Monthly Archives: September 2017
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
Cannabist Show: They run a 420-friendly radio station
Published: Sep 22, 2017, 3:07 pm • Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 3:09 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Larry Ulibarri and Kathie J., Denver radio personalities and founders of Blazin Hit Radio. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Transitioning from
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
CBD on the international stage: WHO committee delving into science, control status of cannabis compound
Published: Sep 20, 2017, 1:58 pm • Updated: Sep 20, 2017, 5:42 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Cannabidiol is a non-psychoactive cannabis compound touted for its medicinal promise — but marijuana- and hemp-derived extracts rich in CBD and
Hearing officer considers Denver 4/20 organizer’s appeal regarding 3-year ban
Published: Sep 19, 2017, 2:05 pm • Updated: Sep 19, 2017, 3:18 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Whether the man behind Denver’s recent 4/20 rally will get another go at the marijuana-centric event will soon rest in the
Creator of the “Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” reflects on weed’s long, strange trip
Published: Sep 18, 2017, 1:33 pm • Updated: Sep 18, 2017, 4:02 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff Once upon a time, many decades ago during a mythical time known as “The 60s” America’s counterculture conceived a new art
S03E22: She’s a medical marijuana refugee who started her own weed PR firm
Published: Sep 15, 2017, 12:23 pm • Updated: Sep 15, 2017, 12:23 pm Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Emalee Hyde, CEO of cannabis public-relations firm Sinsemilla and the City. Podcast: Play in new window | Download LOTS TO TALK ABOUT •
Cannabist Show: She’s a medical marijuana refugee who started her own weed PR firm
Published: Sep 15, 2017, 12:08 pm • Updated: Sep 16, 2017, 10:14 am Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Emalee Hyde, CEO of cannabis public-relations firm Sinsemilla and the City. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • What it’s like being a medical marijuana
More Summer Events and Dispensary Stops: Walking with Redhat Ralph
By RedHat Ralph More summer events and dispensary stops in Week 16 with RedHat Ralph…. This week includes serving Root Beer at the Oregon Brewers Festival, the Canna Closet Oregon launch, and The Summer Fair 2. Here is how I
The Many Reasons Cannabis is a Medicine Worth Legalizing
By TWB 28 states in the United States, as well as many other countries around the world, have legalized medical marijuana – with some even legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Canada, under the Liberal Government, recently proposed a bill
Hmong marijuana farmers in California are fighting attempts to shut them down
Published: Sep 14, 2017, 3:24 pm • Updated: Sep 15, 2017, 5:28 pm By Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — The narcotics officer stood on a windswept ridge near the Oregon border and surveyed the fields
On-demand cannabis: California becoming hot spot for weed delivery, e-commerce
Published: Sep 14, 2017, 3:09 pm • Updated: Sep 16, 2017, 10:14 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Eaze’s e-commerce platform is meant to feel familiar. Scrolling horizontally and vertically through product pictures is practically Netflixian. Refining results with
Eaze accelerating marijuana delivery tech with $27 million investment
Published: Sep 14, 2017, 12:40 pm • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 6:01 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff A tech company focused on cannabis delivery is going full-throttle in California. Eaze, a San Francisco-based firm that developed software to
Sen. Orrin Hatch pushes to ease marijuana research barriers with MEDS Act
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 1:25 pm • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 1:41 pm By Aleta Labak, The Cannabist Staff There’s a bipartisan effort underway in the Senate for easing the path to marijuana research. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced Wednesday