Jane’s Addiction in Denver: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, the brownie kicked in’
When Jane’s Addiction hit Denver’s Ogden Theatre for a show on Nov. 19, lead singer Perry Farrell was rather chatty. Maybe it was the pot brownie.
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Cannabis businesses converging for Indo Expo in Denver, Nov. 15-16
The Indo Expo Denver trade show , happening Nov. 15-16, has partnered with the Denver Mart to produce the business-to-business (“B2B”) trade show twice a year for the next decade.
Aurora marijuana: Pot shop owners invest to revitalize surrounding sites
Business owners who won licenses in August to open one of 21 marijuana businesses in Aurora are doing more than opening the doors to one store — they are revamping rundown retail centers and rehabbing long-vacant strip malls.
Opinion: Big changes coming in Colorado’s marijuana market
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.
Pot-smoking ban on Denver’s 16th Street Mall gateway to tobacco ban
Pot smoking has been banned from Denver’s 16th Street Mall. So why not tobacco? Local civic and business leaders are floating a plan to stop all smoking on the mall, an extension of an ordinance passed last year by the Denver City Council that prohibits the use or display of marijuana on the mall and in city parks.
Cannabist calendar: November 2014 has lots of stoney fall happenings
Seasonal temperatures are falling and sending the stoney fun indoors. Keep your spirits up with sidesplitting comedy shows, painting at marijuana-friendly art classes, and celebrate the bounty of your legal harvest at Thanksgiving. Here’s The Cannabist’s calendar for the month of November.
Anti-pot doc blasted over comments on Michael Brown, THC and Ferguson
Prominent Denver psychiatrist Christian Thurstone’s comments about the THC levels in Ferguson, Mo., shooting victim Michael Brown’s blood have some Colorado marijuana activists calling for the doctor’s removal from boards and commissions – or at least an apology.
Hunters find marijuana grow near Aspen with 2,600-plus plants
An illegal marijuana grow operation, worth as much as $8 million, was found in the White River National Forest north of Aspen last month, according to the U.S. Forest Service. A similar grow with about 3,000 plants was found in the Aspen area last year by hunters.
Forest Service yanks 2,630 pot plants discovered by hunters near Aspen
For the second time in a year, the U.S. Forest Service has eradicated an illegal marijuana-growing operation on national forest lands in the Aspen area.
Supreme Court’s Scalia gets a pot question on Colorado visit? Of course
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was asked about marijuana Wednesday after giving a speech at the University of Colorado. The conservative justice smiled, then hinted that he thinks federal drug law should trump Colorado’s vote to allow pot.
Before it was legal: Hemp farmer’s fight to grow crop draws admiration
Alex White Plume is an elder of the Oglala Lakota tribe and an icon of the contemporary American industrial hemp movement.
New details in feds’ raid case: Lots of weed, cash, jewelry
Federal agents seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana, 161 pieces of jewelry and $800,000 in cash — including nearly $450,000 stashed in the trunk of a car — from Colorado pot dealers with Colombian ties, according to records obtained by The Denver Post on Wednesday.
Big changes rolling out in October for Colorado marijuana industry
Two major changes that go into effect Wednesday, Oct. 1, will impact the make-up of Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry. The first is the entrance of newcomers who can now be licensed for recreational sales. The second involves the industry structure.
Cannabist calendar: 50-plus events for October 2014
Spend the autumn month getting together with stony friends to watch Sunday football, chuckle at comedy shows, go for the gold at the Canna-lympics, camp overnight on a hemp farm and kick it with Snoop Dogg at the Gypsy Jane Festival.
Wyclef Jean joins Colo. candidate Mike Dunafon in pot prohibition rap (video)
A video featuring Wyclef Jean and independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Dunafon debuted Wednesday evening at Shotgun Willie’s strip club in Glendale. The best part is the rap stylings of Dunafon against the politics around pot prohibition.
Parenting: “Lab Rat” campaign well-intentioned, but scary messages = fail
It’s not just those in the cannabis community who are feeling that erecting human-sized rat cages with massive water bottles attached was a poor choice of spending state money.
Colorado AG: “Legalization movement is coming to every state”
When Colorado’s Attorney General spoke with some of Columbia Law School’s brightest students earlier this month about legal marijuana in the Rocky Mountains, what did he have to share?
Colorado “hempies” celebrating harvest time
Hemp farmers and activists plan to mark Colorado’s first legal outdoor hemp harvest with special events across the Front Range, including the Colorado Hemp Project Harvest Party in Sterling and a two-day event on a Boulder County farm.
Warren Buffett branching into bud? Company courts Colorado growers
Cubic Designs Inc., a subsidiary of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. that makes platforms for maximizing usable floor space in warehouses, sent about 1,000 fliers to marijuana dispensaries in recent weeks, offering to help growers expand the number of plants they cultivate.
Marijuana ad campaign battles stereotypes, promotes safe use
Tired of Cheech & Chong pot jokes and ominous anti-drug campaigns, the marijuana industry and activists are starting an ad blitz in Colorado aimed at promoting moderation and the safe consumption of pot.
Young patients in limbo after Colorado board’s caregiver vote
The Colorado Board of Health on Tuesday rejected a proposal to cap the number of patients that medical-marijuana caregivers can serve. But questions remain for some families after state health officials told parents that how they have been obtaining the oil they use to treat their children is against the law.
Caregiver patient limits to stay as-is after emotional hearing
Confronted with a room full of teary parents with sick children, Colorado health authorities on Tuesday changed course on a plan to limit marijuana caregivers to 10 patients.
Opinion: Federal obstruction of marijuana research must be stopped
The paucity of marijuana research — good, scientifically valid research — is a problem that will only get worse unless the federal government eases regulations constricting research.
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis on Don’t Be a Lab Rat: “It’s a bizarre, ill-fated campaign”
U.S. Rep Jared Polis (D-Colo.) has strong words for Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s Don’t Be a Lab Rat campaign, which encourages teens to reconsider marijuana use via oversized rat cage installations and directly worded commercial messaging.
Few and tricky options for defense attorneys in Observatory Park case
Richard Kirk’s attorneys admit he put a gun to his wife’s head in their Observatory Park home, pulled the trigger and killed her.
