Rapid onset, minor cannabinoids and other trends shaking up Colorado's edibles scene

Your weekly installment of marijuana news Friday, April 15, 2022 [Rapid onset, minor cannabinoids and other trends shaking up Colorado's edibles scene]( The common colloquialism for the well-known stoner holiday of April 20 is to “light one up.” But if you're not interested in smoking, the second most popular way to celebrate is eating some edibles infused with THC. [Read more →]( [Denver 420 guide: How to celebrate legal cannabis in 2022 with music, comedy and more]( Being on a Thursday, this year's unofficial, April 20 weed holiday is also bookended by concerts at Red Rocks, parking lot pop-ups at dispensaries, stoner burlesque, upscale cocktail parties, and Civic Center's grand, returning confab. [Read more →]( [10 new-ish cannabis terms every Colorado stoner should know, from adult-use to solvent-free]( You've likely seen phrases like “full spectrum” or “solvent-free” on your cannabis products lately. And we're here to help you understand what they mean. [Read more →]( [Free marijuana grow tour, cannabis pairing dinners and more stoner fun in Denver]( Did you know Denver's Seed & Smith offers a grow tour? It's like a brewery tour, but for weed. [Read more →]( [Colorado marijuana industry regulators under fire as underage sales checks nosedive]( On about 600 occasions in 2019, state marijuana industry regulators sent hired operatives, aged 18 to 20, into Colorado dispensaries to check that the law barring sales to people under 21 was being followed. [Read more →]( [House lawmakers give weed the green light at the federal level]( Federal regulators pass a bill to remove marijuana from the controlled substances act. [Read more →]( [Massachusetts Senate passes sweeping pot reform bill]( The Massachusetts Senate passed a sweeping cannabis bill that aims to clarify some terms of a ballot initiative first passed by voters in 2016, while promoting equity in the industry. [Read more →]( [Mike Tyson credits marijuana for improved mental health, introduces line of products in Boston]( “It's put me in a frame of mind where I can be at peace with myself, my family, my dear friends,” Tyson told the Herald. [Read more →]( [Massachusetts post office manager seized cocaine to sell it himself, sentenced to prison]( One package from Puerto Rico, which Herron had told a supervisor at the post office that he suspected had a “brick of cocaine” in it, according to a postal inspector affidavit, had 271 grams of cocaine in it which Herron sold to a drug dealer for $4,000. [Read more →]( [Ticker: Pot taxes outpace booze in Massachusetts; Weber Grills apologizes for ill-timed meatloaf recipe]( Excise taxes for marijuana sold for adult recreational use exceeded alcohol excise taxes for the first time in Massachusetts, reflecting growing marijuana sales that reached $2.54 billion, according to the Cannabis Control Commission. [Read more →]( [Editorial: Keep stoned drivers off the road]( Massachusetts is still riding the fiscal high of legalized marijuana, and Monday's thumbs-up in the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy to new legislation shows the Legislature is in no hurry to tap the brakes. [Read more →]( [denver post logo]( Copyright 2022 The Denver Post. All rights reserved. 5990 Washington Street|Denver, CO 80216 [Unsubscribe](