Dear Stoner: The pot is the same whether it’s medical or recreational, right? So why aren’t any of the stores open to the public yet? Iggy Nint Dear Iggy: Keep your organic-hemp shorts on. There’s a roughly six-month process here, with deadlines dictated by Amendment 64 itself. While you’re right…

According to Amendment 64, local municipalities that allow recreational cannabis businesses will need to have their rules and licensing processes in line by October 1 — which is less than three months away. That means towns and counties across the state that haven’t already banned recreational marijuana are starting to…

Unless you work for Xcel or one of the handful of other industrial businesses along the railroad tracks in the area, you probably haven’t ever set foot in the corner of Denver that L’Eagle Services calls home — though you’ve driven past it thousands of times on I-25. The shop’s…

Dear Stoner: I’m tired of going to concerts and having to stash pot in my underwear or shoes. How do you get herb into concerts? Do we even need to worry about that now in Colorado or Washington? Doobie Brother Dear DB: It’s called sleight of hand. Magicians use it…

Police in states bordering Colorado have been on the lookout for drivers with Colorado plates, making traffic stops for minor infractions in hopes of busting illegal marijuana shipments coming from the Centennial State. And they’ve been successful, too, with arrests reports from assorted states frequently making their way back to…

This week’s Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule is a news brief from the Telluride Daily Journal from 1904 that’s yet another example of the papers of the era slandering not only cannabis, but Mexicans as well. It’s actually similar to another story from 1904 we recently shared with you, about two…

BotanaCare doesn’t seem like a dispensary. And not in the “Oh, neat, look how they made it seem like something other than a place to buy medical marijuana” kind of way. No, it’s more like, “Oh, damn, I must have walked in the wrong door.” Imagine the boss of an…

Dear Stoner: Why does my weed sometimes smell like pine trees, other times like oranges, and other times like hay? Sniff Test Dear Sniff: I’m going to get a little cosmic here. The cannabis plant actually has elements of other plants and living organisms in it called terpenes. Okay, all…

Eighteen mayors from around the country, including two from Colorado, passed a resolution Monday at the United States Conference of Mayors, urging the federal government to respect state rights when it comes to recreational and medical marijuana laws. The resolution, drafted by the advocacy group Marijuana Majority, calls for the…

This week’s story comes from the July 6,1893 edition of the Leadville Herald-Democrat. It’s a tale of fiendish barbers, giant newsboys and getting so stoned your friends have to physically restrain you. Bonus: This capsule comes with an illustration of terrifying (or hysterical, depending on your worldview) psychedelic hallucinations caused…

Of all the dispensaries on Federal, Element420 is arguably the most obvious. If you’ve driven the strip between Alameda and 6th Avenue any time over the last couple of years, you’ve seen the large lime-green building, which sits higher than the nearby strip center and almost juts over Federal like…

Dear Stoner: I’m flying to a bunch of weddings this summer. What’s the best way to get weed when I’m out of town? Wedding Crasher Dear Crasher: There are some websites devoted to this, notably WeBeHigh.org, that list common toker hot spots for cities across the U.S. and around the…

For yet another month, the total number of people on Colorado’s medical marijuana registry declined, despite the fact that the Department of Public Health and Environment approved thousands of new patients. The reason? More patients either aren’t renewing their cards or are dropping off the registry. The state’s statistics show…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…