Although Amendment 64 passed last week, Governor John Hickenlooper has told us not to bring out the Cheetos and Goldfish just yet. But apparently people need a firmer reminder that there are more hurdles to be surmounted — and we’re not just talking about the feds — before pot shops…
Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett has instructed his prosecutors to drop a handful of cases involving possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, as well as paraphernalia charges, for anyone over the age of 21. The reason: the passage of Amendment 64, which has yet to be signed into…
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 August 9, 1937:…
Grassroots Grown has been on my radar for a fall visit since an ill-timed drop-in this past spring to the greenhouse-only dispensary. And it was well worth making a return trip…
While Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, has received all of the pot press since election day, pro-dispensary voters in Fort Collins are celebrating a different win — the victory of Measure 301, which overturns a ban on retail medical marijuana centers in city limits passed a year…
From the outside, you might think that New Age Medical looks like yet another stereotypical green-and-white discount marijuana shack pumping out crappy, cheap warehouse bud. And you’d almost be correct — except for the exceptionally well-grown cannabis…
Colorado isn’t the only state with pot in the voting booths this year. The Pacific Northwest has also become a cannabis-friendly haven over the last few decades, and ballot measures in both Washington and Oregon contain legalization proposals…
Ever since Super Mario ate mushrooms and grew twice his size back in the 1980s, video gamers have half-seriously speculated on whether subliminal drug messages are being inserted into games by knowing designers. But a Nebraska-based developer has taken all the guesswork out of his weed-centric game, Drugbound. …
This month I’ll mark my third anniversary of reviewing medical marijuana dispensaries for Westword as the country’s first MMJ critic. In that time, I’ve written about more than 150 dispensaries, smoked at least 546 grams of cannabis and tested out nearly two ounces of assorted hash, kief and oil. Not…
In the beginning, it grew wild. But at some point nearly 10,000 years ago — and most likely in Southeast Asia, although it soon spread through much of the world — it became a domesticated plant, with different varieties bred for fiber, medicine…and recreation. Cannabis eventually reached the Americas through…
As of last week, there were 266 licensed dispensaries in Colorado, with the possibility for almost double that number by the time the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division finishes licensing. But there’s no real telling when that will be…
It’s that time of the month again! No, not harvest time. Much less enjoyable than that. Yup, you got it: It’s the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s update to the medical marijuana patient registry statistics page. And the numbers are going up…again…
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? Ed’s Tote N’ Toke pipes and dugout…
The first time I stopped by Urban Dispensary was a few months ago, when, despite a sign out front showing that the center should have been open, it wasn’t. That was slightly frustrating, but I figured it was a one-time thing. So I stopped by the cut-rate, low-grade dispensary next…
There are more dispensaries in Denver than locations of McDonald’s and Starbucks combined, according to Sunday night’s 60 Minutes report. But things are very different in New Jersey, the latest state to authorize retail cannabis sales…
It’s not so much that I don’t know who owns what in the dispensary world. It’s that I try my hardest not to pay attention to it when selecting a dispensary. So it came as a surprise even to me that I was in for a re-review this week when…
For about a week starting last week, the e-mail system by which MMJ businesses send in their travel manifests and receive confirmation from the state has been down. The problem is causing quite the backup in dispensary warehouses…
Former drug czars, DEA administrators and national “addiction experts” have come out in opposition to Colorado’s Amendment 64, as well as similar measures before voters in Washington and Oregon. In other wildly-unexpected news: The sky is, indeed, blue…
We hear it all the time from the anti-cannabis crowd: “We’ve got to think of the kids!” It’s the chief argument behind federal letters sent out over the last year shutting down dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools. But what about the other, much more pressing risks that can be…
Back to the Garden is in a cool spot on South Broadway, well north of the epicenter but still situated in the funky confines of Antique Row. Unfortunately, someone has apparently had their back to the garden instead of being back in the garden…
New data released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows that in July, the number of medical marijuana patients in this state finally climbed back over the 100,000 mark. That’s the first time this has happened since September 2011…
Getting a commission for setting up a transaction is completely legal in any number of legitimate industries, including stock trading, real estate and auto sales. So why not for medical marijuana? Because if we’ve learned one thing over the past several years in Colorado, it’s that medical marijuana doesn’t work…
