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Ongoings of Colorado’s budding marijuana industry.

Is Marijuana Reform Inevitable Under the Trump Administration?

February 14, 2017 Like 0 editor

In 2012, Colorado citizens voted to become the first state to legalize weed for purely recreational purposes, leaving the federal government in a bit of a conundrum. Marijuana is still considered by the federal government to be more dangerous than…

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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,

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The Danksgiving Holiday

December 2, 2015 Like 0 Mitch Shenessa

As autumn turns to winter, many of us embrace holiday traditions and symbols that have been handed down for generations. And at least a few of us focus on keeping it fresh, turning stodgy convention into an herbally enhanced holiday…