Tag: boulder

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September 9, 2014
09/09/2014
Hickenlooper’s “Lab Rat” Campaign a Blunder

Hickenlooper’s “Lab Rat” Campaign a Blunder

You can imagine how loud my eyes rolled when I read about Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper’s anti-teen-marijuana use campaign. Much like the ridiculous “this is your brain on...
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September 4, 2014
09/04/2014
Black Hawk Helicopter Airlifts Marijuana Out of Illegal Boulder County Grow

Black Hawk Helicopter Airlifts Marijuana Out of Illegal Boulder County Grow

A Black Hawk helicopter on loan from the Army National Guard made three trips in and out of the Boulder County foothills Tuesday, hauling dug-up marijuana plants...
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September 3, 2014
09/03/2014
Colorado’s ‘Don’t Be a Lab Rat’ Campaign Suspended in Boulder

Colorado’s ‘Don’t Be a Lab Rat’ Campaign Suspended in Boulder

One of the latest campaigns to try to dissuade children from trying marijuana is the “Don’t Be a Lab Rat” campaign, which has set up giant “rat”...
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March 3, 2014
03/03/2014
University of Colorado Plans to Close Campus on 4/20

University of Colorado Plans to Close Campus on 4/20

So what if it’s now legal? For the third year in a row the University of Colorado plans to close its Boulder campus for the upcoming marijuana...
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February 19, 2014
02/19/2014
Recreational Marijuana Finally Arrives in Boulder, Colorado

Recreational Marijuana Finally Arrives in Boulder, Colorado

Cannabis enthusiasts in Boulder, Colorado finally have a recreational marijuana dispensary nearby.
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January 30, 2014
01/30/2014
Cannabis and Kids: Parents Say Marijuana Has Helped

Cannabis and Kids: Parents Say Marijuana Has Helped

Boulder, Colorado’s Daily Camera reports on cannabis and kids, telling the story of a young boy who’s life has been improved by cannabis.
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January 13, 2014
01/13/2014
Colorado Sushi Joint Teases Cannabis Pairing Menu

Colorado Sushi Joint Teases Cannabis Pairing Menu

I knew it was only a matter of time! Colorado’s Hapa Sushi restaurant, in what I assume is an effort to both a) support the legal cannabis...
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November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Denver Dispensary Raid By DEA and IRS Didn’t Faze Me

Denver Dispensary Raid By DEA and IRS Didn’t Faze Me

Working in a dispensary has its risks. When I applied for a badge I assumed that a certain amount of risk was involved. There were at least...
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November 6, 2013
11/06/2013
All Marijuana Tax Measures Pass: CO Really Wants That Money

All Marijuana Tax Measures Pass: CO Really Wants That Money

Recreational marijuana tax measures were all over Colorado’s 2013 election ballots yesterday, from several municipal taxes of 3-5% to the state-wide 25% tax Proposition AA. Proposition AA...
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November 1, 2013
11/01/2013
Boulder Marijuana Rules Would Delay Recreational Shops

Boulder Marijuana Rules Would Delay Recreational Shops

After a long and conflicted meeting, the city council set Boulder, Colorado’s marijuana rules. The conflicts of the meeting consisted mostly of over-strict regulations being revised, but...
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September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Free Joints Given Away In Boulder, Colorado

Free Joints Given Away In Boulder, Colorado

At an event organized to squash support for Colorado’s retail marijuana tax proposal, free joints were handed out to adults yesterday in Boulder. The event was pushed...
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August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
CNN to Vaporize New  Dr. Sanjay Gupta Weed Strain

CNN to Vaporize New Dr. Sanjay Gupta Weed Strain

CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently changed his mind about medical weed, has a weed strain named after him, for now. Within 24 hours of the official press release being released, CNN contacted...
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August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
New Pot Strain Named After Sanjay Gupta

New Pot Strain Named After Sanjay Gupta

Gupta Kush is a new indica organic pot strain from Helping Hands Herbals Dispensary in Boulder, CO named after CNN’s MMJ crusader Dr. Sanjay Gupta. GK has its origins...
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August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
Weedist Talks to Nate Dizzle, Legendary Swiss Perc Artist

Weedist Talks to Nate Dizzle, Legendary Swiss Perc Artist

Weedists: Meet Nate Dizzle “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Christmas came in July this year when...
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July 18, 2013
07/18/2013
Boulder City Council Comes to Its Senses on Marijuana Tax

Boulder City Council Comes to Its Senses on Marijuana Tax

Boulder’s city council voted down a proposed additional 10% sales tax, because the city will receive funds from the state marijuana tax. A proposed 15% excise tax...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Boulder Wants Even More Sales Tax on Recreational Marijuana

Boulder Wants Even More Sales Tax on Recreational Marijuana

The Boulder City Council will hear a proposal today that would add an additional 10% sales tax (on top of the 10% state marijuana tax and 6.3%...
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
Farmer’s Markets for Legal Weed?

Farmer’s Markets for Legal Weed?

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....
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June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
CU-Boulder Spent $108K To Shut Down 420 Party In 2013

CU-Boulder Spent $108K To Shut Down 420 Party In 2013

The University of Colorado at Boulder spent almost $108,000 to shut down this year’s 420 party on campus. In 2012, the first year the infamous (in Colorado...
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April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Boulder, CO May Seek Additional Taxes on Marijuana

Boulder, CO May Seek Additional Taxes on Marijuana

Boulder, Colorado city officials are waiting to see the tax rates that are adopted by the state for recreational marijuana sales, but are preparing to put additional...
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March 28, 2013
03/28/2013
Canadian Biotech Firm Eyes Boulder for Marijuana-infused Tea Factory

Canadian Biotech Firm Eyes Boulder for Marijuana-infused Tea Factory

Canadian biotech firm Abattis Bioceuticals plans to open a Boulder, Colorado plant to produce kombucha tea containing marijuana-based cannabidiol, or CBD, a substance with purported medical properties. They...
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