Nina Petrovic
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Denver, CO, United States
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Hemp Guitars Are Here to Rock and Sustainably Roll
Silver Mountain Hemp Guitars makes custom guitars, cabinets, straps and knobs with hemp as the main production component. We caught up with the hemp guitar brand to learn more about the music made by Mary Jane's cousin. → Read More
DU Campaign Against Sexual Assault and Gender Violence Goes National
What began as an anonymous campaign to make the DU administration change its policies on sexual assault and gender violence has gone national, and public. → Read More
Legal Marijuana Seeks Essential Business Status, Delivery Alternatives in Colorado
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been no official statement in Colorado about marijuana's standing among essential and non-essential businesses as people are told to stay home. However, dispensaries are still open, and selling a lot of product. → Read More
Hemp Research Facility, the Colorado Hemp Institute, Is Up For Sale
The Colorado Hemp Institute, one the nation’s first research and treatment facilities utilizing medical hemp, is officially for sale. The seventy-acre property in Parachute went on the market on March 1, and is currently listed for $6,875,000. → Read More
Colorado Hemp and CBD Industries Thankful For Less Federal Interference
The USDA announced a temporary suspension of the DEA's involvement in industrial hemp testing, a factor of federal hemp regulations that had Colorado hemp farmers worried for a variety of reasons. Days later, the FDA announced a collaborative approach toward future CBD regulations with stakeholders of the... → Read More
Aurora Considers Increasing Marijuana Sales Tax for Community Services
"Nobody wants to be taxed, and I get that," says Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman. "But they'll be still be able to retain their competitiveness even with the tax increase, given that Aurora has a lower tax rate than other jurisdictions." → Read More
Denver's Next Try at Clearing Old Pot Crimes Hopes to Bear More Fruit
Denver’s Turn Over a New Leaf clinic, a city effort to clear records of past low-level marijuana offenders, is returning this year. But this time around, city organizers and community leaders hope changes to the program's strategy will improve its reach, which will be put to the test during the next scheduled... → Read More
Aurora's Bump in Weed Tax Would Fund Mental Health, Domestic Abuse Organizations
The proposed increase, expected to pass in a Council vote Thursday, February 27, would fund organizations that help mental health, disadvantaged youth, gang violence reform and domestic violence victims. → Read More
New Commerce City Dispensary Marks Yuma Way's Fifth Store
One of the Denver area's younger dispensary chains has expanded again. Yuma Way, owner of four metro dispensaries and Denver's only licensed marijuana lounge, has opened Canna City, a new pot shop in Commerce City. → Read More
Marijuana Trade Group Creates New Organic Growing Certification
Legal marijuana can't receive USDA organic certification because of federal prohibition, but the Cannabis Certification Council has announced a new certification that marijuana growers can apply to for certified-organic growing practices. → Read More
Vail Police Get Blunt With New Marijuana Use Campaign
In the heart of Colorado ski season, the Vail Police Department's “Let’s Be Blunt” campaign wants to inform and entertain the community and visitors about responsible marijuana use. → Read More
Cannabis Transformed Ana Izquierdo Into "La Reina de Mota"
Ana Izquierdo, better known as La Reina de Mota ("the queen of marijuana" in Spanish) has been a longtime advocate for cannabis as a remedy for certain forms of trauma and other mental health diagnoses. Izquierdo herself has survived her own struggles, such as drug addiction in her early adult life and fighting... → Read More
Silver Stem Dispensary Unveils New Mural in Commerce City
Silver Stem Fine Cannabis unveiled a new “Kushtronaut” mura at the dispensary chain's Commerce City store, located at 5275 Quebec Street. The new mural depicts an astronaut on Mars viewing the skyline of downtown Denver, with the “Kushtronaut” name written on the space traveler's wrist. → Read More
NORML's 2020 Gubernatorial Scorecard Gives Polis an "A"
Colorado's governor was only nine in the country to rate that high. → Read More
DU Community Speaks Out Against Sexual Assault and Gender Violence Via Instagram
A new Instagram account that anonymously shares allegations of sexual assault, harassment, stalking and gender violence at the University of Denver has amplified those issues on campus — and raised concerns about the school's handling of such incidents. → Read More
Why Some Colorado Airports Carry Weed Amnesty Boxes, and Denver Doesn't
Although Denver International Airport doesn't have marijuana amnesty boxes, the next largest airport in the state does. According to Colorado Springs Airport officials, the boxes were rolled out in 2014, and have collected a total of 17,003 grams of marijuana through the end of 2019. → Read More
College Binge Drinking Down in States With Legal Pot As Students Use More Weed, Study Shows
It doesn't take extensive research to know that some college students smoke marijuana and drink alcohol, but a recently published study shows students are turning to the plant over booze in states where weed is legal. → Read More
Blue Moon Creator Releases Weed-Infused IPA
Founded by Blue Moon creator Keith Villa in 2018, Ceria debuted in Colorado dispensaries with a Belgian-style white ale and followed that up with an American lager. The newest offering, Indiewave, provides a more hoppy kick for craft beer fans looking for an alternative to alcohol, according to Villa. → Read More
Denver Dispensary Names Weed Strain After Rocky Flats Nuclear Plant
High Level Health, a Denver-based marijuana dispensary chain, has worked with the Rocky Flats Downwinders to create a CBD weed strain called Rocky Flats that might help bring awareness of the potential health hazards of the old plant, much of which has been turned into a wildlife refuge. → Read More
Kicco Koffie Is Using CBD to Make the World a Healthier Place
“Our goal was to create a product that could service a need,” says Kicco co-founder Vincent Sarlos. “And that service would be a healthy coffee that tasted really good, and can teach entrepreneurship all over the world.” → Read More