Tag: Colorado
To the sure delight of pot-smoking, Bach-loving Coloradans, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra is hosting “Classically Cannabis,” a series of concerts that invites attendees to bring weed to the performance. “This partnership is part of an overall effort to reach out to every segment of our community,” said Jerome Kern, CEO of the symphony. “These businesses have […]
In 2013, the sleepy Colorado town of Deer Trail made a splash when one of its residents proposed issuing drone-hunting licenses, which would legalize opening fire on unmanned aircraft. Unsurprisingly, that’s not going to happen: according to the Denver Post, 73 percent of the 181 residents who voted on the ordinance were against it. Of course, the legislation […]
Good news for Colorado: the state’s first pot tax day — a deadline for dispensaries and grow operations to turn hand over the government’s cut of their sales — indicates that tax revenue might exceed $100 million per year. Considering that figure doesn’t factor in sales of things like paraphernalia, farming implements, or tourism to the […]
Big news in Colorado and Washington: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the governors of the two states that the federal Department of Justice would not interfere with their recent legalization of recreational cannabis. Though the citizens of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize last year, that hasn’t stopped federal authorities from raiding dispensaries in […]
Remember Deer Trail, that small town in Colorado that considering giving drone-hunting licenses and award cash bounties to anyone who could prove they shot down a government UAV? The Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates the airways, has issued a response, which, unsurprisingly, amounts to “Uh, don’t do that, guys.” “Shooting at an unmanned aircraft could […]
The town of Deer Trail, Colorado hates drones, and has a plan to make sure no robotic eyes in the sky are snooping on its citizens’ lives: guns! We’re all for allowing people to protect themselves against surveillance, but this just seems insane: an ordinance proposed by Deer Trail resident Phillip Steel would allow the town to […]
Justin Hartfield, owner of the popular medical marijuana listing service weedmaps.com, seeks to expand his influence by potentially bringing a farmer’s market type of approach to the purchase of medical weed. This type of market would allow for consumers to have wider variety of selection as well as assure a higher standard of quality control while purchasing […]
In Colorado, where it’s legal to possess weed for recreational use but still a crime to sell it, one former NASA scientist is teaching enterprising smokers how to grow their own perfectly legal bud at home. The name of his cannabis classroom: HASH (High Altitude School of Hydroponics). Dale J. Chamberlain cut his teeth designing and building […]
