Bummer: Colorado COVID-19 Cannabis Executive Orders Set to Expire

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The executive order allowing online payments was intended to support efforts to maintain social distancing protocols and no-contact transactions during the pandemic. Polis issued the executive order on March 20, 2020 in the midst of a stay-at-home order and business closures put into place in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Executive orders that relaxed cannabis regulations in Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic expired last week after earlier efforts by state lawmakers to make them permanent failed. Some members expressed concern that approximately 4,000 medical marijuana patients are between the ages of 18 and 20, while about 150 patients are between 11 and 17. The executive order from Democratic Gov.

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Executive orders that relaxed cannabis regulations in Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic expired last week after earlier efforts by state lawmakers to make them permanent failed. The executive order from Democratic Gov. Jared Polis expired on June 10, ending temporary authority for physicians to make medical marijuana recommendations for patients via telemedicine appointments and for cannabis dispensaries to take online payments for customer orders.

Polis issued the executive order on March 20, 2020 in the midst of a stay-at-home order and business closures put into place...

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