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Denver sets 2015 ballot, without marijuana social use initiative
The Denver Elections Division on Thursday certified the Nov. 3 city/county ballot, but missing will be a hot-button voter initiative that would have expanded the city’s marijuana consumption rules to allow toking up at some bars and other businesses.
Study: U.S. college students’ daily pot use at 35-year high, edging tobacco
More U.S. college students are making a habit of using marijuana, which has supplanted cigarettes as the smoke-able substance of choice among undergraduates who light up regularly, according to the annual “Monitoring the Future” study by the University of Michigan.
A new symbol to ID Colorado pot edibles: THC ‘stop sign’
Pot edibles in Colorado may soon come labeled with a “stop sign” symbol, according to a draft of new rules released Wednesday by state marijuana regulators. The state may also ban the word “candy” from being used by manufacturers.
Denver campaign for social pot use submitting signatures
Marijuana activists campaigning to see pot consumption allowed in bars and other public places in Denver are turning in signatures to get the question on November’s city ballots.
Opinion: Pot isn’t the problem for Commons Park — privilege is
Complaints of marijuana use by homeless people at downtown Commons Park are misguided when there are few options available for pot consumption outside private residences.
Denver park’s ‘Stoner Hill’ sparks talk about a facelift
The upper reaches of Commons Park, dubbed Stoner Hill, have been fenced off for months, and Denver officials are open to ideas on how to revitalize the downtown park.
How parents in marijuana industry talk to their own kids about pot
Inside view: A look at how parents who are working in the legal marijuana industry handle the pot conversation with their own children.
CDC report on teen’s Colorado death calls for more pot edibles education
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a report released Friday, says the case of a teen who leapt to his death from a Denver hotel balcony after eating marijuana-infused cookies illustrates “a potential danger” with edible pot.
Get details on how — and why — social pot use would work in Denver
The Marijuana Policy Project’s Mason Tvert joins marijuana editor Ricardo Baca on a recent episode of The Cannabist Show, where Tvert outlines how the new ballot initiative for would work, and the reasons for seeking the change.
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee talks Colorado pot and munchies
Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said states are supposed to be the laboratories of government so Colorado and Washington should spend a couple of years seeing how their legalization of marijuana works out before other states follow suit.
How 420-friendly are Hillary and Jeb? Pot advocacy group gives report card
One of America’s largest marijuana policy organizations is grading presidential candidates on their individual reform policy — and the grades on the report card run the spectrum from A to F.
Can I be fired in my home state for using pot on my Colorado vacation?
Ask The Cannabist: Just because partaking in Colorado is legal, it doesn’t mean you’re protected from work consequences when you get back home.
Ep. 14 – University of Denver pot law prof Sam Kamin, concentrates expert Ry Prichard
University of Denver marijuana law professor Sam Kamin and Cannabist writer Ry Prichard, a concentrates expert, talk with marijuana editor Ricardo Baca. Hot topics: Denver proposal to allow more places for pot use, employer policies for marijuana testing and the mysterious world of concentrates. [podcast]
In South Dakota, Indian tribe plans to grow, sell marijuana by Jan. 1
An Indian tribe in eastern South Dakota plans to start selling marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes by Jan. 1.
Ask the Cannabist: Can I legally post photos of my pot plants online?
Reader: ‘I’m growing weed in my basement, and I’m proud of my pot plants. I want to share them on the Internet. But is that legal?’
Dazed & Infused: Five legit reasons why your edibles high is unpredictable
When shopping for pot, it’s simple to grab a sativa for energy or an indica for sleep. But trying to do the same with edibles is impossible. And here’s why.
Week in Weed: What if Oprah’s alternate universe was 420-friendly?
This Week in Weed we are easing down the road to check out what Wiz Khalifa is up to. We witness one mother’s pride in her children — and her cannabis consumption. And we catch a glimpse of what it might be like if Oprah did her “Favorite Things” show stoner-style.
Ask The Cannabist: Staking out marijuana statistics in Colorado crime and DUID arrests
Colorado marijuana crime stats: What’s the impact of legal pot? Breaking down 2013 and 2014 stats for pot arrests, crimes at dispensaries, DUIDs and more.
With no legal weed for sale in D.C., black market ‘is the obvious choice’
The new illicit business of buying marijuana in Washington D.C. is all thanks to the quirks of the District’s legalization, which has boosted the appetite for marijuana as more people become comfortable acquiring it through the black market.
Interview: A 420-minded event for Mother’s Day — a High Tea for mom
Another sign of the normalization of marijuana: An annual Mother’s Day high tea celebrating women who believe in and work toward legalization and reform.
4/20 twist: No one permitted to hold Civic Center event Monday — yet
Just days before a likely crowd of thousands inevitably converges on Civic Center Monday for the traditional 4/20 pot smokeout at 4:20 p.m., no one is sanctioned to wrangle the event.
Colorado patients urge lawmakers to start medical marijuana testing
A Colorado proposal to require safety testing for medical marijuana, same as recreational pot, won unanimous approval Wednesday on its first test in the state Legislature.
No free pot samples, or sales, allowed at this year’s Cannabis Cup in Denver
The free sampling of businesses’ marijuana, edibles and concentrates — a tradition that has long been a primary draw for fans of the annual Cannabis Cups that happen around the world — will no longer happen so freely at the Denver event.
Special report: 15 months in, edibles safety still concern for Colorado
Much of Colorado’s regulatory debate around edibles has focused on preventing accidental ingestion. But the manner in which edibles affect a person raises the question whether more should be done to educate buyers before they leave the shop.
