Denver Post has revealed that it’s adding a pot editor. And given word of today’s DEA raids at marijuana businesses, there’ll be plenty of news for this staffer to share. Too bad the announcement was botched in a manner…
Dear Stoner: This summer I was charged with marijuana DUI after a trooper stopped me for swerving on I-70 on the way to the mountains (I was actually looking at my cell phone for directions). The officer instructed me to do roadsides (which I passed with flying colors), submit to…
The Town of Vail may have banned recreational marijuana stores, but the Eagle County commissioners this week agreed to allow pot shops to open in unincorporated parts of the county. So Eagle County now joins neighbor and fellow tourist magnet Summit County in allowing recreational pot sales. The two yes…
Jamaica has long been recognized as the globe’s marijuana mecca — a place where a large percentage of the population not only enjoys the plant’s benefits but regards it as a sacrament. So it’s more than a little surprising to discover an editorial in Jamaica’s largest newspaper calling for the…
Martinez Gonzales apparently wasn’t trying to hide his operation. This 1922 story from the Montrose Press via the Telluride Daily Journal says Gonzales was growing “Indian hemp or maraguana” out in his regular garden. It also says that cops thought Gonzales was using his own supply, “and that explains his…
The Health Center’s two locations couldn’t be more drastically different in form, with the Uptown branch giving off a quaint, cozy, neighborhood vibe and the University Hills outlet coming off as much more straightforward and businesslike. But what unites them is what matters most: quality cannabis and low prices worth…
As we wrote yesterday, the state is still ironing out details in the new laws written for both the recreational and medical marijuana industries, including hash-making regulations. But that’s not all. Officials are also discussing edibles rules for both recreational and medical users, production caps for the recreational industry, and…
