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.
Popular pesticide chemical imidacloprid kills bees, according to a new EPA report. (Pssst: It’s also quite possibly in some of your weed.)
A pesticide-wary reader wants organic, outdoor-grown marijuana in Colorado, and Ask the Cannabist finds that organic cultivation can get complicated.
The city of Denver issued its largest-yet recall of pot products on Wednesday, involving nearly 100,000 packages of edibles made by Mountain High Suckers.
As Colorado continues to gather data on marijuana, experts are withholding judgment and taking a longer view. However, there are trends to follow, including cannabis industry growth; marijuana-related arrests and crime; and consumer use rates.
Cannabist Show: We’re talking about cannabis testing labs and their results for an array of products, from dried flower to edibles and concentrates. Why are there variances from lab to lab?
As legal marijuana sales debuted in 2014, teen pot use in Colorado didn’t change. Yet the state jumped from No. 3 to No. 1 in a survey of youths. What’s up:
Marijuana business EdiPure voluntarily recalled more of its cannabis-infused edibles on Monday over concerns they contain potentially dangerous pesticides banned for use on marijuana in Colorado. The recall was EdiPure’s fourth in less than two months — and the city’s 15th in as many weeks.
The U.S. government has taken Colorado’s side in a dispute with neighboring states over marijuana legalization and is urging the Supreme Court to not hear a major challenge to the state’s recreational cannabis laws.
The first-ever Cannabist Awards recognizes businesses that are excelling in Colorado’s marijuana and hemp industries in 2015.
Denver marijuana business Advanced Medical Alternatives is voluntarily recalling 27 cartridges of its THC-infused vape pen oil because they contain potentially dangerous pesticides that cannot legally be used on cannabis in Colorado.
After being slammed by a pot-infused edibles company suffering the blow of its third pesticide-related recall, a marijuana-testing laboratory in Colorado has a message it wants known: “We don’t want to see anyone in the industry have their product recalled or quarantined,” Gobi Analytical said in a statement released to The Cannabist this week.
On Dec. 10, 2012, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64 into our constitution. And here we are three years later, a slightly changed society.
Lewis Koski, the director of Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division, is being promoted within the Department of Revenue, The Cannabist has learned.
Marijuana edibles company EdiPure on Tuesday voluntarily recalled more than 35,000 packages of its products because of the presence of potentially dangerous pesticides — and the business is also taking aim at the pot-testing lab used by the city of Denver, calling the lab’s pesticide testing methodology “dubious at best.”
Denver marijuana business Advanced Medical Alternatives is voluntarily recalling 133 individually packaged grams of cannabis concentrates because they contain potentially dangerous pesticides banned for use on pot plants in Colorado. It’s the city’s 11th pesticide-related recall of cannabis products in three months.
Colorado marijuana testing facility CannLabs closed its Denver laboratory on Tuesday and laid off as many as 15 employees. The shutdown of one of the largest labs in Colorado, and one considered an industry leader, comes after months of controversy involving the company’s leadership.
Colorado events with much stoney potential: ReUp! Eco-fashion Market; Disney’s “The Lion King”; “Humpback Whales 3D” at Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Denver health officials are requiring marijuana companies that recall products tainted with unapproved pesticides to use websites and social media accounts to alert consumers.
The city of Denver announced the ninth marijuana recall in 10 weeks on Wednesday — this one for more than 12,600 packages of Gaia’s Garden infused edibles.
Oregon lawmakers are reviewing marijuana regulations and issues, including edible marijuana serving sizes, pesticide use and tracking medical marijuana.
Thousands of marijuana-infused products, recently recalled in Denver over concerns they contain unapproved pesticides, will likely be destroyed in light of the governor’s order to label them a public safety hazard.
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday issued an executive order telling state agencies that any marijuana grown with unapproved pesticides is a threat to public safety and should be removed from commerce and destroyed.
Snoop Dogg introduced his new line of cannabis and marijuana products at an extravagant private party at a suburban Denver home on Nov. 9. Get info on the Leafs by Snoop products now available in Colorado and an inside look at the party.
A reader has developed a marijuana cough in the last few years, and wonders what to do. The Cannabist spoke with a UCLA researcher for the answer.
