Cannabist calendar: 40-plus events for September 2014

Cannabist calendar: 40-plus events for September 2014

Seasons are changing, but the fun doesn’t end in Colorado. Check out the calendar and catch a comedy show,  harvest fest, a grow store happy hour, painting class or ladies dance night with your buds — or go solo and make new friends.

Is more weed leaving Colorado by mail? Yes, according to USPS stats

Report: More weed leaving Colorado by mail

A new report says the amount of Colorado marijuana being seized en route to other states through the U.S. mail is on the rise since 2010.

Cannabist Q&A: Grow room tours, penny stocks, strain hunting website

Cannabist Q&A: Grow room tour, penny stocks, strain hunting website

Topics for this Q&A installment include signing up for a cannabis tour to get an inside look at one of Colorado’s commercial cultivation facilities, plus other questions from readers about penny stock investing and searching online for specific strains.

A small dog looks out the window of a vehicle

Cannabist Q&A: Carsick dog, vaping effects, investing

This Q&A handles readers’ questions on cannabis matters. Topics include using marijuana for a carsick dog; the vaping high vs. smoking high; and investing options for non-Colorado residents.

The great vape debate: Public use of vaporizers, e-cigs a hot topic

The great vape debate: Public use of vaporizers, e-cigs a hot topic

Vaporizers and electronic cigarettes, which have experienced an explosive growth in popularity in the last few years, are beginning to face stiff resistance in Colorado as an increasing number of communities crack down on the battery-powered devices.

Cheeba Chews licensing denial by state part of bigger mystery

Cheeba Chews licensing denial by state part of bigger mystery

Cheeba Chews began as an experiment in a home kitchen and grew into one of the biggest successes of Colorado’s medical marijuana industry. Then, last spring, the medicated chocolate taffy began disappearing from shelves.

Cannabist Q&A: Food trucks, pot-centric education; investing

Cannabist Q&A: Food trucks, pot-centric education; investing

The Q&A handles readers’ questions on cannabis matters. Topics include marijuana edibles food trucks in Colorado, marijuana university classes and options for unaccredited investors in the pot industry.

(Anya Semenoff, Denver Post file)

Does legal pot make buying booze less tempting?

Recreational marijuana’s legalization sparked some corporate worries about softer sales of beer, wine and hard liquor, but so far, the booze business hasn’t been dented.

Live chat: WebMD hosts panel to talk marijuana and health

Advice for Washington weed buyers: 8 tips from Colorado

Dear Washington: You made it! July 8 marks your very first day of legal recreational marijuana sales. It was a long road here for all parties involved, but now it’s time to sit back, hope for the best and watch it all happen.

Any ties to pot industry putting bank accounts in jeopardy

Employees in pot industry plagued with bank, housing problems

Banks and other financial institutions not only reject businesses in the legal marijuana trade for accounts, but are increasingly doing the same to those associated with the industry, including employees and suppliers.

Grape Stomper (marijuana review)

Grape Stomper (marijuana review)

Two hits of the Grape Stomper and I had a very Headband-esque buzz pulsing through my face and body, with my mind racing and everything else coming to a screeching halt. It was as if I was the guy revving his engine at a stoplight that wasn’t turning.

Marijuana's just the start: Support businesses booming in Boulder area

Marijuana’s just the start: Support businesses booming too

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.”

Gone Hemp: Twenty-4 Zen granola good for body, soul (review)

Gone Hemp: Twenty-4 Zen granola good for body, soul (review)

Review: It’s hard to harbor any aversions to Twenty-4 Zen’s gluten-free snack, which was conceived to balance root chakras, or core energy points. That makes sense, as health food junkies who love to eat hemp tend to mention digestive regulation as one of its physiological benefits.