Author: Ricardo Baca
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Do Coloradans regret legalizing marijuana? New poll says voters see pot as boon to state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With the November election less than two months out, the nine states voting on recreational and medical marijuana initiatives this year are looking to Colorado residents for guidance and perspective. Each side of the legalization…
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Jack Splitt, the teenager who changed Colorado medical pot law, dies
Jack Splitt was a charmer, a flirt and a fighter for the right to open Colorado school doors for medical marijuana treatments for eligible students. But most of all, the 15-year-old, who died Wednesday, was a good son and a role model for his younger brother Cooper, their mother, Stacey Linn, said Thursday. She said Jack,…
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Willie Nelson’s finally growing legal marijuana
Willie Nelson and his family and team are legally growing marijuana for the first time in the country singer and legalization activist’s lifetime. The owners of one of Denver’s oldest marijuana businesses have sold their pot cultivation and infused products licenses to a group representing the country music legend and his new cannabis brand Willie’s…
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Colorado pot shops have already sold $270 million of marijuana in 2016
In the first three months of 2016, Colorado pot shops sold more than $270 million in cannabis and related products, according to new figures from the state Department of Revenue. The state’s latest data shows that its marijuana shops sold nearly $90 million of cannabis in March 2016. The licensed stores sold more than $55…
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Whoopi Goldberg hopes her new weed line will offer menstrual cramp relief
Entertainer Whoopi Goldberg has started a medical marijuana business in San Francisco — and she hopes her products will provide “an alternative for relieving the pain and discomfort associated with menstruation,” Goldberg said in a release. Goldberg paired with award-winning edibles maker Maya Elisabeth, who founded Om Edibles in 2008, to launch the brand —…
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Denver judge tosses consumer lawsuit filed over pesticides on pot
A Denver judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against the state’s largest marijuana grower over its alleged use of pesticides saying the consumers behind the case were not actually harmed. Denver District Judge J. Eric Eliff said the consumers – one of them a medical-card holder with a brain tumor – couldn’t sue because they bought…
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Tests show THC content in marijuana edibles is inconsistent
As one of the largest producers of marijuana-infused edibles in Colorado, Dr. J’s Hash Infusion makes chocolates, caramels and candies. But many of the company’s products contain only a minute fraction of the THC promised on Dr. J’s labels, according to independent tests organized by The Denver Post. One Dr. J’s milk chocolate Star Barz…
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REVIEW: ‘Money for Nothing’ a Federal Reserve 101, and then some
Documentary; directed by Jim Bruce; 104 minutes; unrated It’s uncanny, really, that the Federal Reserve plays such a mammoth role in our day-to-day lives yet most Americans know little about the 100-year-old financial entity. Some citizens are happy in their oblivion, regardless that the entity’s name is printed on every monetary bill in U.S. circulation.…
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Mumford & Sons announce Taos show
Yes, we knew the U.K. group was again headlining the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, one of its favorite annual events. But another date was announced on Monday that will be of interest to Mumford fans in Colorado. The band will play Kit Carson Park in Taos, N.M., on June 6, two weeks before headlining Telluride on…
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Mumford & Sons announce Taos show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Yes, we knew the U.K. group was again headlining the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, one of its favorite annual events. But another date was announced on Monday that will be of interest to Mumford fans in…