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Westword, 06 Jun 2013 – Dear Stoner: I know smoking them is a headache waiting to happen, but what should I do with the crystal-covered stems left over from my buds? I hate the idea of throwing away good THC. Scrooge McDank Dear Scrooge: Strangely, you’re not alone in your miserly ways. Up until just a few years ago, a good friend always kept a jar with him specifically to save stems to later make hash with. It was a futile effort, and I still don’t know why he did it. But there is something you can make to get the most out of what most stoners toss away: edible alcohol tincture.

Boulder Weekly, 06 Jun 2013 – Would you trust this guy for your premium weed needs? There has been a persistent rumor, dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, that cigarette companies have been plotting to take over the marijuana industry, were it ever legalized. It’s still around and probably holds on because it doesn’t seem that unreasonable – if they can grow and sell tobacco, they can grow and sell pot, right?

The Gazette, 07 Jun 2013 – Woodland Park joined a growing number of Colorado municipalities Thursday night in banning retail marijuana. The city council of the 7,000-person mountain town voted 3-2 to amend city code to prohibit marijuana cultivation, testing, product manufacturing, clubs and retail sales, a law that takes effect as soon as the city publishes the updated version. The city’s moratorium on medical marijuana was set to expire July 1.

The Colorado Statesman, 07 Jun 2013 – Ten years ago I left Paris on the Friday before Halloween riding the high-speed, Belgian THALYS train headed for Amsterdam. Although most Europeans call it All Souls Day, their holiday is similar to ours, and my coach was packed with college students, many in costume and most of them drinking heavily. They were bound for Amsterdam and the Netherlands’ recently opened coffee houses – then, they would be on to the city’s synth-beat dance halls.

The Aspen Times, 06 Jun 2013 – Aspen City Attorney Jim True said Wednesday that he soon will suggest that the City Council hold a work session this month or in July on whether and how to regulate recreational pot stores in Aspen. True said there is no hurry because under state law, businesses cannot apply to become retail pot shops until Oct. 1. The state Department of Revenue is still writing rules based on legislation recently passed the Colorado General Assembly. Legislators took up a host of marijuana-related issues during their January-to-May session after voters across the state in November passed Amendment 64, which seeks to have marijuana regulated in the same manner as alcohol.

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The Durango Herald, 04 Jun 2013 – Durango police found a plastic bag of marijuana on an intoxicated man who was banging on doors and causing a disturbance at the Strater Hotel last November. "You can’t arrest me! This (expletive) is legal," was how the man protested his arrest, according to a police report.

Summit Daily News, 04 Jun 2013 – When Matt Brown and his business partner staged World Cannabis Week earlier this year, they thought they were putting together a one-time event. But cannabis fans across the country changed their plans.