Marijuana

Dispensaries may get to apply for cannabis tasting rooms as early as August of this year if Governor John Hickenlooper signs a bill that cleared the Colorado General Assembly.

“The recreational availability of cannabis is lovely, but the legal availability to medicine is what I hope to advocate for.”

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Higher isn’t always better.

In a story of strange political bedfellows, representatives from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) are working with the office of Colorado Republican Senator Cory Gardner on an upcoming bill that would prevent the federal government from interfering with the marijuana system here and in other states that have allow the sale of cannabis.

At least two 4/20 events were interrupted for alleged public consumption, and one of them could see more discipline than just a pot-smoking citation.

It would be easy to pigeonhole Critical Mass in the same category as THC Bomb, Big Bud and other strains known more for potency and yields than terpenes.

No one else would take the exhibit, according to botany artist Susan Fisher.

RTD might be slow to arrive at your stop, but it’s not stupid.

“Sweet Leaf neighbors had good reason not to feel safe in their homes when Sweet Leaf was in operation.”

“No one in hemp on any side has ever said we want to restrict access to kids, but that’s not what this is about.”

The Denver Post has cut the staff of The Cannabist.

“I have made so many wonderful, new friends. And to think it all started with the rotation of a blunt.”

Need a Dispensary? Head to Broadway, Colfax or Federal.

A reader wants to know if he should buy marijuana seeds and hash-making equipment when he visits Denver, and how to get back to his home in Brazil.

Colorado’s governor often finds himself being questioned about pot. Now he’s been graded.

Don’t you dare besmirch the Purp God.

Security largely looked the other way at cannabis consumption during the event, and so did police officers, for the most part.

“We’re headed out to Colorado Harvest Company — it’s about a thirty minute ride, so get nice and highery on the way.”

On April 20, CNN broadcast a scathing and practically fact-free assault on the marijuana industry in these parts under the headline “Colorado Governor Won’t Rule Out Banning Marijuana Again. Here’s Why.” The governor’s office suggests that the results were misleading and confirms that two corrections were requested in regard to the enormously embarrassing results. One was made, the other wasn’t.

A reader wants to know if CBD works for pains brought on by neuropathy.

Andrew Freedman was Colorado’s first director of marijuana coordination, and his time on the job made him a believer in the plant’s medical benefits.