Colorado and Washington state are launching the world’s first legal recreational marijuana markets in 2014. Though pot has been sold for three decades at coffee shops in the Netherlands, the two states are the first to regulate and allow a full industry.
A gleaming white Apple store of weed is how Andy Williams sees his new Denver marijuana dispensary. Two floors of pot-growing rooms will have windows showing the shopping public how the mind-altering plant is grown.
The tiny Latin American country of Uruguay just leapfrogged every nation on earth, becoming the world’s first sovereign nation to legalize the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana.
From our interview with stoner comic Doug Benson came this mind-blowing gem: “Stand-up is fun, smoking pot is fun. Fun plus fun equals bigger fun. Who doesn’t want large fun?”
Man loves woman, woman loves man and both love weed. It’s a love triangle that lacks the makings of a fairytale romance, and for the cannabis-craving couple featured in the dark, indie comedy “Newlyweeds,” it’s a three-way affair that spirals from charming to comically tragic.
Anyone who’s ever ridden a double chair or skied up on one of hundreds of lean-to “smoke shacks” in ski area trees knows that marijuana and skiing, and snowboarding, are inextricably linked.
It was the morning of a 2010 playoff game, and one of the Nuggets had just smoked some nuggets. As the team practiced, the player was so high that Rex Chapman, a team executive at the time, had to pull him aside to get him to focus.
Efforts by Washington state legislators to create a state-owned bank that would cater to the newly legal marijuana industry won’t work in Colorado — or in Washington, for that matter — industry and legal experts say.
Efforts by Washington state legislators to create a state-owned bank that would cater to the newly legal marijuana industry won’t work in Colorado — or in Washington, for that matter — industry and legal experts say.
While the debate about the pros and cons of marijuana use in the sports world heats up, the use of pot by athletes has made headlines for decades.
Colorado cannabis regulators will not be releasing an official statewide list of stores fully approved to open on Jan. 1 for recreational marijuana sales. But here are 24 of the stores that will most likely be open on Jan. 1.
The best cannabutter in America, you ask? It’s easy. Follow the directions, and you will make the best butter your weed will allow. The truth is however, the butter is just as good as the weed you make it with.
When it was announced last month, Wu-Tang Clan‘s Wu-Year’s Eve became one of Colorado’s most unexpected New Year’s Eve shows of the year. But what shocked us as much as the sudden opportunity to see Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Raekwon at Denver’s Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom on the biggest party night of the year was the price range.
You’ve seen previous 4/20s, Colorado. But can you imagine what 4/20/2014 will look like?
Initially, the Granddaddy gave me a nice uptick of energy that had me pondering a walk with our Sheltie on the relatively balmy 34 degree afternoon. It was a lofty goal. I could string together the concepts — like socks before shoes — but by the time I made it to the shoes, where had the socks gone? This continued for longer than I’d care to admit.
Once you’ve exhausted the jokes about green thumbs, red eyes, and the hilarity of growing weed instead of blooms, the questions remain about how to go about growing your own marijuana, if you want to.
As recreational cannabis sales begin Jan. 1, one fact is sometimes overlooked: Employers still can fire workers for using it on- or off-duty.
When you’re spending upwards of $200 an ounce for legal weed, you want to make sure that you’re getting every single bud and flake that you paid for.
Colorado on Monday became the first state in U.S. history to issue special licenses for recreational marijuana businesses. After weeks of scrutiny of applications, the state Marijuana Enforcement Division mailed out licenses to 136 marijuana stores on Monday.
Colorado has created a complex regulatory scheme for the state’s new legal marijuana business, but don’t ask a lawyer to get too deeply involved in it.
Note: If you’re already on this list of Colorado marijuana retailers and dispensaries, you don’t need to fill out this form.
A recent flier for a “4/20-friendly” comedy and burlesque show at Herman’s Hideaway featured marijuana-leaf logos, sponsorship from the Daily Doobie newspaper and a note that the “smokeout starts at 7:10 p.m., show at 8:30.” The promise of consequence-free pot consumption is more than a marketing tactic, show co-organizer Cameron V.
The U.S. Treasury department is expected to issue guidance in the first quarter of 2014 giving banks a “yellow light” to work with marijuana businesses, a high-ranking state official said Thursday.
