Texas pot poll: When will state legalize marijuana?
You can sense the excitement over the possibility of legal Texas marijuana all over the Lone Star State. But when will Texas legalize pot? Take our poll.
You can sense the excitement over the possibility of legal Texas marijuana all over the Lone Star State. But when will Texas legalize pot? Take our poll.
The Englewood City Council on Monday night stamped final approval on a measure that caps the number of marijuana businesses in the city at those already licensed to operate there.
Pot stocks: SPLIF (the stock, not the joint) is now being sold legally in all 50 states.
America has seen the future, and it is high. Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults say recreational marijuana will be legal nationwide in the next 20 years, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll. That includes 13 percent who say it will take 20 years, 26 percent who say it will take 10 years, 17 percent who say it’s just five years away, and 2 percent who say it will happen in the next year.
As High Times’ Cannabis Cup in Denver approaches, we talk with the magazine’s editor Dan Skye about his impressions of Colorado’s legal weed.
Denver has denied a license to a company seeking to open a recreational marijuana store at the site of the old Pig N’ Whistle motel on West Colfax Avenue, ruling that the store “will adversely impact the health, welfare and public safety” of the neighborhood.
Two lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court in Colorado on Thursday morning against politicians, public servants and businesses to “end the sale of recreational marijuana in this state,” according to attorney David H. Thompson, who represents the plaintiffs in both cases.
Three weeks and two City Council meetings since Edgewater City Councilman Kristian Teegardin floated a proposal to cap the number of pot shops in the city at six, Edgewater has imposed a six-month moratorium on all marijuana applications.
A growing number of communities — from Palmer Lake, Brush and Granby to Breckenridge, Wheat Ridge and Pueblo — are pushing back against the explosion of marijuana shops across Colorado, which at latest count number more than 330.
A state Senate committee gave first approval for additional sales taxes on retail marijuana that voters in Adams and Pueblo counties already have approved.
Acclaimed author and Austin resident Neal Pollack traverses 800-plus miles to the nearest pot-peddling town in Colorado to find the meaning of life and legalization as America heads into 2015.
The year began with one of the nation’s biggest ATM sponsors refusing to allow its machines to be in businesses with ties to the marijuana trade, and it ends with the first credit union of its kind at the precipice of opening its doors.
The Westboro Baptist Church picketed at two southern Colorado pot shops on Monday, and the controversial group’s envoy of seven people was outnumbered at each of their stops by counter-protesters rallying against the group’s anti-gay, anti-marijuana stances.
A year ago, as Colorado cities and towns were preparing for the first recreational marijuana stores to open, most were optimistic they were prepared. Still, many officials held their breath. Local government leaders from Denver to smaller cities and rural hamlets say the pivotal first-year rollout went smoothly, and in some cases it has proved quite profitable for local coffers.
“GOD HATES SAME-SEX PIMPING, POT-SMOKING, FILTHY COLORADO PERVS!” If you guessed that the above statement came from Kansas’ controversial Westboro Baptist Church, you’re right. The church’s picket schedule says its congregation will protest at two Colorado marijuana shops next week.
Part IV in a series: This is full circle, in a way, for the family behind Medicine Man, a Colorado marijuana company that wants to be the Costco of weed. The Williams family’s bet on their business plan, tolerance for risk and willingness to be open about their financial books and personal lives have paid off.
“My husband believed ‘the herb’ was a natural and positive part of life,” Rita Marley, Bob’s wife, says of a new cannabis brand called Marley Natural. “He felt it was important to the world. He looked forward to this day.”
Colorado’s changing marijuana regulations: Whether changes will come from market forces or from the legislature is yet to be determined. But one thing is certain: The state’s caregiver model invites fraud.
Idyllic mountain hamlet Manitou Springs, currently the home of El Paso County’s sole recreational pot shop, could possibly become the first city in Colorado to allow recreational marijuana sales — and then reverse the law, depending on today’s election results.
Denver-area authorities said Monday they received no reports of children accidentally eating pot-laced candies this Halloween. Police had warned parents to be on the lookout for the edibles, which can look almost identical to brand-name treats.
Colorado medical marijuana growers would face new restrictions, including how many plants they can cultivate for patients, under a proposal advanced Wednesday by a legislative panel.
Tommy Chong made his “Dancing With the Stars” debut on Monday night in the premiere of the 19th season of ABC’s popular prime-time staple. The network certainly didn’t shy away from the stoney history of the comedian/actor/director (and Pueblo dispensary endorser).
A week before Colorado’s health department considers new limits on medical marijuana growers, a panel of lawmakers and regulators debated Monday whether the numbers of plants those growers can raise should be curbed too.
Septuagenarian stoner Tommy Chong isn’t kicking back just yet. Instead, he’ll be kicking up his heels in the 19th season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.”
Ryan Griego owns a recreational pot shop in southern Colorado, and he’s putting out a bold, informed estimate saying that a decidedly clear majority of his customers are from outside of Colorado.