Monthly Archives: September 2017
S03E24: He directed “The Legend of 420”; He’s CEO for an Oregon cultivation biz
Published: Sep 29, 2017, 6:08 pm • Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 6:08 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Filmmaker Peter Spirer, producer/director of “The Legend of 420” documentary, and Jesse Peters, CEO of Eco Firma Farms, an Oregon cannabis
Cannabist Show: He directed “The Legend of 420”; He runs an Oregon cultivation biz
Published: Sep 29, 2017, 5:09 pm • Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 6:05 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Filmmaker Peter Spirer, producer/director of “The Legend of 420” documentary, and Jesse Peters, CEO of Eco Firma Farms, an Oregon cannabis
Celebrate National Coffee Day with a little twist of cannabis
Published: Sep 29, 2017, 9:24 am • Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 11:58 am By The Cannabist Staff To celebrate National Coffee Day, we’re trying out the about-to-be-released instant Clockwork coffee from Colorado’s own Stillwater. Sort of like Starbuck’s Via, but
Am I measuring the THC per serving in my marijuana brownies correctly?
Published: Sep 29, 2017, 8:18 am • Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 8:18 am By Susan Squibb, The Cannabist Staff Hey, Cannabist!I cook up 15 grams of trim in coconut oil, and my flower tests between 12 percent to 15 percent
CBD oil hits national stage with Target.com carrying CW Hemp products
Published: Sep 28, 2017, 11:19 am • Updated: Sep 28, 2017, 1:12 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff CBD made it to the big leagues of retail. CW Hemp, the Denver-based company that bottled up “Charlotte’s Web” cannabidiol-rich oil,
Two arrested after detectives find 146 marijuana plants in southern Colorado home
Published: Sep 27, 2017, 9:34 pm • Updated: Sep 28, 2017, 2:39 pm By Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post Two men were arrested and a third is facing possible charges in connection with an illegal marijuana grow and butane hash
Man, 81, with decades-old Mafia ties arrested in Wyoming with large amount of marijuana
Published: Sep 27, 2017, 7:59 pm • Updated: Sep 27, 2017, 8:29 pm By Bob Moen, The Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. — An 81-year-old man who was convicted in the 1970s killing of a nephew of notorious mob boss Carlo
Colorado cannabis safety regs eliminate candy-shaped edibles, enlarge potency labels
Published: Sep 27, 2017, 10:02 am • Updated: Sep 27, 2017, 10:40 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Out with the gummy bears, in with the squares … and circles, and triangles and diamonds. On Oct. 1, Colorado no
Growing weed has a bad rap for harming the environment. Some growers are trying to change that
Published: Sep 27, 2017, 9:26 am • Updated: Sep 27, 2017, 9:26 am By Lauren Williams, The Cannifornian Inside a warehouse in an industrial part of downtown Los Angeles, where rats can be as big as seagulls, the one thing standing between
Exclusive: Snoop Dogg bankrolls marijuana crop in stoner comedy “Grow House”
Published: Sep 25, 2017, 4:20 pm • Updated: Sep 25, 2017, 4:22 pm By The Cannabist Network Back on 4/20, rapper, producer and ganjapreneur Snoop Dogg screened his new flick “Grow House” at several SoCal movie theaters. Now, the film
Habu Health: Data Driven Research and Education in Cannabis
With cannabis legalization comes the opportunity for cannabis education. We are currently living in a society (in the U.S. anyway) where we have been fed decades of propaganda and conjecture by the federal government, and actual studies and research about
S03e23: They run a 420-friendly radio station
Published: Sep 22, 2017, 3:32 pm • Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 3:32 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Larry Ulibarri and Kathie J., Denver radio personalities and founders of Blazin Hit Radio. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Denver gets a little help from other states, nations as it hosts annual marijuana regulatory conference
Published: Sep 22, 2017, 1:57 pm • Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 1:57 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Denver once again will play both host and marijuana authority to policy makers from around the globe seeking to learn the
Lighting up the screen: Colorado’s first-ever cannabis film fest to open in Fort Collins
Published: Sep 21, 2017, 12:56 pm • Updated: Sep 21, 2017, 12:56 pm By John Wenzel, The Cannabist Staff Despite being the first state to debut recreational cannabis on Jan. 1, 2014, there are puzzling gaps in Colorado’s otherwise tightly
American Legion calls for ‘direct involvement’ from VA Secretary for federally-approved cannabis PTSD study
Published: Sep 21, 2017, 10:35 am • Updated: Sep 21, 2017, 10:45 am By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff The American Legion is calling on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to clear roadblocks threatening completion of a groundbreaking clinical
Appeals hearing wraps up on Denver 4/20 organizer’s ban
Published: Sep 20, 2017, 5:47 pm • Updated: Sep 20, 2017, 5:47 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff A ruling as to whether Denver’s three-year ban against the organizer of the 4/20 rally will stick or be nipped could
Sessions reiterates distaste for marijuana legalization
Published: Sep 20, 2017, 4:13 pm • Updated: Sep 20, 2017, 4:13 pm By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions took the opportunity Wednesday to once again express his opinion that legal sales of marijuana are