Over a hundred people crammed into a hearing room in the Webb building for nearly three hours on June 13, to give Denver officials a final round of feedback on the proposed social-consumption regulations to implement Initiative 300, which Denver voters approved last November.
Colorado’s new laws address a wide array of issues in commercial marijuana, industrial hemp and the grey and black markets, but Governor Hickenlooper hasn’t given every bill his official go-ahead. Here’s a breakdown of each marijuana related bill Hickenlooper has seen, the actions he’s taken with them and when they’ll become effective.
Politicians who support banking services for legalized marijuana businesses were surprised this week when two lawmakers added an unwelcome amendment to the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, which will undo much of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Governor John Hickenlooper announced on June 7 that he would send a marijuana-related bill to the Colorado Secretary of State to become law without his signature. Why the lack of endorsement? A single word would make it tough to punish manufacturers for some violations.
Patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can now apply for medical marijuana in Colorado, after Governor John Hickenlooper signed SB17 into law on June 5. That means this state has finally caught up with 22 other states and U.S. territories that allow medical marijuana for the treatment of PTSD.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Occupational Safety and Health Association are teaming up to host a health-and-safety course for marijuana employees this summer, as the industry continues to grow and add more workers. No, this isn’t anything like Steven Seagal training…
High Times has a new home with familiar faces. The longtime torchbearer for marijuana media was sold to Oreva Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment group that includes Denver pot entrepreneur Kayvan Khalatbari and reggae musician and royalty Damien Marley. Khalatbari confirmed the $70 million acquisition that will give Oreva Capital a…
When Colorado legalized cannabis, people had a lot of questions. More than three years after recreational dispensaries first opened their doors in this state, researchers are starting to answer some of those questions. While many marijuana studies focus on the general public, most of the people surveyed for a just-released report by the Cannabis Consumers Coalition were regular users who consume cannabis at least once a day.
Colorado has been a 4/20 destination for more than a decade, and the allure of tax dollars helped spur a legalization movement that now brings tens of millions of consumer dollars into the state every April. Data from the Colorado Department of Revenue shows that Colorado made $2.49 million from…
A Denver-based medical marijuana edibles manufacturer has recalled almost 1,000 products from dispensary shelves because of potentially harmful marijuana, according to an announcement from the Denver Department of Environmental Health. Approximately 980 Mountain Medicine products are subject to a recall because they were made with marijuana flower from Good Meds,…
When you share a story about getting stalled on an A Line train to Denver International Airport, you hear from plenty of other people with similar experiences.
The new occupants of an old church at 400 South Logan Street have been raising eyebrows since Google Maps starting listing the address as the “International Church of Cannabis.” Practioners of Elevationism, Steve Berke and Lee Molloy plan a three-day grand-opening leading to 4/20.
Since Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012 — with the first legal sales on January 1, 2014 — lawmakers have been fine-tuning its systems, taking on residential plant counts, marijuana delivery services, hemp water rights and more in 2017’s legislative season.
Last week the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations voted in favor of an amendment to a federal funding bill that would allow Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss and recommend medical marijuana to veterans in states where MMJ is legal. Approved 20-10, the bipartisan Veterans Equal Access Amendment to the 2017…
Although not quite as popular as the 4/20 concerts and rallies this week, a Denver City Council committee could begin this month’s biggest change in Denver’s marijuana industry today when it votes on the city’s long-discussed proposal to set a limit on retail marijuana businesses. The bill’s sponsor, Councilwoman Robin Kniech,…
Put your Gatorade on ice and throw those eyedrops in the trash: 4/20 is almost here. Unfortunately for you chumps with day jobs, the high holiday doesn’t officially start until Wednesday – but you’re also the crowd that actually has money to spend, so there’s plenty of cannabis action to…
Although it won’t be quite the stampede of Black Friday, 4/20 is expected to generate some serious revenue in Colorado dispensaries. The four days between April 17-20 provided Colorado dispensaries with three of the state’s highest-selling days in 2015, according to a recent report from BDS Analytics, which says that…
Pueblo County’s welcoming attitude towards marijuana businesses could flip if a recently filed petition to ban marijuana business gains November ballot status and voter approval. Filed last week by Pueblo City attorney Dan Oldenburg and tree company owner Kenny Gierhart, the petition calls for a ban on issuing licenses to new marijuana…
It’s no secret that public support for marijuana legalization is on the rise, but there’s common ground where even prohibitionists can sometimes meet recreational pot supporters: the medical benefits of the plant. So far, 23 states have passed legislative measures to legalize medical marijuana, and 16 have legalized its non-psychoactive…
Prohibitionists beware: Support for marijuana legalization has reached a record high among Americans. According to a study conducted in February by the Associated Press NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 61 percent of the 1,042 adult Americans polled support the legalization of marijuana — the highest percentage ever recorded in…
Colorado sold a little less than $1 billion worth of legal pot to consumers last year, but an annual industry report expects that amount to increase in 2016. The Marijuana Business Daily’s yearly Marijuana Business Factbook holds high hopes for the legal pot trade, estimating the national market to be worth up…
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is hoping to help bring hemp into the limelight with a new program that’s a first for the country. Under its brand-new seed certification program, created in conjunction with the Colorado Seed Growers Association (CSGA) and Colorado State University, the CDA aims to give the…
