Denver Newspaper Hires Professional Pot Critic - by NPR Staff

[kpete]

Denver Newspaper Hires Professional Pot Critic

by NPR Staff

Ryan Cook reaches for a jar of medical marijuana at one of his clinics in Denver last month. With over 300 dispensaries, the city now has more places to buy pot than Starbucks.

........................

"When I'm reviewing marijuana, I'm looking for how clean it's grown, how well it's grown," he says. But he's also reviewing the dispensary itself.

"How would an older patient feel going into this place?" he says. "How would someone new to cannabis feel in this place? If it makes me feel icky going into a place, then it would probably make my grandma feel icky. And there's plenty of grandmas around the Denver community with medical marijuana cards going to these dispensaries."

Once grandma has a doctor-issued card, Breathes says, state law permits her to purchase 2 ounces of marijuana a month. That's somewhere between 30 and 60 joints at around $170 per ounce.

...............................

"Late at night," he says. "That's when I get some of my best writing done."

the rest:
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137729422/denver-newspaper-hires-professional-pot-critic

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Westword, of course

It's our not-so-alternative alternative weekly.

[Safetykitten]

2. The Doper on Dope column.