Tag: Colorado
Hot Rize is a bluegrass band from Colorado. They recently took a trip to New York, where they performed their song, “A Cowboy’s Life” from their album When I’m Free, inside the Roosevelt Island Tram as it crossed the East River. According to The Bluegrass Situation, Hot Rize had one take to perform the four-minute […]
Legal weed continues to create new and unique job opportunities in states where it’s lawful. According to Cannabist, Colorado resident Ed Haas offers a class on how to pair craft beer with hash and weed concentrates. People pay money to hear him say things like this: One of my all-time favorite pairings was having a […]
The results are in: taxes from recreational weed sales in Colorado totaled $44 million. While that number is far lower than estimates it is still tens of millions of dollars more than the previous year. Add taxes revenue from medical pot and other fees and the figure rises to $76 million for 2014 according to […]
Speaking to rich people at the Aspen Institute, chronic meddler of people’s affairs and former mayor of New York Mike Bloomberg blasted Colorado for ending the prohibition on weed and regulating it like its more dangerous counterparts, tobacco and booze. Bloomberg had this to say about the measure that has allowed police to focus on […]
The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that selfies likely caused a small plane to crash in Colorado in May. Quartz writes that Amritpal Singh, who was transporting musician Jatinder Singh, most likely became “disoriented by the flash of his cellphone” after taking a selfie. It’s the first time the board has ever cited a […]
In Colorado — a shining beacon of pot policy in the Unites States — weed for recreational use is as legal as alcohol and tobacco. Naturally, that means residents from nearby crappy states like Nebraska flock to its dispensaries to purchase buds, dabs, and edibles before they head back across the border to their rural […]
Despite the fact that recreational and medical weed use is legal in Colorado, it is not currently legal to have a concealed weapon license in the state if you are a pot user. Now, an activist group is trying to change that. The “Colorado Campaign for Equal Gun Rights” is attempting to get a measure on […]
This Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, stores around the country will be open for marathon hours and offer mega-sales, but only one will be offering joints for one dollar according to Stuff. For residents of Denver, Colorado, where weed is legal, the possibility of waiting in line for holiday deals on ganja is a reality. […]
Next Tuesday brings midterm elections and since Congress will be useless regardless of who is elected, the only thing that matters on ballots is who will be legalizing weed. After Washington and Colorado became the first states to fully legalize in 2012, we have four ballot measures this year for varying degrees. Oregon and Alaska are […]
Hershey’s is suing Colorado-based weed edibles manufacturer Mari`juanka LLC for infringement and dilution of their brand, ABC Denver reports. The legal edibles are parodies of famous Hershey’s candies like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and York Peppermint Patties. The lawsuit alleges: Defendants, who are well aware of the fame and popularity of these Hershey products and marks, […]
