Starting today, you can purchase weed that’s been given a quality-assurance grade. Created by the Trichome Institute, a Colorado-based company dedicated to science, education and certification, the Trichome Assurance Grade (TAG) system analyzes potentially unhealthy, even dangerous, parts of marijuana for which the government doesn’t require testing. Currently Colorado only compels…
Want to take your weed-snob knowledge to the next level? Under President Max Montrose and CEO Jim Nathanson, the Trichome Institute offers a series of cannabis courses, culminating with the “weed sommelier,” or interpening, class. In his interpening — technically “interpreting terpenes” — class, Montrose regularly guides cannabis enthusiasts through the ins…
Amendment 139, a proposal that’s seeking a spot on the November ballot, is getting attention primarily for a section that would limit the potency of marijuana products to 16 percent THC — a reduction for a huge number of currently available items. But that’s not all the measure would do…
A dirt road winds through a mountain pass to a sign reading “Aspen Canyon Ranch.” Horses graze on the land leading up to the main lodge; dogs run free throughout the property. Welcome to Camp Bud+Breakfast, a partnership between Bud+Breakfast and Aspen Canyon Ranch, which opened last weekend near Parshall in Grand…
I was happy to see Durban Poison, a personal favorite, make the list of the three most popular strains among Coloradans in 2015, according to commercial marijuana data firm BDS Analytics. Last week I offered a field guide to the top-ranked strain, Blue Dream; this time Durban Poison gets the…
Dear Stoner: My friend said his landlord has been giving him shit for smoking pot. WTF? It’s legal! Deb Dear Deb: It sure is, but that doesn’t protect renters who smoke pot in a house owned by someone else. It’s not uncommon to see no-smoking stipulations in leases, and they…
New regulations for medical and recreational marijuana businesses will go into effect today. Renewal fees for medical marijuana licenses have decreased, and how retail marijuana grow facilities are categorized has changed to be more specific; plant numbers are broken into smaller unit sizes. Overall, it’s now more expensive to set…
As you travel around Denver trying new dispensaries and the strains they stock, you can’t help noticing some inconsistencies in strain characteristics. One shop’s Golden Goat will smell of sweet citrus and soil (as it should), another’s will smell like hay soaked in a musty fart. Then again, while a…
Dear Stoner: I really want to try my hand at growing my own, but I live across the street from an elementary school. What am I supposed to? Jamey Dear Jamey: Once cultivating marijuana became legal under the Colorado Constitution in 2012, you’ve been allowed to grow marijuana in your…
After a four-day trip to Colorado earlier this month that took him through Boulder, Golden, and Denver, New Jersey State Senator Nicholas Scutari, a Democrat from Union, examined the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana. He concluded similar legislation could benefit New Jersey. His trip included visits to dispensaries and meetings…
How important is pot to Colorado tourism? “It is the elephant in the room,” said Cathy Ritter, the new state tourism head who moved here from Illinois, shortly after she started in January. “Everyone does want to know about the impact of marijuana in Colorado.” Author Mindy Sink wrote her first…
Dear Stoner: I hate dry pot. My roommate says he puts his on the bathroom counter, turns the shower on hot and lets the steam bring it back to life. Thoughts? Monte Dear Monte: Few things are worse than pinching a bud and seeing it crumble to dust — as…
Over the years, anti-marijuana groups have argued that greater legal access to cannabis inevitably leads to increased teen pot use. Last year, for example, Project SAM, an organization co-founded by former Representative Patrick Kennedy and launched in Denver, claimed that national figures from the Department of Health and Human Services showed…
We recently shared a Comment of the Day that’s among our most viewed ever. The 2014 item is headlined, “Reader: Denver Rent Prices Are So High They’re Pushing People Into Homelessness.” As was the case at the time of its original publication, the post generated a landslide of responses, including…
There are an infinite number of ways that a person can become a Schmuck of the Week. And Jared Howard appears to have found a new twist on an old favorite: squealing. The 23-year-old Texas college student was caught with a car full of marijuana while in Colorado — after…
A recent study confirmed that marijuana-related arrests are up in Nebraska counties near the Colorado border. Representatives of law-enforcement agencies in such areas frequently complain about the resources required to stop the flow of cannabis over the border. However, the study’s authors can’t say definitively whether the increasing number of…
Dear Stoner: I’ve been dealing with migraines for years, and my prescribed medication rarely works. I’ve been thinking about medical marijuana as an alternative treatment. Does it do anything for migraines? Ken Dear Ken: They say that those who deal with migraines and insomnia are the most intelligent and creative…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Good to Know Colorado campaign endeavors to educate folks about the effects of marijuana — although the focus is typically on its dangers. For instance, Good to Know’s latest effort sketches out the risks of cannabis use by pregnant and breastfeeding women. But…
Marijuana laws in America vary widely from state to state — and they shift so frequently that keeping up can be a challenge. That’s why a new marijuana policies map is so helpful. Developed by Frontier Financials and CannaRegs.com under the auspices of the National Cannabis Industry Association, the interactive online…
In a recent post, a transplant to Colorado stressed that he didn’t move here because of marijuana. Far from it: He said he doesn’t smoke pot, period. Some of those who responded to the item saw the cannabis boom in Colorado as having negative repercussions in terms of overcrowding, traffic,…
Dear Stoner: I’m going to Vegas in October and wonder if I can use my Colorado medical card to pick up a little medicine while I’m there. Rich Dear Rich: Nevada is one of the few medical marijuana states with a reciprocity law that allows out-of-state patients to possess and…
Westword is doing a first this morning. We’re heading to Medicine Man dispensary to chat with co-owner and co-founder Andy Williams for our first ever Facebook Live. And you get to be there with us. Participating is simple. If you haven’t already, like us on Facebook. When we’re ready to…
