Headband marijuana review (Strain Theory)

Headband (marijuana review)

Headband is a cross of a high-flying sativa with some heavy indica. It provides an immediate head high that is extremely euphoric and uplifting, like serving for an ace.

Abbi Jacobson, left, and Ilana Glazer in Comedy Central's "Broad City."

TV: “Broad City” and the rise of the female stoner

As pop culture becomes increasingly accepting/exploitive of stoners and the culture surrounding them, it remains comparatively uninterested in ladies who toke, a discrepancy most evident on television. But perhaps “Broad City” is a sign of change.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

NFL commish, on being tested for marijuana: Try me

The topic of marijuana keeps coming up for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell as the Denver Broncos prepare to take on the Seattle Seahawks. At his annual pre-Super Bowl news conference, he was asked if he “would be willing to randomly test for marijuana.”

Did anybody ever think this gaudy Super Bowl T-shirt was a good idea?

Sativa Style: The very worst Super Bowl XLVIII T-shirts

We present the top 10 worst-looking T-shirt designs that feature a Super Bowl XLVII motif and/or showcase the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks. Wear ’em if you dare to show your legalization spirit on Super Bowl Sunday.

If this is how one competitor looked after the Denver County Fair's no-hands pie eating contest, how will the contestants in a Doritos-eating contest look after the fair's 2014 installment?

Denver County Fair’s changing tastes (interview)

By now you’ve likely heard the news of the Denver County Fair’s expansion in 2014 to include a “Pot Pavilion.” They talked about it on “The View” and Jimmy Kimmel. And yes, they will judge the county’s best cloned plants, pot brownies, homemade bongs, hemp garments and more.

Snackcadium party tray for Super Bowl

A cannabis-themed Super Bowl party? No need to be a conservative planner

A Super Bowl party means junk food, TVs with the volume turned to 11, plenty of adult beverages and, given the states from which this year’s Super Bowl teams hail, perhaps also a nod to the newly-legalized recreational cannabis that gives new meaning to the phrase “super bowl.”

Marijuana weighed on scale

Anti-marijuana billboards going up near Super Bowl

Project SAM, for Smart Approaches to Marijuana, says it’s running anti-marijuana ads on billboards near MetLife Stadium, where the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks will play on Sunday.

Mason Tvert

Marijuana activists hope Super Bowl billboards catch NFL’s attention

Colorado’s most mischievous marijuana messenger has a super-sized new platform. Mason Tvert, the spokesman for the national Marijuana Policy Project announced Tuesday that his group is putting up five billboards in northern New Jersey near MetLife Stadium, the site of this year’s Super Bowl.

Broncos QB Peyton Manning at Super Bowl media day

Let’s play a Broncos-Seahawks strain game

If these Super Bowl-bound Broncos and Seahawks players wanted to give smoking a shot (and there’s absolutely no reason to believe they currently partake), here’s some strain recommendations.

Denver County Fair marijuana contests

Marijuana to join beer, pies at the Denver County Fair

Pot at the county fair? Why not? Colorado’s Denver County is adding cannabis-themed contests to its 2014 summer fair. It’s the first time pot plants will stand alongside tomato plants and homemade jam in competition for a blue ribbon.

Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner

Medical marijuana in the NFL: “We will consider that,” says commish (video)

The National Football League would “consider” allowing athletes to use medical marijuana if doctors said it would help treat head injuries, league commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday. The NFL, which has been heavily criticized in recent years for players’ concussions brought on by season after season of hard knocks, has a strict anti-drug policy that includes marijuana.

Skywalker OG Strain Theory marijuana review

Skywalker OG (marijuana review)

My budtender seemed apologetic that the nugs ranged from popcorn to mini-marshmallow in size, but it was precisely what I was expecting. And that doesn’t sound like a half-bad snack right now.

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Bruce Banner #3 (marijuana review)

Determined to get some sativa for the post-holiday, back-to-reality blues, there were four choices available when I popped in. Honestly, I would have taken a gram of the divinely funky Lemon G13 on hand if it wasn’t on the stringy side. Instead, I’d finally have my date with Bruce Banner #3.

Girl Scout Cookies Marijuana

Girl Scout Cookies (marijuana review)

Review: Girl Scout Cookies is an indica-dominant hybrid marijuana strain crossing the cerebral sativa high Durban Poison with the body-numb of OG Kush.

Kurt Britz checks Kristin Brinckerhoff's identification outside 3D Cannabis Center in Denver on Thursday, the second day of legal sales of recreational marijuana in Colorado. Brinckerhoff waited a day because, she said, "I just knew the lines were going to be out of control." (Photo By Craig F. Walker / The Denver Post)

Recreational pot’s smooth launch

Some public officials predicted unruly customers would fight over scarce supplies when recreational marijuana went live in Colorado. Others feared images of public toking would be beamed around the world.