Videos from Civic Center show park was left a mess overnight after 4/20 event
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
Videos recorded by city security cameras in Civic Center show that cleanup activities following the large 4/20 celebration late Thursday night left plenty of trash strewn about the park. The clips, provided to The Denver Post by police in response to a public records request, show that organizers, volunteers... Read more
Denver mayor orders inquiry into 4/20 event’s trash, security issues
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Monday ordered a city review into rampant fence-hopping, public pot-smoking and slow trash cleanup that left Civic Center in a “disrespectful state” during and after last week’s 4/20 celebration. Delivering his most forceful critique of the annual event, Hancock said the city’s inquiry could... Read more
Opinion: It’s past time for Denver’s 4/20 to grow up and be cool
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
The following editorial was published in The Denver Post, April 25: Organizers, and too many participants, of Denver’s 4/20 cannabis celebration last week made a mess of things in more ways than one. As the eyes of the world, and of the Trump administration, potentially focused on our fair... Read more
Denver 4/20 rally organizers receive 3-year ban
Cannabis Culture September 19, 2018 0
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration banned the organizer of this year’s 4/20 rally from hosting the event for three years citing a series of violations at the marijuana celebration. In a letter released Saturday, the administration identified “substantial violations of city requirements” after conducting a review of the 2017... Read more
“We don’t want you here”: Amsterdam, Europe’s weed capital, pushes back on overtourism
Cannabis Culture September 18, 2018 0
AMSTERDAM — A group of cyclists slams on the brakes as a man pushing a wheeled suitcase stops abruptly in the middle of a busy bike path in downtown Amsterdam to pick up a toiletries bag he dropped. “If we wait a bit longer, he’ll probably start cleaning his... Read more
Canadians already consume almost as much weed as wine, and it’s not even legal yet
Cannabis Culture September 18, 2018 0
Canadians consumed as much as C$6.2 billion ($4.8 billion) of marijuana in 2015, almost as much as they spent on wine, the federal statistics agency said Monday as it gears up to officially track weed when it becomes legal next year. The agency calculated the value by estimating 4.9... Read more
Marijuana is legal, but D.A.R.E. sticks to its old-school approach
Cannabis CultureMassachusetts September 18, 2018 0
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — The class had covered bullying, internet safety and good decision-making, and by February, Officer Thaxter could see that the sixth-graders were ready. The morning bell rang. The 11- and 12-year-olds scooted their chairs closer to their desks, looking up at a dry-erase board where their... Read more
Charlize Theron waxes on her wake-and-bake days
Cannabis Culture September 18, 2018 0
Charlize Theron opened up to E! News about marijuana use in her younger years in a recent interview. “Yes, oh god yes, I was a wake-and-baker for most of my life,” the Oscar-winning film actress told E!’s Sibley Scoles when asked if she’d ever smoked cannabis in her life. Related Articles Theron,... Read more
Op-ed from Colo. Springs: “Goodbye and good riddance to the annual 4/20 pot party in downtown Denver”
Cannabis CultureColorado September 18, 2018 0
Via The Associated Press. The following editorial was published in the The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, May 23, 2017, regarding the Denver 420 Rally and its organizer being banned for three years from hosting the event. City and county officials shut Denver’s 4/20 pot party down for at least the... Read more
Cannabist Show: He’s the event planner behind Denver 420 Rally; She writes about industry-leading women
Cannabis CultureColoradoIndustry September 18, 2018 0
Featured guests: Denver 420 Rally event producer Santino Walter and Ashley Picillo, author of “Breaking The Grass Ceiling.” LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • The 2017 Denver 420 Rally caught flak for trash left behind; looking at factors in play for the event cleanup. • Documenting the cannabis revolution and... Read more
