Featured guests: 36 Solutions president Shawn Coleman and legalization activist/volunteer Jordan Dietrich. [podcast] We’re talking about: How lawmakers are being kept informed about cannabis issues; grading Colorado’s recreational sales system; the shortcomings of local zoning laws; whether the “Colorado model” for cannabis regulation is better than other legalized states; and…
An interesting David-and-Goliath dynamic is taking shape across Colorado’s burgeoning commercial cannabis sector, with tiny communities friendly to the sale of recreational marijuana living in the shadow of large — and totally pot-shop-free — neighbors.
Weed goes wide: It’s in the air (of course), it’s a part of modern anthropology study, it’s on the local library shelves, it’s a central part of classes and tours.
The board tasked with writing rules for Alaska’s recreational marijuana industry voted Friday to allow for people to use pot at certain stores that will sell it, a first among the four states that have legalized the drug.
The funniest Instagram post (so far) from this week’s Marijuana Business Convention in Las Vegas winkingly chides Donald Trump and his marijuana policy.
Denver’s inaugural Marijuana Management Symposium provides a chance for the city to share its approach to cannabis regulation — and for city leaders to also learn from policy makers from around the country.
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that growing, possessing and smoking marijuana for recreation is legal under the right to freedom.
Air quality, employee and customer sobriety, and impact on neighbors all came up as issues that need to be addressed before this city would consider issuing licenses to establishments that allow marijuana consumption.
Only amid the 420-friendly crunch of Boulder, Colo., will you find a luncheon celebrating the release of a new marijuana cookbook — with infused samples from one of the book’s recipes being handed out to attendees.
Denver Parks and Recreation has removed fencing at Commons Park downtown from an area known as “Stoner Hill,” reopening the area to the public.
As other states grapple with public pot use, vapor lounges in San Francisco are examples of how social cannabis consumption works at California dispensaries.
After activists last week pulled a Denver marijuana initiative from the November ballot, other pro-legalization activists have lashed out at what they see as backpedaling by their like-minded colleagues.
Author Neal Pollack celebrates the changing times in Oregon, where weed is shared with abandon and not yet commercialized. It’s a bittersweet summer to remember.
Activists who decided to withdraw a proposed ballot initiative in Denver that would have allowed pot use in bars and other businesses seem to have awakened to reality.
Activists behind a proposed Denver ballot initiative to allow some marijuana use in bars and other businesses say they will pull the measure, The Denver Post has confirmed. The idea isn’t dead — backers of the proposal say they will join talks with city and business leaders to try to work out a compromise.
Our guests on The Cannabist Show this week: Clover Leaf University president Chloe Villano and Chiefton Supply Company creative director Bryan Dehaven. [podcast] TOP MARIJUANA NEWS From an Aug. 13 report by The Cannabist’s Ricardo Baca: Colorado’s monthly recreational cannabis sales topped $50 million for the first time, according to…
Our guests on The Cannabist Show this week: Clover Leaf University president Chloe Villano and Chiefton Supply Company creative director Bryan Dehaven.
Marijuana advocates at the annual Seattle Hempfest have differing views on social pot use. We get insight from NORML founder Keith Stroup and Hempfest’s Vivian McPeak.
Boulder-based “Top Chef” champion Hosea Rosenberg is prepping a four-course Harvest Dinner this fall that features cannabis and cocktail pairings.
Whether Denver voters in November will face a choice about allowing patrons to use marijuana in bars and some other businesses wasn’t in dispute Monday, though ballot certification still could be weeks away.
A day after lawmakers expressed concern about the federal government’s looming role in regulating state marijuana policy, a bipartisan organization of state lawmakers approved a policy statement with a simple message to Washington: leave us alone.
Author Neal Pollack explores the Rockies: ‘The Bud+Breakfast felt like a halfway house for people who need to transition into the reality of legalized marijuana, but not everyone wants to spend their holiday getting stoned on a couch with strangers.’
Colorado and Washington lawmakers sat in the spotlight Wednesday as policy-makers packed a huge room to seek guidance from the two states with at least a year of experience in legal pot sales.
Cannabist Show: We’re talking about the Denver marijuana initiative on social pot use with state Sen. Pat Steadman and cannabis consultant Katherine Grimm.
The proposed initiative that would allow Denver entrepreneurs to open their 21-and-up business and patio spaces to limited marijuana consumption has divided many in the city – and it’s not even clear yet if the question will land on the city’s November 2015 ballot.
