ASPEN, Colo.—It’s like a beer competition for marijuana.
A cannabis festival in Aspen this spring will be the first in Colorado for approved growers to put their strains in a contest. The Western Slope Cannabis Crown will have about 50 medical marijuana growers enter their strains of weed. The marijuana strains will be diagnostically tested for their THC levels.
“We want to get the best of the best in there,” said the festival’s organizer, Bobby Scurlock. The festival is being patterned after Amsterdam’s Cannabis Cup competition held each November.
Growers at the Colorado contest will also be able to sell to medical marijuana patients, who will vote on a “people’s choice” strain. There will also be entries for edible forms of marijuana, such as cannabis-infused brownies.
Only Colorado registered medical marijuana users will be able to buy products from vendors, which will have to occur outside of the conference at an Aspen hotel. Scurlock said the marijuana sampling will most likely be in a private condo or room where the providers are staying.
“This is not about pot heads running around the streets,” Scurlock said. “This conference is to enlighten people and talk about the benefits, and its economic impact.”
Scurlock said the event April 17-18 is nearly sold out, with 1,500 tickets sold. Tickets are $25.
Nathan Traul, co-owner of High Country Caregivers, said as many as 400 strains could be featured at the conference. His company will enter 40 strains.
“The reception has definitely been great,” Traul told the Aspen Times newspaper.
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