Once retail shops for recreational marijuana can open their doors in Colorado, who will actually be allowed to use them? This was one of the questions raised at a meeting yesterday of the Amendment 64 task force charged with making recommendations on implementing the new law. We’ll likely see more…
In honor of Amendment 64’s passing — and our continuing updates on the budding law at Mile Highs and Lows — Westword compiled these humorous comparisons between the old faces of marijuana in Colorado and our own predictions for 2013. Whose do you think are the future faces of the…
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:…
As of December 26, “retail marijuana stores” are officially prohibited in Douglas County. That means that six weeks after the legalization of recreational marijuana, any commercial activities involving pot are banned in DougCo. The county is the first in Colorado to enact this kind of ordinance — and it made…
‘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…
As a senior partner with a Colorado law firm, Dick Clark works with international companies looking to expand their operations here. But since the passage of Amendment 64, which legalizes small amounts of recreational marijuana, some companies are reconsidering doing business with Colorado,he says, and he expects that problem will…
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…
The legalization of marijuana is such a hot topic that even Olivia Culpo, the newly crowned Miss Universe, is weighing in on its merits. Culpo is the first American to win the title in fifteen years — and she’s now representing a country where recreational pot is legal in two…
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:…
On December 10, the same day he signed Amendment 64 into law, Governor John Hickenlooper assembled a 24-member task force charged with developing policy recommendations. One of its members? “Addiction” expert Dr. Christian Thurstone. “I was personally sad for kids about the passing of 64,” Thurstone told Sam Levin. “But…
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…
In order to address the many questions of marijuana legalization, Governor John Hickenlooper assembled a 24-member task force charged with developing policy recommendations. The addiction expert is Dr. Christian Thurstone, who says his goal is to limit the harm A64 could cause youth. We caught up with him yesterday to…
Dear Stoner: The governor signed Amendment 64 into law, but do you think the federal government is going to really allow this to happen? Cannacynic Dear ‘cynic: Attorneys have pointed out that there’s not much the feds can do about the decriminalization aspect of it at the state level: If…
