State-licensed marijuana testing labs can no longer test for individuals. That leaves curious consumers, hemp growers and anyone who makes their own oils, edibles and tinctures with little recourse.
This Q&A handles readers’ questions on cannabis matters. Topics include hemp pollen affecting marijuana plants, shopping for pain management options and warning labels.
In these pages we’ve discussed the merits of buying marijuana from vending machines and smoking cannabis via professional, machine-rolled cigarettes. But I’m not sure any of that prepared us for a food truck that only sells infused edibles.
The city of Wheat Ridge has placed a 90-day moratorium on all applications for marijuana-infused manufacturing businesses in the city.
Expect plenty of marijuana coverage from all major Denver TV news outlets for the May sweeps period. Because Colorado is the center of the recreational pot universe, it’s a natural. The depth of coverage, or lack thereof, will offer insight into each local news shop.
A national anti-marijuana legalization group has met with White House officials to encourage the federal government to reverse legalization in Colorado and Washington.
Colorado budget-writers are nearing a decision on how new marijuana taxes should be spent. The Joint Budget Committee is expected to approve a spending proposal Monday that involves saving most of the recreational marijuana tax money.
It’s the big event — 4/20 itself. We catch up with people at the Cannabis Cup, the Denver 4/20 rally/festival and the ancillary events associated with 4/20 weekend.
The Cannabist and its parent company The Denver Post are proud to announce a new partnership with High Times magazine — one that will have the two media outlets sharing content.
A Longmont-based maker of marijuana-infused mints has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Denver edibles company Dixie Elixirs. Bridge Marketing alleges in the suit that Dixie Elixirs has failed to use Bridge’s trademarked design for packages of MED-a-mints, mint-like lozenges that contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
This is big, Colorado. Two people in the space of a few weeks apparently consumed edible marijuana products now sold in retail stores and seem to have lost their grip on reality.
A college student who jumped to his death from a Denver hotel balcony last month ate six times the recommended amount of a marijuana cookie before his death.
My vape pen and I maintain a mostly private relationship. Her ability to help me live comfortably with glaucoma makes her one of the more important figures in my day to day.
Our shop critic The Ombudsman checks out Good Chemistry on Colfax. It isn’t a budget store, even though your wallet will feel that it is. The $30/eighth prices are a pleasant surprise when the product is above average.
It’s 4/20 weekend, and we have 15 tips on making your weed holiday the best it can be, whether you’re an in-the-know Coloradan or a first-time visitor from out of state. So let’s talk about the concerts, the rally, the Cup, the laws and more.
Sitting at a conference table in his accountant’s office, Andy Williams has a number in mind: $11.5 million. That, he says, is what it would take for him to sell his stake in the marijuana business he and his brother started from nothing.
Mini peppers have few seeds to remove, so they are super easy to prepare. You could do the same thing with jalapenos, whose heat is mellowed by the time in the oven, but these mini peppers are sweet and not hot at all.
A bill pending in Colorado’s House directs the state Department of Revenue to determine how much concentrated pot is equal to an ounce of leafy pot.
Dan Landes is a Denver restaurateur, owner of WaterCourse Foods and City, O’ City, and an author. He published a short blog on Suspect Press about the impact the legalization of marijuana will have on the city of Denver, and we asked him if we could repost it here on The Cannabist.
I grew up in Colorado, but it’s been a while since I lived in the state. When I returned for a recent conference, I found that a place settled by the Gold Rush is now mad about reefer.
Here’s a little help for the thousands of visitors heading to Colorado to partake on the 4/20 weekend. A Denver guide to everything in between the official festivities. Where to stay, eat, drink and shop, and how to get around.
A group of Larkspur residents has united to stop recreational marijuana sales from becoming a reality in the small town in southern Douglas County.
The only marijuana shop directly on the 16th Street Mall opened Wednesday with a design concept aimed at minimizing the intimidation factor for less-experienced users — such as tourists. Click here
The Green Solution’s Grape Street location is visited by Cannabist shop critic The Ombudsman for a recreational purchase: “Even though the reception area was nice enough, it definitely did not prepare me for the uber-slick and professional presentation that oozed from every pore of this store.”
A Wyoming college student visiting Denver on spring break fell to his death after consuming a marijuana cookie, the Denver medical examiner’s office says.
