AllGreens is a new shop, but it’s situated in one of Denver’s oldest locations for medical marijuana dispensary — which could be both a good thing and a bad thing. One one hand, the spot on the corner of Kalamath and Sixth Avenue is highly visible. On the other, it’s…

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced last week that as many as 4,000 medical marijuana patient applications and renewals were being held up in order “to ensure patients and physicians are within guidelines.” Despite the CDPHE’s vagueness, we’ve learned that many the applications are being scrutinized because…

For 24 years, counterculture magazine High Times has put on the Cannabis Cup in marijuana-tolerant Amsterdam to award the best in an admittedly underground community. A lot of Colorado folks made the trek this year, some even taking home awards. Local marijuana attorney Warren Edson also traveled to Holland to…

Update: After we published our review of The Station, on view in its entirety below, several of our commenters said the dispensary had closed — and they were right. However, it’s open again. What’s the story? City of Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntley has the answers…

Senator Pat Steadman has been floating the idea of starting up a sort of medical marijuana center credit union for a few months now, ever since the two remaining local banks to do business with pot shops — Colorado Springs State Bank and the Bank of Denver — had an…

Last month, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released statistics for the medical marijuana registry showing a roughly 20 percent decrease in patients from August to September. At the time, it was anybody’s guess as to what caused the drop off. But an announcement from the CDPHE may…

This week in Stoner MacGyver, we’re changing things up and giving away a brand new Silver Surfer Vaporizer from Colorado-based Seventh Floor. The catch? We want to make sure it goes to the most deserving person…

Backbeat editor Dave Herrera broke the news that Nedfest music festival founder “Michigan” Mike Torpie had died at the age of 43. As Herrera wrote, Tarpie was a “vital, highly esteemed and beloved member of the [music] scene.” But his death is also a blow to the Colorado pot community,…

The number one spots in the 2011 High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam last week for Best Seed Company indica, hybrid and sativa were all taken by Colorado-based companies. Even in Amsterdam, long known as the Mecca for cannabis cultivation and use, Colorado herb comes out on top…

Aside from 4/20, there’s really no better day for celebrating cannabis than Thanksgiving. A good spliff goes great with stuffing, potatoes and entire turkeys waiting to be devoured. So to get your munchies going, here’s our Thanksgiving day Mile Highs and Lows dispensary review of Walking Raven…

Love some wake-and-bake continental breakfast with a little marijuana politics on a Saturday morning? You’re in luck. Senator Pat Steadman will be speaking tomorrow at the new offices of the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA) for the nonprofit’s open-house breakfast…

Unlike so many patients stuck in medical marijuana limbo, I received my red card in the mail this week — 29 days from the date I sent my information and a check for $90 to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It was postmarked a week after it was…

Call it a byproduct from years of being made to feel like a felon, but I’m not the biggest fan of police. I’ve met a few cool cops. Still, most of them view my life as a crime in progress — which is why I’ve subconsciously been avoiding shops near…

Yesterday, 9News broke the story of Colorado School of Mines student Tim Wilson. The 25-year-old is facing up to ten years in prison in Japan because a friend back here in Colorado sent him a care package containing some pot cookies and Cheeba Chews…

I knew it was coming. I predicted it all week long, actually: This was probably going to be Denver dispensary owner Jim Rice’s last shot at $1 million on Survivor. But I still found myself cheering for Rice tonight as he fought to stay on the game show he’s been…

Update 2 by Michael Roberts below: Today, the state board of health approved decreasing marijuana registry fees from $90 to $35, as anticipated — and tweaks in language involving indigent patients and physician conditions and restrictions sailed through as well. But more intriguing was word that approximately 3,200 MMJ applications…

Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? The Kashtray…

New data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows that as of September 30, there were 102,592 patients active in the medical marijuana registry. That’s 26,000 fewer patients than the registry’s peak enrollment of 128,698 back in June — a decline of more than 20 percent…

This dispensary has closed. We’ve got a new college intern around here, and her youthful energy and endless fascination with all things cannabis remind me of my own college-age years. Back then, getting ounces of herb wasn’t as easy as walking down to the nearby dispensary. You had to be…

Last week, Harvard law nerd John Cochran made what some are calling one of the biggest blindsides in Survivor history by switching allegiances to teammates of the former Upolu Tribe. The move didn’t sit well with Denver dispensary owner Jim Rice, who called the rat-faced weasel a coward to his…

Something about the name “The Kind Room” was subtle yet distinctively attractive, and the place has always stood out for that alone among the dozens of other shops along Broadway Broadsterdam’s main drag of dispensaries. Yes, I know, the name of an MMC is hardly a reason to visit the…