Last week, we reported that the first recreational marijuana shop to open in Aurora, Colorado — and at least dispensary did indeed making its debut yesterday. But that’s not the only item on our cannabis calendar. There are plenty more events in Denver to keep you occupied this week if you happen to be in town, plus more for you to pencil in for the rest of the month.
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| Failed reality TV show “Texas Takedown” lands cops in court |
Apparently full to the brim with shows about everything from hoarders to housewives, reality TV producers in the state of Texas have found a new format to film – the home invasion.
The proposed show is called “Texas Takedown” and it follows a crew-cut band of Lone Star state lawmen as they kick down the doors of unsuspecting Texans from Austin to the Alamo, hoping that whatever waits on the other side is at least good for ratings.
On September 22nd of 2011, just after 10 o’clock pm, fame came crashing through the front door of the home belonging to then 59-year old Perla Carr.
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We have no problem with smelling like cannabis now and then, but apparently there are quite a few rich ladies in the world who do.
Fashion icon Hermès is being forced to take back hundreds of their high-end purses and clutches – some in the $20,000+ range – because the owners say the bags reek like skunky weed if they are out in the sun.
Dixie Elixirs and Edibles is one of the biggest names in the Colorado edibles business, with a new facility and a new line of low-dose products. What’s next for the company? Dixie Elixirs marketing director Lindsay Jacobsen offers the scoop in the video clickable here.
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Do you have anything that goes well with Beethoven?”
The clerk at the Denver Wellness Center looks at me strangely before motioning me over to a display case full of various THC-infused candies and baked goods.
“Well,” he says, “we’ve got weed cookies, gummies, lollipops, chocolate…. I think any of them should work fine.”
“Right,” I say, squinting and pointing toward a foil-wrapped chocolate bar. “So you’re sure that one pairs nicely with classical music?”
Check out more of Chris Walker’s experience getting high and going to the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s Classically Cannabis show at the world famous Red Rocks amphitheater at Backbeat.
It’s strongly anti-prohibition, and the film’s structure favors that bias: Talking-head interview segments with former cops, marijuana smugglers, culture icons, comedians, and legislators address the counterintuitive benefits of marijuana prohibition to criminal enterprise. These are contrasted with video montages of completely ridiculous anti-drug propaganda that include clips of Fox News personalities, Nancys Reagan and Grace, stupid after-school specials and public service announcements intended to terrify children.
It’s a debate that has raged for years: is the word “marijuana” racist? No, but plenty of people will tell you that it is because it’s rooted in the dark ages of cannabis history when white America began to purposefully associate cannabis with brown-skinned Mexicans as a way of creating more of a racial divide between the two cultures. It’s something we’ve examined in detail for more than two years in our Cannabis Time Capsule blog over at Westword.com. So does “marijuana” have a dubious history as a word? Yeah. But is it racist? No. We’ve moved past all of that and the term — which wasn’t racist then — stuck.
But you’ll still get the cannabis activist holdouts with no sense of humor or history who swear up and down that it’s racist to call cannabis “marijuana” or get offended when you refer to ganja as anything but “cannabis”. Case and point? Whoever runs the @MNCannabis twitter handle. Read more at the Minneapolis City Pages.
They are first amendment heroes of the highest order, and free speech warriors whose contributions to global culture will never be forgotten. They also believe in legalizing marijuana, the medical benefits of cannabis, and the right of all Americans to spark the herb if they so choose. Here’s what Fresh Kid Ice, and Brother Marquis had to say about Indica, smuggling dirty music, and the true meaning of smoked sausage ahead of their September 27th and 28th Colorado concerts at Platinum 84 strip club in Denver.
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The Ganjapreneur website wants to put words in your mouth: Its new Marijuana Slang Dictionary aspires to be the Urban Dictionary of pot jargon. The page is too new to have much user-generated content, but the starter set of definitions is amusing in and of itself — especially usage samples that will make you feel stoned while reading them whether you are or not. Check out the most memorable, video-illustrated for your enjoyment.