A Durango-area medical marijuana grow operation is finally legal, two years after getting a temporary okay from the county to cultivate cannabis. The La Plata County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a permanent land-use permit last week for Hesperus Mountain Healers (HMH). The operation was originally granted a temporary land-use…
Despite the growing trend against cannabis use at the start of the last century, certain ethnic groups without any stigma were using cannabis as a medical herb. Among these early medical marijuana fans were the Swedes, of which there was a sizable Colorado population in the 1890s. This find from…
Earlier this week, defense attorneys weighed in on a damning report aimed at the state toxicology lab, which conducts blood tests for cases of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Attorney Rob Corry thinks officials may have waited until June to release the document (it was finished in…
As much as I would like to say there was a more cannabis-related reason for my visit to Gaia, what really brought me to the shop’s doorstep was a Cuban sandwich. Far enough down East Colfax to still be East Colfax, Gaia Plant-Based Medicine is nevertheless in a decent location,…
Dear Stoner: Is there actually a strain known as Polio Pot? A friend was telling me that she’d smoked some and it paralyzed her legs for a while — hence the name. But I’m not sure I buy it — and if it does exist, I don’t think I’ll be…
Physicians around the world overwhelmingly support medical marijuana, according to a poll conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine last month. Focusing on the hypothetical case of a breast cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy and experiencing pain and heavy nausea, the poll asked doctors if they would recommend cannabis to…
As we’ve reported, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers determined that a new marijuana-law provision that treated pot magazines like porn was unconstitutional shortly after it was targeted by a pair of lawsuits — the first from publications like High Times, the second courtesy of the ACLU, representing newsstands and booksellers…
As Colorado moves forward with implementing Amendment 64, ganjapreneurs are busily trying to figure out ways to cash in on what some are predicting will be a million customers in these parts once the recreational retail system gets rolling. Among the brainstorms: marijuana vending machines. But while Colorado’s sophisticated pot…
Last month’s passage of a THC driving bill, following two failed attempts, was achieved thanks to a language tweak that convinced one-time opponents to sign up. But might they have balked if they’d known about alleged problems at the state lab where the blood testing required by the new law…
The title of a report from the ACLU — “The War on Marijuana in Black and White: Billions of Dollars Wasted on Racially Biased Arrests” — gives a good indication of its contents. The authors argue that the war on pot is a waste of money and African-Americans are disproportionately…
Dixie Elixirs owner and founder Tripp Keber didn’t get to do much hanging out at the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama two weeks ago, after a security guard kicked off a search that resulted in misdemeanor (and initially felony) drug charges against the Denver businessman. Alabama law prevents…
In digging up old articles on cannabis in Colorado, we’ve come across a few stories that didn’t warrant entire posts of their own. But they add up to something interesting, so we’ve compiled them for this week’s edition of Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. The first comes from the Camp Hale…
Bringing It Home, a new documentary about industrial hemp inspired by North Carolina eco-conscious home builder Anthony Brenner’s first hemp house, will be screening in Boulder tomorrow night as part of the fourth annual nationwide Hemp History Week. The film “explores the question of why a crop with so many…
Since the early days of Colorado’s marijuana legalization movement, the prospect of Big Tobacco moving into the state and taking over the pot industry has concerned activists. So it was only natural that when RJ Reynolds, among the most powerful of the nation’s tobacco companies, announced that it had chosen…
A few months back, after we checked out Root Organic in Boulder, several readers urged us to go back and visit Boulder Wellness next door. The herb is better quality and worth the drive up from Denver, they said. Whereas Root Organic (on the right) takes the more slick, modern…
In a post published yesterday, Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt defended a Denver proposal to limit recreational marijuana license applications to previously existing medical marijuana businesses until January 1, 2016. Marijuana attorney Warren Edson is a longtime critic of such an approach, and he’s not thrilled with this one, either…
Last week, attorney David Lane, representing High Times and other publications, sued the state over a new marijuana-law provision that treats pot magazines like porn. Days later, the ACLU filed its own suit against the passage on behalf of newsstands and booksellers such as the Tattered Cover. Both parties were…
Dear Stoner: I know smoking them is a headache waiting to happen, but what should I do with the crystal-covered stems left over from my buds? I hate the idea of throwing away good THC. Scrooge McDank Dear Scrooge: Strangely, you’re not alone in your miserly ways. Up until just…
While Denver City Council members seem to be on track for allowing recreational marijuana stores within city limits, their compatriots in Colorado Springs aren’t nearly as far along. If it were up to Colorado Springs mayor Steve Bach, there wouldn’t be any recreational sales in his city: Bach has been…
Surprise, surprise: Two more non-dispensary-friendly cities across the state have enacted even additional ordinances to ban pot shops. The city councils of both Greeley and Montrose gave affirmative votes Tuesday evening on rules that would deny any future shops from entering their borders. Greeley’s ban actually involves not one but…
On Monday, Denver City Council members held a straw poll to determine if they wanted to continue toward regulations for the recreational marijuana industry made possible by the passage of Amendment 64 — and a 10-1 vote showed the majority did. Also shared was a draft of a proposed local…
Last night, the Aurora City Council gave an affirmative vote toward a moratorium on marijuana shops. This does not come as much of a surprise, as Aurora has never allowed pot businesses within its borders. Still, one council member insists that the vote doesn’t necessarily doom them forever. “We aren’t…
