Surprising combinations of two good things into something even better are everywhere in this year’s creative economy, from a website that price checks on Amazon while you shop to Abraham Lincoln holding council with Shakespeare in the Lego Movie. But I suspect 2014’s most discussed mash-up drove into the Cannabis Cup in Denver last month to the roaring approval of thousands: the marijuana food truck.

A food truck renaissance has blossomed nationwide over the past decade or so from Seattle to DC, with the usual hot dogs and rocket pops of my childhood making way for falafel, Korean tacos, and even $220 per pound Iberico ham (thanks, Pepe by José Andrés!) handed through tiny rectangular windows. Concurrently a loosening of