Are Colorado’s Biggest Marijuana Chains Burning Out?
In less than a month, three of Colorado’s largest dispensary groups have downsized or shown signs of financial struggle.
In less than a month, three of Colorado’s largest dispensary groups have downsized or shown signs of financial struggle.
The contaminant has become increasingly common in cannabis safety advisories.
“I heard from victims, I heard from DAs, I heard from sheriffs — but I also heard from small businesses.”
Simply Pure has been a regular stop on cannabis-friendly tours and documentary productions since 2015, but its roots go deeper than that.
“The consumer largely doesn’t care. They want big buds that are cheap and test high in THC.”
The buyers expect Colorado’s cannabis market will “continue to consolidate over time.”
The revenue would fund a new state mental health hospital in Aurora.
Clones provide a quick path for home-growers, but they’re not widely available in dispensaries.
The Green Solution and Medicine Man, two of the state’s oldest dispensary chains, are owned by a national corporation.
The first green zone appears to have dried up.
It’s the seventh recall issued for Colorado cannabis in 2026, and the eleventh in the last three months.
According to a memo from state cannabis officials, operators have been caught diluting extractions that failed pesticide testing, among other shady moves.
All four notices were related to different products and contaminants, with the dates of sale ranging from November 2024 to January 2026.
Both recalls list the same pesticide.
This is the first cannabis recall of the year, but it’s the eighth in just over two months.
Solid way to end the year.
It’s been another hard year for the Colorado cannabis industry.
They’re the latest in a string of recent recalls from the state, which has issued sixteen so far in 2025.
It’s the state’s fourteenth recall of the year, and the third in three weeks.
In 2020, dispensaries sold almost $445 million from July to August. That’s a far cry from what they did this year.
The flagged products were sold from June to November of this year.
Nearly all of the affected stores are located in the Denver area.