Colorado

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Denver
Sun
27
Sep

Denver health officials issue food safety advisory for marijuana pills

Denver health officials have issued a food safety advisory for RX Green's "Autopilot" capsules, a marijuana-infused product.

The city's health department says any of the manufacturer's Omega-3 and THC pills made before Sept. 17 should be discarded. The products have a license number of 404R-00109 on their package.

"The advisory is due to concerns regarding the manufacturing process and lack of temperature controls in place to prevent bacterial growth," Denver's Department of Environmental Health said in an advisory on Friday. "There have been no reports of illness at this time."

"This advisory has been issued as a result of a food safety inspection."

The health department says RX Green, based in Aspen, has not issued a recall.

Sat
26
Sep

A preview of pot's possible role in insanity defense in Denver murder

Richard Kirk's attorneys are poised to argue that marijuana intoxication led to wife's slaying

Authorities remove evidence from an Observatory Park home in April 2014 as they investigate a homicide. Richard Kirk, above left, faces murder charges in the shooting death of Kristine Kirk, above right. Cannabis intoxication will play a pivotal role in the trial as Kirk pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)

For the first time since marijuana was legalized in Colorado, defense attorneys are poised to argue that cannabis intoxication played a key role in a homicide.

Sat
26
Sep

Trailblazing the Pot Beat in 'Rolling Papers'

On New Year’s Day 2014, media from near and far descended on a snowy Denver to capture a spectacle: the first legal sales of marijuana for recreational use.

Most crews left soon after. But one group of Denver-based filmmakers stayed on the story for a full year, following the staffers at the Denver Post as it became pot’s paper of record. The resulting feature-length documentary, “Rolling Papers,” screens Saturday at Aspen Filmfest.

Fri
25
Sep

Pot makes for peculiar puzzle solving with pals at Puzzah

By the time the four of us had been in the room for an hour, we had figured out many things — mostly about ourselves. It turns out that some of us are better at logic, and others at visual clues. One of us has a tendency to be loud (OK, we knew all along that it’s me). We all look ridiculous in big, round glasses.

We also realized that we’re a good team of pals. At one point or another, each of us did or said something stupid or something smart, and we were all pretty forgiving of the former and exuberantly supportive of the latter. Also, eating a pot cookie whose strength is untested can be a great idea, or … not so much.

The one thing we hadn’t done? Solved the puzzle.

Fri
25
Sep

When A Cannabis Consumer Kills, Should Marijuana Take The Rap?

Between 1911, when Massachusetts became the first state to ban marijuana, and 1937, when Congress made pot prohibition the law of the land, cannabis acquired a reputation as a “killer drug” that drove people to irrational acts of violence. Since 2012, when Colorado became the first state to repeal its ban on marijuana, that quaint notion has made something of a comeback, mainly due to the April 2014 death of Kristine Kirk, a 44-year-old Denver mother of three, at the hands of her husband, Richard.

Fri
25
Sep

Colorado: First State to Make More Money off Marijuana than Alcohol

The first seven months of 2015 have been record breaking for Colorado. The state has already generated almost as much tax revenue from marijuana when compared to 2014. Colorado is on pace to double its numbers from last year and generate $125 million in tax revenue during 2015. Our analysts expect this number to continue to move higher year-over-year and we think this just the start of something big.

Thu
24
Sep

You may soon be able to openly vape weed in Colorado bars

Last year on 4/20, a group of liberal-minded Denverites gathered at a bakery for a brunch featuring pot edibles.

As drinks began to be served, a group of black-clad Denver policemen descended on the gathering and ordered everyone to disperse, according to Jane West, the event’s organizer. West, a 38-year-old mother of two, said she was charged with a criminal misdemeanor.

“I wasn’t planning on becoming a criminal,” she said. “I was doing everything i could to make this legit.”

The raid was a result of the ambiguity left in the wake of the passage of Amendment 64, which legalized the sale of marijuana in Colorado three years ago. But while sales are now legal, legislators have left it up to cities and counties to determine where and when it can be smoked.

Thu
24
Sep

Cannabis is on the menu in America - so who will be the Starbucks of marijuana?

Picture the scene: it's been a long day, you're feeling a little wired and have some time to kill. You drop into Dutchie's, a popular chain café, and place your order: "I'll have a skinny Morroccan and a gluten-free hash brownie, please." And you sit down among the business suits and chill...

If that scenario sounds a bit trippy, then think again. It seems that high times lie ahead, and there are signs that industry is ever more hungrily eyeing up the cannabis market in the wake of decriminalisation in the United States. Rap artist-turned-entrepreneur Snoop Dogg announced this week that he is launching a marijuana-based media company, Merry Jane, providing news, information and entertainment about and for the rapidly expanding cannabis industry in the US.

Thu
24
Sep

Marijuana Clubs Moratorium Moves On in Springs: What's It Mean for Denver?

Earlier this month, the backers of the Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative, which would have allowed commercial establishments in Denver to offer a setting for cannabis consumption, unexpectedly withdrew the measure.

Thu
24
Sep

Denver gives red light to inspectors consulting for marijuana industry

Denver city inspectors for marijuana licensing asked the Board of Ethics for its blessing to work as paid consultants to the cannabis industry elsewhere.

In a resounding “No” this week, the board balked. Its advisory opinion cites concerns about potential conflicts of interest and bad appearances, saying such work would violate the city’s Code of Ethics.

When the board discussed the inspectors’ request for an ethics opinion last week — before issuing its formal guidance Tuesday — chairman Brian Spano spoke more plainly.

“I just think it’s too close a call to be a paid consultant in the industry you’re regulating for the city,” Spano said. That would be true, he added, even if potential clients aimed to open businesses outside Denver or even Colorado.

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