In 2012, we told you about a court ruling in the case of Leonard Watkins, a convicted child molester and medical marijuana patient who challenged rules against smoking MMJ while on probation. Three years later, a new bill scheduled to be heard by a Colorado House committee tomorrow aims to…
High Times and Rick Ross will be here in less than two weeks, but until then, you can enjoy a spa-day fundraiser for the Cannabis Consumer Coalition, participate in the battle between caregivers and recent local government rulings and more in this week’s cannabis calendar. Enjoy some Bellinis cocktails, beer,…
Ever wonder why the generation that came of age in the 1950s was so scared of drugs and – still to this day – equates cannabis with things like heroin? Well, it was probably due to speakers like anti-fun crusader Dr. E. Guy Cutshall, as described in this December 13,…
No insult to The Station, but the main reason I chose to review this spot was because I was in the area and had to pee. Not a good reason. I remembered the shop well, though. Even after four years, I know that its executive-style bathrooms would be open —…
Colorado saw a slight increase in medical marijuana patients from January to February, but thousands of patients have still dropped off the registry — and the number who sign up with private caregivers continues to shrink. Medical marijuana patient numbers rose from 113,453 patients in January to 114,290 in February…
Strain Gang is our new weekly critique of a cannabis strain at a recreational store. For MMJ reviews, read Mile Highs and Lows at westword.com/news. Pre-rolled joints have quickly become the hot dogs of Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry. They’re cheap to make, easy to consume and extremely convenient — but…
Dear Stoner: I was at my neighborhood stoner store recently and noticed an ingredient I was not familiar with: bat guano. What is that? L.L. Pot Seed Dear L.L.: The answer is poop. Bat poop, specifically. While bats may be disease-carrying flying rats with poor eyesight, their excrement is like…
On Friday, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office shared its official response to a complaint filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Nebraska and Oklahoma over Colorado’s marijuana laws. But while the AG’s office asks the Supremes to reject the arguments of these states, a Coffman statement released in conjunction with…
Sue Sisley is still having trouble getting her ground-breaking work on the effects of cannabis on veterans with PTSD recognized in Arizona, where she is based — and lost three state contracts last summer. But she’s found much more success in other states, including Colorado, which approved her grant application…
Many cannabis event organizers are focusing their energy on the week of April 20. But that just means a brighter spotlight on this weekend’s NoCo Hemp Expo in Loveland, as well as some other events going on around town. Today at 5:30 p.m., CanopyBoulder, a cannabis consulting business, will be throwing…
I didn’t know that I was obsessed with sushi until six or seven years ago, when my wife took me to Sushi Den for the first time. I felt like a blind man who had learned to see, or a stoner after rolling his first joint:. The world was my…
After Colorado voters approved 2012’s Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, comedians nationwide began making pot jokes about the state. And they haven’t stopped. As evidence, we offer gags accessible at TeamCoco.com, the official website of Conan O’Brien. The site’s joke archive is searchable, and when we typed…
Despite having friends from Boulder I visit often and a wife who went to CU — not to mention the countless hours i spend in the city — I still find myself with a rather poor sense of direction every time I visit. If it isn’t on Pearl Street or…
During the run-up to the November 2012 election, proponents of Amendment 64 argued that passage of the measure, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, would reduce the number of pot cases clogging Colorado courts. According to a new study, this prediction has been proven true over the years that followed…
On Saturday, March 21, Luke Goodman, a 23-year-old from the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, took his own life in Keystone, where he was visiting as part of a family skiing and snowboarding vacation. Now, his family has come forward to argue that his suicide (he used a gun) came as a…
Six marijuana grows in Denver were ordered to quarantine and possibly destroy plant harvests after Denver Fire Department officials determined that the grow facilities weren’t using chemicals properly. Bugs and pests are a fact of life for commercial growers, but dealing with them appropriately is important, because eventually, humans will…
Dear Stoner: I have an Iolite mini-vaporizer, and I’ve noticed that many different kinds of herb taste the same in it. Could this be because of the constant temperature the vaporizer operates on? Is there a moderate-priced vaporizer with temperature control that will let me enjoy the various flavors of…
Yesterday, we noted that anti-pot zealot Christine Tatum was among the authors of “Clearing the Haze,” a four-day marijuana-hating jeremiad published by the Colorado Springs Gazette. At this writing, Tatum, the wife of Dr. Christian Thurstone, another notable Colorado cannabis critic who’s featured in the package, has not responded to interview requests…
“Clearing the Haze,” a new four-part series by the Colorado Springs Gazette, is hardly an even-handed look at marijuana in the state a year-plus after the legalization of limited recreational pot sales. Rather, it’s a beautifully presented but woefully one-sided anti-weed screed typified by a headline on a March 24…
Get ready for the next big marijuana controversy. Charas Scientific, one of eight labs licensed by Colorado to test cannabis for potency, among other things, has conducted a new pot study based on the reported analysis of 600 buds from legal growers and sellers in the state. This afternoon, Charas Scientific’s Andy…
Although the future of the cannabis industry remains cloudy with a chance of assholes, many people still want to get into the market on the ground floor. Folks like this should be interested in the two marijuana business conferences coming to town — and there’s also a deadline to criticize…
Strychnine and cannabis. The two have absolutely nothing in common. One kills you, the other won’t no matter how hard you try. But this August 4, 1911 article in the Wray Rattler does a great job of conflating the two to a readership likely to make the nonexistent connection between pot…
