Dear Stoner: I recently moved to the state and was denied the purchase of a firearm by a local dealer. I have no criminal record, and the only possible answer would be that the CBI is cross-checking the registry. Shotgun Willie Dear Willie: With a huge rush on gun sales…
Stop by The Front Tea and Arts weekday mornings and you’ll find a typical small-town Colorado coffee shop, showcasing a wide range of teas and coffees plus the work of local artists. But lately on certain evenings, the smell of roasted beans switches over to the smell from vaporized bowls…
By 9 a.m. today I had received at least three e-mails asking how I felt about my “real identity” as Craig Claiborne being outed in a New York Times opinion piece today by Frank Bruni. Last I checked, though, I’m not a long-dead Times food critic. Or am I? Nudge…
Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games to books. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? The Embur cordless ceramic lighter…
Best Colorado Meds is an orphan from Fort Collins, left to fend for itself in a partially hidden Wheat Ridge location after being ousted due to a dispensary ban. My budtender told me the owners hope to reopen in the Fort and keep the Wheat Ridge store running, too –…
Dear Stoner: Where’s the best place to get stoned on the hill? Sparky Snowboarder Dear Sparky: We don’t mind a little puff on a powder day. But resort owners and the U.S. Forest Service do. Remember, there are only a handful of ski hills on private land. Most are located…
Could Amendment 64 be the reason that the Colorado Medical Marijuana registry saw the first decline in active patient numbers in almost a year? Like a late holiday gift from a strange uncle who only sends sensible socks, the Colorado health department posted the figures for October and November late…
Instead of the product review we usually run in this spot, we’re getting back to our roots and taking a look at the creative ways that people make bongs out of household objects. These are the true Stoner MacGyvers of the world. Below are our ten favorite homemade bongs on…
I flew back to Denver from a holiday trip on New Year’s Day. And while my trip was great, I couldn’t stop thinking about how I’d left myself absolutely no marijuana back at the house. With little time to spare, I made my way into one of the few shops…
Dear Stoner: What’s up with all of these crazy strain names? Name Dropper Dear ND: Strain names are a pretty unique thing to cannabis growing. Other flowers, like roses, have more traditional names often derived from the people who bred or discovered them — like the Alba Rose or the…
The pot smoking lounge of the White Horse Inn in Del Norte was only open for a few hours on December 31 before owner Paul Lovato says he decided to pull the plug due to growing pressure from local law enforcement and his landlord…
Marijuana attorney Rob Corry made the TV rounds yesterday, appearing twice on CNN in stories about the opening of Club 64, which he dubbed the state’s first legal pot smoking club. Corry was on the Situation Room and also featured in the CNN Newsroom talking about his club, which isn’t…
Despite a last-minute plea for an injunction filed by Dacono’s three medical marijuana dispensaries with Weld County courts, a judge declined to grant the request and the shops were all forced to close their doors on Monday, December 31 — six months after the tiny town’s city council enacted a…
In our first Ask a Stoner, we featured a question about whether legal, recreational pot smoking clubs like the ones found in Amsterdam could be created in Colorado, thanks to Amendment 64 passing. Turns out, not one but two pot-friendly lounges will open today…
In doing research for our feature on the history of cannabis in Colorado, we came across some amazing old news stories in local papers about marijuana arrests and more. We’ll share the most memorable of them in our quasi-regular feature, Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. Today’s item, from September 17, 1968:…
‘Twas a few days before Christmas and all through the town, there was a lot of medical herb being sold — likely a few pounds. People were stocking up, patients like me — to deal with our in-laws as stoned as can be…
Dear Stoner: My retired parents want to try marijuana now that Amendment 64 has passed. I don’t know what I should do about that since they used to bust me for smoking back in the day. Kind Kid Dear KK: Don’t bogart that stuff, man. If your parents want to…
Time flies when you’re flying high, and this year we’ve managed to stay nice and medicated thanks to more than fifty metro-area medical marijuana dispensaries that we secret-shopped. Here’s a look back at the top ten most delicious, potent and appealing strains (and concentrates) we brought home in 2012. See…
It’s 2012 — at least for a few more days. It was the year that recreational pot became legal in Colorado, and people sure do love bragging about their marijuana on social media. Instagram is a particular hotspot for Amendment 64-related picture posts. Continue reading for our ten favorite Colorado…
It’s been a big year for marijuana in the state of Colorado, and for a few stoners who’ve been nice this year, it’s about to get even better. Have pot lovers on your list and no idea what stocking stuffers they’d like? Forget the malls. Forget even SkyMall. We’ve lined…
In doing research for our feature on the history of cannabis in Colorado, we came across some amazing old news stories from local papers about marijuana arrests and more. We’ll share the most memorable of them in our quasi-regular feature, Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule. Today’s item, from March 27, 1929:…
Fox Street Wellness is in a Bermuda triangle of a location, just southeast of Sunnyside in a warehouse district cornered by I-25 on the east, 48th Avenue to the north and I-70 to the south. Unless you know the area well, you’ll likely end up driving around in circles, cursing…
