Three Sweet Leaf budtenders arrested for alleged illegal cannabis sales saw their first court date in Denver County Court on Friday, December 29, with one of the defendant’s attorney leaving the court feeling optimistic.
Covering Colorado’s marijuana landscape has brought me to farms, hash factories, schools and much more, but my weirdest journalistic field trip this year started at an empty warehouse off Interstate 25 in south Pueblo.
Charges have been filed against ten budtenders arrested during the raids at Sweet Leaf locations across the Denver metro area on December 14.
Despite lawmakers on both sides of the aisle saying that the marijuana tax issue will be resolved in January, Democrats and Republicans have different ideas of how to fix their political gaffe that left special districts across the state with a multimillion-dollar gaping wound.
The Colorado Department of Revenue has instituted a round of emergency rule changes to the state marijuana code, according to an announcement from the DOR. The changes are effective immediately.
Because of pot’s status as a Schedule I substance, cannabis purchases cannot be claimed on your federal taxes – but what about state taxes?
Topicals should be okay. But transdermal patches? Not so much.
A few small dustings notwithstanding, snow has been seriously lacking in Denver this year.
There were plenty of contenders, but these were the biggest marijuana stories in Colorado this year.
Nearly four years after recreational sales began, legal cannabis continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The Cannabis Calendar for December 17 offers plenty of proof.
Traveling this holiday season? Don’t drive through Childress, Texas, with Colorado plates.
A fundraiser on December 23 will help Sweet Leaf employees who are now out of work have a merrier Christmas; a second fundraiser will help cover legal costs. But some colleagues aren’t sympathetic.
Members of Denver’s cannabis community are banding together to hold fundraisers in support of Sweet Leaf employees affected by the company’s swift indefinite shutdown by the Denver Police Department, Marijuana Enforcement Divisions and other enforcement agencies on December 14.
Pillars like Afghani, Durban Poison and Sour Diesel always deserve a spot on the shelves, but as with any other indulgence, it’s nice to try some new varieties.
Four states legalized recreational marijuana in the 2016 election, following in the footsteps of Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C. But in the year since, only Nevada made retail pot sales a reality.
A Boulder potrepreneur wants to share both his wealth and his interest in cannabis: Matt Kind, host of the podcast CannaInsider, is starting a scholarship fund to encourage students to consider a job in legal pot.
Both are easy – and illegal.
Infused with 160 milligrams of hemp extract and CBD, the spray isn’t just targeted toward the dating community. H. Hemp believes it’s a pocket-sized remedy that helps lessen daily stressors when you need a quick, accessible fix without any mind-altering effects.
While this local delicacy won’t rival the sap of Vermont anytime soon, it’s still a fitting Denver take, sort of like Moonshine Haze from Rare Dankness, another Denver breeder.
The new initiative, “High Costs,” was funded by revenue from the city’s sales tax on retail cannabis and was created with the help of a city-organized youth commission and youth surveying and focus groups
Lightshade has partnered with Amazing Grace Community Church in Thornton to fully fund the church’s food pantry.
CBD is a cannabinoid found in both plants, and the chemical structure doesn’t change between them, but the quality and effectiveness of CBD can differ depending on what strain and plant it’s derived from.
