Marijuana

Where can you toke on Halloween in Colorado? If you don’t have a friend’s house where you can hang out, the best options are a private, weed-friendly event or a smoking lounge

Rob Trotter didn’t see the same obstacles that most hydroponic-loving cultivators do when he decided to start a commercial cannabis grow on his ranch in Eagle County, a few miles outside of the town of Gypsum. To be blunt, he can’t see much of anything these days: Trotter is 85 percent blind.

Enlightened Colorado has always been in the forefront of social change in America. At the beginning of 2014, Colorado became the first state to allow adult recreational use of cannabis. While it is easy to understand why miscegenation laws and laws restricting woman’s rights are unconstitutional, the discriminatory effect of cannabis prohibition is just as strong.

Law enforcement officials recently released volume five of their ongoing series of reports: “The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado.” According to NORML’s Paul Armento, they’re just propoganda.

Four other states have opened for recreational cannabis sales since Colorado started the trend in 2014, and three more have passed laws legalizing it. So why does Denver still feel the need to bring in local, state and national regulators from around the world to talk about pot?

Newer, stronger forms of concentrates, more refined edibles brands and innovative infusion techniques are improving at a rate that’s tough for industry insiders to track, much less the average consumer. To help you catch up, we’ve picked out our favorite cannabis products for the season, choosing edibles, drinks, concentrates and accessories that go exceptionally with hoodie weather and pumpkin-patch vibes.

Unfortunately for professional athletes who play one of our country’s most painful sports, they don’t have access to it without risking their job status. However, more former professional football players are speaking out about their preference for cannabis, and some of them are former Denver Broncos.

Some strains, like Gorilla Glue or Ghost Train Haze, can reach THC percentages in the high 20s – but don’t put all your eggs in the potency basket. The type of effect you’re going for is more important.

Jeff Hunt has never been a fan of Colorado voters approving to legalize recreational cannabis, but he’s been waging a very public war on pot since April. Now he wants Colorado legislators to return any campaign donations from the cannabis industry, calling it a “direct threat to the minds, health and well-being of Colorado’s youth.”

Beloved Community Village in RiNo, a tiny-home development that houses fifteen people who were previously homeless, is now debt-free thanks to a donation from LivWell Enlightened Health.

With nearly 240 licensed indoor grows in Denver, the city was a fitting host for the hundred-plus cannabis growers, energy consultants and waste experts attending the Cannabis Sustainability Symposium, a two-day conference geared towards increasing efficiency and sustainability in commercial pot.

Anyone with the nickname Booger is sure to have a gregarious attitude, booming laugh and sloppy eating habits, all of which are side effects of the strain with the same name.

A pot-friendly costume party scheduled to take place at a Denver bar last weekend was abruptly canceled after organizers say the Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division threatened the status of the bar’s liquor license. The Chelloween Costume Bash had been scheduled for Saturday, October 14, at Tennyson’s Tap in West Denver. Its Facebook event…

If popular cannabinoids were named after Snow White’s seven dwarfs, psychoactive THC would likely be Dopey, while nurturing CBD would probably be Doc. CBN, known for its highly sedative qualities, would definitely be Sleepy.

During the public hearing portion of the October 16 rulemaking meeting of the Marijuana Enforcement Division, Todd Mitchem intends to testify that Colorado’s rules are going too far.

Although it’s been available to medical patients for some time, Green Dot’s Black Label Nectar wasn’t sold on the retail side because state licensing regulations that require medical and recreational cultivations remain separate.

Colorado marijuana sales continue to hit new milestones, surpassing $1 billion in sales two months faster in 2017 than the year before, according to tax revenue data from the Colorado Department of Revenue.

Marijuana’s path towards overall public acceptance has been measured in baby steps, with most government institutions and authorities slow to recognize its medical and social relevance or ignoring it altogether. However, at least one arm of Colorado’s government has embraced the plant: the public library.

Although my push for a scratch ’n’ sniff cover of Smurfette for this week’s paper didn’t pan out, I hope my description does the strain justice. A melody of blueberries, strawberries, candied apples and a bit of piney wood create an unforgettable smell that I’d put right up there with Alien Rock Candy or Tangie.

A reader wants to know why THC showed up in his drug test, when he was just using CBD.

The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a federally funded law-enforcement group with an admitted anti-marijuana bias, has published the fifth volume in a series of reports about the impact of cannabis legalization on Colorado. Predictably, the new analysis, accessible below, is crammed with shocking statistics, and while many of the claims, including ones pertaining to an alleged spike in youth marijuana use in the state, aren’t supported by other, more reliable studies, expect them to be touted by the roll-back-the-pot-legalization-clock crowd anyway.

Organized labor has recently scored one victory after another in the cannabis industry. But unionizing efforts got nipped in the bud in Colorado.