In support of their new release, “No Peace,” Odd Future-affiliated punk act Trash Talk is nearing the end of a 17-date free tour, which is, somewhat subtly, sponsored by G Pen, a personal vaporizer.
A group has taken steps to become the first officially recognized marijuana-growing club in Uruguay, where lawmakers have made their country the world’s first national marketplace for legal pot.
As Washington state prepares to issue the first licenses for marijuana retail stores, Gov. Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced steps the state is taking to keep pot out of the hands of minors.
A recreational marijuana ballot question likely won’t go before Colorado Springs voters until April. The Colorado Springs City Council is expected on Tuesday to postpone a proposed ballot question asking voters if they want the city to regulate marijuana sales as it does alcohol.
The way Christian Sederberg sees it, the combination of weed and booze is a “magical cocktail.” And not in a good way. Researchers say doses of alcohol and marijuana that are “insignificant” alone could result in impairment when combined. That’s the “magical cocktail,” and the implications for public safety are worrisome.
Colorado’s 40 casinos — and hundreds of others, including in the gaming mecca in Las Vegas — are bound by the same money-reporting rules that have made banks reluctant to let legal marijuana businesses open bank accounts, federal authorities now say.
Changes in marijuana laws in Washington have affected operations at state crime labs, which still must process the drug for cases involving juveniles and impaired drivers.
During the California gold rush nearly two centuries ago, the first million was made not by a miner, but by a publicist and merchant who sold picks, shovels and other supplies to eager prospectors. Some are banking on a similar pick-and-shovel play for today’s “green rush.”
The Colorado Office of the State Auditor is being recognized as one of the best in the country with national awards for its work auditing the state’s medical marijuana regulatory system last year.
Marijuana laws: Here’s a look across the U.S. at current state statutes for medical and recreational marijuana. Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C. voters approved recreational marijuana in 2014, and several states passed cannabidiol (CBD) legislation.
The thriving edible marijuana industry In Colorado is preparing for new testing requirements — due to take in effect in October — to make sure the products are safe to eat and drink.
Cucumber water, complimentary slippers, freshly warmed robes and cool, mint-scented eye towels — the spa industry is all about these nuanced details. In Denver, another treatment option has made its way onto the menu: cannabis.
The Baron of B-Movies himself, Bruce Campbell, took a few minutes to talk to The Cannabist’s sister blog Shiny Objects after a panel at Denver Comic Con 2014 last weekend. After talking on everything from “Burn Notice” to the rumored sequels “Army of Darkness 2” and “Evil Dead 4,” we asked him about his opinion on legalized marijuana.
The reality of the marijuana breathalyzer may soon be on the horizon. A former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer has reportedly developed the first inception of a breath test aimed at giving law enforcement agencies the tools to bust stoned motorists.
Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed experiment on Friday, lending his voice to a debate which is raging from the U.S. to Uruguay and beyond.
The Compassionate Care Act would legalize certain forms of marijuana for severely ill patients. The legislation does not allow the drug to be sold in plant form or smoked, but it can be administered through a vaporizer or in an oil-base.
Pierce County prosecutors have accused a Puyallup, Wash., man of supplying the marijuana extract they say his 16-year-old daughter used to make brownies she later gave to classmates.
When Washington and Colorado voted in 2012 to approve statewide recreational marijuana use, the news made international headlines and prompted fiery debates about state laws at odds with the federal government.
A Golden resident and her son have filed for a petition to repeal Golden City Council’s recent decision regarding a ban on recreational marijuana sales.
Hundreds of pounds of industrial hemp seeds bound from Canada to Colorado have been seized by federal authorities in North Dakota, marking the latest bump along the road to legalization of marijuana’s non-intoxicating cousin.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Dozens of advocates for legalizing medical marijuana rallied at New York’s Capitol on Wednesday and blamed Gov. Andrew Cuomo for stalling a proposal that’s before lawmakers.
David Weiner has prospered with marijuana penny-stock companies, but he keeps a low profile. Bloomberg News takes an in-depth look at the mystery surrounding Weiner and the risky world of pot penny stocks.
Considering that their shows are known to end with mobs in the street and semi-riot situations (ahem, SXSW), Denver should prepare itself for Trash Talk. The California thrash punk band will play a free, kind-of-secret show in Denver on June 24, with the location to be announced.
Plumes of pungent pot smoke rose above the small but prosperous Albanian village of Lazarat on Wednesday as police sought to drive out the gangs that have turned it into Europe’s largest illegal marijuana producer.
We’ve heard horror stories of dealers passing off non-intoxicating substances to the unsuspecting citizen as marijuana, but even we must admit that not only does this particular toker’s tale really stink, but it has also left a bad taste in our mouth.
The Vail Town Council voted unanimously to extend its temporary ban on retail marijuana for another year in order to gather more information and observe other towns, such as Aspen, that have legalized retail sales.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rejected a medical marijuana bill newly amended by state lawmakers to address some concerns he has raised in negotiations, which continued Tuesday.
Cañon City, which recently saw some of its residents take to the streets for a “Potheads Against Potholes” march, will have voters decide in November whether to allow recreational marijuana sales.
After a 3-3 vote June 2 to proceed with regulating recreational marijuana, the Florence City Council on Monday voted 4-3 during its meeting to prohibit all marijuana facilities.
Until ten years ago, Lazarat was a regular farming community. Now the village in southern Albania is Europe’s biggest illegal marijuana producer, raking in billions of euros every year from the plants openly cultivated in fields and house gardens.
A Colorado man loses custody of his children after getting a medical marijuana card. The daughter of a Michigan couple growing legal medicinal pot is taken by child-protection authorities after an ex-husband says their plants endangered kids.
Hundreds of Albanian police , backed by armored vehicles, stormed a lawless southern village Monday after suspected marijuana growers allegedly fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns at officers during a drug raid.
Even with the start of legal recreational marijuana sales 5½ months ago, burglaries and robberies at all pot businesses in Denver are on pace for their lowest total in three years, according to figures from the city’s Department of Safety.
Rocky Mountain Worm’s original business model revolved around selling small quantities of red wiggler worms at El Paso County farmers’ markets. But that plan took a dramatic turn after Colorado voted in 2012 to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Five months into Colorado’s history-making turn selling marijuana for recreational use, banking remains the largest obstacle for business owners and government officials trying to regulate them.
The parent company of CannLabs, which runs a state-licensed cannibis testing lab in Colorado, on Friday completed a reverse merger to become a publicly traded company.
Jamaica’s government on Thursday announced a major rethinking of its marijuana laws, including plans to partially decriminalize small amounts of pot and to allow possession for religious, scientific and medical purposes.
Farmers who missed the deadline to register to legally grow industrial hemp in Colorado are getting another chance. The Commissioner of Agriculture, John Salazar, signed an emergency rule , effective Wednesday, to open the registration process again.
More than a decade after voters here first said marijuana could be medicine, Colorado is preparing to embark on the largest state-funded effort to study the medical benefits of cannabis.
A perpetual New Jersey political candidate who calls himself “Weedman” may be ousted from November’s congressional ballot after a challenge this week from Democrats.
Denver’s smashing success with the 2008 Democratic National Convention is a “big advantage” as officials seek to host the 2016 Republican gathering, GOP officials said Tuesday, and the state’s marijuana law won’t hurt its chances.
Maureen Dowd asks us to believe that a highly intelligent, well-traveled writer for one of the world’s leading newspapers casually overdosed on a THC-infused candy bar in her Denver hotel room because she had no idea how much a novice should eat. This is a most peculiar tale.
A Colorado Springs-based maker of pot-infused candy sued by The Hershey Company for using knock-off labels to peddle its products says the wrappers for its chocolate bars look nothing like the candymaking giant’s famous brands.
Governor John Hickenlooper called recreational marijuana the “great social experiment of the 21st Century,” as he joined his gubernatorial counterparts in a panel discussion Tuesday about issues that impact Western states.
Every year for the past three years, High Times has held Cannabis Cups in both the U.S. and the Netherlands. We’ve been to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Detroit and Amsterdam. Next year, we may add even more.
In January, Keith Kilbey crashed his car into a couple of police cars north of Denver. They were blocking the entrance to a highway exit ramp, and their lights were flashing at the time Kilbey hit them. Shortly after the accident, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman said that Kilbey was high on pot and that he had been charged with driving under the influence of drugs. “This time we were fortunate,” warned a corporal, “but many officers across the nation are not so lucky.”
Denver officials could soon shut down as many as 41 medical marijuana businesses as the city cleans up outstanding license applications that have been pending for years.
Colorado recorded its biggest recreational marijuana tax haul yet in April, topping more than $3.5 million in sales and excise taxes, according to numbers released Monday. The new numbers were released on the same day that marijuana activists announced plans to sue the state over recreational pot taxes.
There’s no escaping Colorado’s status as the poster child for legal recreational marijuana when visitors come to town, even — or especially — when Denver is trying to sell itself as the perfect site for a national political convention.
A proposal unveiled Friday by Denver city officials would spend new tax money from recreational marijuana sales to hire 22 employees to expand regulation, licensing and enforcement of the industry.
