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  • Our Favorite Marijuana Strains in 2019

    Dec 13, 2019, 7:52 am By Toke of the Town
    The year is almost over, and it’s time we try to remember everything we smoked. (And we really do mean try.) But it’s hard to forget how popular strains like Lilac Diesel and MAC became at dispensaries in 2019, or how hard it was to stand up after…
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  • Alyssa Serpentini Paints Landscape Art to Talk About Cannabis

    Dec 13, 2019, 7:49 am By Toke of the Town
    When Alyssa Serpentini moved to Colorado twenty years ago, she didn’t just find a new home. She also found a new passion, establishing herself as an artist and sculptor by breaking cannabis stereotypes through an artistic medium. “My goal was to show art…
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  • Another Marijuana Recall Highlights Growing Mold Issue

    Dec 13, 2019, 6:45 am By Toke of the Town
    Another mold and yeast recall has hit Denver’s marijuana business. The contamination level in this recall measures thousands of times the state’s limit, highlighting a growing concern for the commercial pot industry. According to the city’s Department…
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  • Colorado Lab Plans to Send Hemp and Coffee to Space

    Dec 12, 2019, 1:44 pm By Thomas Mitchell
    A Colorado research laboratory is teaming up with a space-tech firm and University of Colorado Boulder research institute to send hemp and coffee into outer space, in order to learn more about the power plants. Front Range Biosciences, an agriculture…
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  • Ask a Stoner: Calming Down a Dab Freakout

    Dec 10, 2019, 8:14 am By Toke of the Town
    Dear Stoner: Is there any way to calm a freakout from too many edibles or too big of a dab? Mistakes happen. Duncan The post Ask a Stoner: Calming Down a Dab Freakout appeared first on Toke of the Town.
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  • Why Colorado Tokers Love Four Kings

    Dec 9, 2019, 8:12 am By Toke of the Town
    Remember Three Kings, the 1999 movie about the end of the Gulf War? Underrated flick: George Clooney, Edward Norton, Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg and Spike Jonze all in one great cast, before any of them peaked, showing nine-year-old me just how fucked up the…
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  • Ask a Stoner: How Can I Make Edibles Work Faster?

    Dec 6, 2019, 7:42 am By Toke of the Town
    Dear Stoner: Is there any way to make an edible’s impact more immediate? I don’t like vaping or smoking, but I do appreciate how fast they hit. J. Wellington Weedy The post Ask a Stoner: How Can I Make Edibles Work Faster? appeared first on Toke of the Town.
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  • Study: 3/4 of Americans Wrongly Think CBD Is Regulated by the FDA

    Dec 5, 2019, 2:40 pm By Thomas Mitchell
    According to a recent survey published by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, over 75 percent of Americans assume that commercial CBD products are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration — which is not true. Out of the 2,056 Americans who…
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  • Welcome Winter With These Colorado Strains

    Dec 4, 2019, 7:35 am By Toke of the Town
    Although it doesn’t officially begin until December 21, winter might as well be here. Holiday lights are glowing, and the snow’s been falling. If you want to drink pumpkin shit for another month, that’s on you. The rest of us will stay cozy making…
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  • Ask a Stoner: CBD Doesn’t Do Jack for Me

    Dec 3, 2019, 7:30 am By Toke of the Town
    Dear Stoner: I’ve tried the drinks and gummies, and still haven’t felt anything. This CBD stuff doesn’t do jack. Kendyl The post Ask a Stoner: CBD Doesn’t Do Jack for Me appeared first on Toke of the Town.
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  • Rebelution’s Eric Rachmany Donates Tour Profits to Cannabis Offenders

    Dec 2, 2019, 4:30 pm By Toke of the Town
    There are abundant examples of celebrities trying to profit off legal cannabis while the less famous sit behind bars, but some of the OGs of cannabis culture are putting their money where their mouths are. Eric Rachmany, guitarist and singer for Rebelution, is…
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  • Colorado’s Top Marijuana Vape Cartridges Without Additives

    Nov 26, 2019, 7:54 am By Toke of the Town
    America’s vaping problem didn’t just surface in 2019 — it exploded. Well over 2,000 recorded cases of pulmonary illnesses related to vaping have been reported over the past several months, and four dozen of those have ended in death. Many of these…
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  • Ask a Stoner: Why Aren’t More Dispensaries Using Hemp Plastics?

    Nov 26, 2019, 7:05 am By Toke of the Town
    Dear Stoner: Why don’t more dispensaries and marijuana companies use hemp plastics for packaging? Maryanne The post Ask a Stoner: Why Aren’t More Dispensaries Using Hemp Plastics? appeared first on Toke of the Town.
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  • Why Colorado Tokers Love Donatello

    Nov 25, 2019, 8:00 am By Toke of the Town
    My brother and I had a typical relationship growing up, filled with fights and sparse moments of bonding until we started drinking together. That’s not to say we have zero memories of getting along, thanks to TV: Watching Teenage Mutant Ninja…
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  • Why Legalizing Social Pot Consumption Led to iBake Pot Club’s Closure

    Nov 22, 2019, 1:55 pm By Toke of the Town
    Colorado’s cannabis community was surprised when iBake Denver, one of the state’s longest-running consumption clubs, announced that it would close at the end of the year because it would not be ready to comply with a new state law that licenses social pot…
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  • Nearing Fifteen Locations Strong, Cheba Hut Has a Home in Colorado

    Nov 21, 2019, 7:44 am By Toke of the Town
    It was all about freedom of speech and a “fuck you” to the haters when Scott Jennings opened the first Cheba Hut in 1998 in Arizona, he says. Over two decades later, his passion for toasted subs hasn’t burnt out, much thanks to his restaurant chain’s…
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  • Colorado Supreme Court Lessens Restrictions for MMJ on Probation

    Nov 20, 2019, 7:23 am By Toke of the Town
    The Colorado Supreme Court has overruled a district court decision that upheld a county court ruling requiring a doctor’s testimony for medical marijuana patients who want to use their medication while on probation. The Colorado Supreme Court decision,…
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  • Tony Karas Reminds Us Just How Fun Legal Pot Is

    Nov 19, 2019, 7:44 am By Toke of the Town
    Colorado’s cannabis history stretches much further back than November 2012, when voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana. The state’s skunky roots were planted decades earlier, when home growers and college students began creating a real Rocky…
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  • Marijuana Sales Began Annual Dip in September

    7:42am By Toke of the Town
    Colorado’s legal marijuana sales finally took a fall in September, according to data from the state Department of Revenue, and past trends indicate that this dip is likely to continue until next spring. However, 2019 is still very much on pace to become the…
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  • Greed and Weed: Dispensary Owner Weighs In on Legal Pot’s Mold Problem

    Nov 16, 2019, 7:39 am By Toke of the Town
    In a random assessment conducted by the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment in September, Denver dispensaries failed health inspections for mold and yeast. Westword studied reports for tests conducted at 25 dispensaries over a two-day period,…
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