Three years after banning pot clubs, Denver’s Mayor rethinks his position
Three years after he first directed the Denver City Council to ban all pot clubs, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has changed his mind.
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Ep. 42 – He’s a marijuana lobbyist; He’s a ‘power volunteer’
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…
Cannabist Show: He’s a marijuana lobbyist; He’s a ‘power volunteer’
Featured guests: 36 Solutions president Shawn Coleman and legalization activist/volunteer Jordan Dietrich. Lots to talk about: Grading Colorado’s recreational sales system; whether the “Colorado model” for cannabis regulation is better than other legalized states; and what law changes need to happen in 2016 — public consumption is a biggie.
MassRoots cannabis social network dissed at Consumer Electronics Show
The Colorado-based cannabis social network MassRoots has caused a stir at the CES in Las Vegas: Dell declines to send judge to competition for tech companies vying to pitch billionaire Richard Branson.
Canopy Boulder ganjapreneurs face tough crowd of investors
Nascent cannabis entrepreneurs from Canopy Boulder’s fall class faced a tough crowd during an investor preview round of pitches, fielding questions about unproven business models and inflated valuations.
Gold standard: How Pax is capitalizing on vape culture
The Pax vaporizer brand continues its cultural experiments with a new limited-edition gold Pax 2 vape and collaboration with pop star The Weeknd as the company raises its innovative retail game.
Symposium spotlights how Denver leaders regulate weed
Denver’s first-ever Marijuana Management Symposium, the first cannabis event of its kind organized by a government agency, will take over the Colorado Convention Center on Thursday and Friday.
Legal marijuana in Canada: What’s up after the Liberals’ election-night rout?
Canada’s prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau promised legal marijuana if he and his Liberal party were elected. They were elected Monday. Will pot be next?
South Dakota tribe wants to build first U.S. weed resort
Santee Sioux tribal leaders plan to grow their own pot in South Dakota and sell it in an amenity-laden marijuana resort, with hopes of generating up to $2 million a month in profit. “We want it to be an adult playground,” tribal President Anthony Reider said.
Organic issues: Marijuana industry explores legal alternatives for labeling
Any other operation that routinely labeled its products “organic” without certification to back up the claim would have been shut down and fined almost immediately, an expert in organic certification said.
Magical freedom in Oregon: Reveling in pot parties and endless possibility
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.
Social pot use: It’s a riddle for Seattle as well as in Denver
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.
B&B 2.0: What it’s like inside Earth’s first weed-worshipping hotel chain
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.’
Historic day in Nevada: First medical marijuana sales after 15-year wait
Fifteen years after Nevadans voted to legalize it, medical marijuana was sold legally in the state for the first time Friday at a dispensary in a strip mall about 5 miles east of downtown Reno.
Pot credit union fires back at agencies that denied account, insurance
Founders of the world’s first credit union for the marijuana industry say federal banking officials had no authority to deny their application to access the nation’s money system, according to a lawsuit.
Denver’s hospitality industry conflicted on social pot use
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.
Kim Kardashian thinks brother Rob ‘smokes weed, drinks beer’ all day long
Kim Kardashian says her reclusive brother Rob Kardashian “smokes weed, drinks beer, hangs out and plays video games with his friends all day long.”
First service for Indiana cannabis church: no weed, no arrests
More than 100 people packed a pot-smoking Indiana cannabis church for a music-filled service without their illegal sacrament Wednesday, days after authorities threatened arrests if the congregation lit up during the rites.
Editorial: In recreational states, it may be time to retire medical marijuana
With so little scientific evidence that medical marijuana does what it is purported to do, it may be time to retire the medical model — at least in states like Colorado where marijuana can be legally purchased by any adult.
New proposal: Allow more places for pot use in Denver
The same activists who in 2012 successfully legalized the cultivation, sale and use of recreational marijuana in Colorado have started their next big initiative: The push to allow pot consumption in places now off limits.
Call it KBUD, or Smokin’ 94.1, and say hello to a new FM weed radio format
A radio format geared to pot enthusiasts bowed Monday in Denver as Smokin’ 94.1 FM (or KBUD). Picking up the format from Bubba the Love Sponge out of Tampa, Fla., the station is also on 1550 AM. The details:
Vaping vs. smoking pot: What’s safer, and does the high feel the same?
Of the many ways one could consume cannabis — smoke it, eat it, vape it, dab it — much debate swirls around the pros and cons of using a vaporizer for marijuana versus traditional smoking.
What 4/20 means to me: For pot critic, it’s all about camaraderie
Cannabist pot critic Jake Browne considers the backlash over 4/20 celebrations: Whether you professionally approve of it or not, people will coalesce around cannabis every April. My challenge to the industry and my peers is to stop with the 4/20 shaming.
Why buyers might not see pot-infused edibles on Oregon shelves until 2017
While Oregon’s first recreational marijuana sales are expected in early-2016, the retail program’s pot-infused edibles might not hit shop shelves until early-2017 if the Oregon Liquor Control Commission has its way.
Willie Nelson says he’ll open his first Willie’s Reserve weed shop in 2016
Move over, Marley Natural — another weed-worshiping musician is throwing his hat into the aromatic arena. Willie’s Reserve is the latest celebrity marijuana brand to excite pot aficionados, brought to you by country legend Willie Nelson.
