Mitch Shenessa, Author at Yellow Scene Magazine

Blunt Talk: Smoking in the Boys Room (or at Least Somewhere)

November 29, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

This catch-22 on Amendment 64 has stung Coloradans and cost the state tourism dollars since January 2014. This November, voters in Denver approved Ballot Initiative 300, which approved a four-year pilot program for limited, neighborhood-supported social use of cannabis in…

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Blunt Talk: Craft Cannabis

September 27, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

When it comes to the beloved details, craft brewing and craft growing aren’t far off from each other. Craft brewing ties its emergence to the development of Cascade Hops and other relatively obscure ingredients being grown and released in small-batches.…

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Blunt Talk: Cannabis and Cognition

September 3, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

I once quipped to a friend who’d given me a sample of a strain called Brain OG that it felt to me more like Braindead OG. With so much herb that hits like a young George Foreman, I sometimes have…

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Blunt Talk: Cannabis & Fitness

May 19, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

Now that legalization is no longer theoretical, we can set the record straight — and there’s nowhere that smashes the lazy stoner stereotype like an old triathlon record the way that Boulder County does.

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How Green Is Your Green? A Look at “Organic” Cannabis

April 21, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

In keeping with this month’s greener theme, we're taking a look at just how green our favorite green really is. Cannabis has had a long and strong association with nature-loving hippies, at least since the first California city kids moved…

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Canines and Cannabis

March 21, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

The relationship between our favorite four legged companions and our favorite five-bladed plant in this month’s Blunt Talk column.

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A Blunt Talk Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

February 15, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

The gifts you exchange with your lover can set the mood and drive your amorous experience, but you’re going to have to do better than heart-shaped milk chocolate and boring roses, so in this month’s column, we unite our love…

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Marijuana as Medicine

January 7, 2016 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

With all the promise pot’s shown in helping conditions ranging from the irritating to the life-threatening, there’s been a renaissance in developing formulations to make it available to more folks who aren’t particularly into smoking it,