State lawmakers in 2013 passed a bill allowing local governments to ban home butane hash oil extraction. Now Denver is poised to take up the issue. It is about time.

BHO extraction, often referred to as hydrocarbon extraction, is the process of using hydrocarbons as a solvent to extract the resin from the cannabis plant. This resin is known as butane hash oil, or ...

Police said they found a butane hash extraction lab in an upstairs apartment at 30 Main St. in Winooski in March. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger ...

The explosion happened at 7:45 p.m. in the basement of a duplex at 1365 S. Logan St. By 8:15 p.m., the fire was out but firefighters and police remained on the scene.