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Weed-Funded Rec Center Opens in Aurora, Colorado
The city of Aurora, Colorado hosted a grand opening on Tuesday for its brand new 77,000-square foot, nearly $42 million recreational facility that was funded entirely by tax revenue generated from legal marijuana sales.  Known...
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Legal Cannabis Sales Dip Sharply in Colorado
Sales of both medical and recreational cannabis in Colorado plummeted in June compared to the previous year, the state’s Department of Revenue reported, an alarming decline that industry officials attribute to a variety...
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The New Year will Bring Harsher Cannabis Rules to Colorado
When the calendar flips to 2022 in a little more than a month, patients in Colorado will face more stringent rules for acquiring medical cannabis. In an announcement spanning nearly 500 pages that was handed down last Tuesday,...
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Cannabis Hospitality Licenses Approved in Denver
Applications were accepted starting in November 2021, and the first licenses were granted earlier this month. One such business, Tetra Lounge which is located in downtown Denver, is both a social equity applicant and a soon-to-be...
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Colorado Regulators Issue Recall for Moldy Weed
A pair of Colorado agencies last week issued “a Health and Safety Advisory” after identifying “potentially unsafe levels of total yeast and mold and aspergillus on Medical Marijuana flower (bud/shake/trim)” that was...
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Colorado Cannabis Industry Experiences First-Ever Decline
Ever since cannabis became recreationally legal in Colorado, the industry has been on an upturn. Now, for the first time ever, the Colorado industry is trending down.  This became most obvious when looking at tax revenue,...
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Denver Weed Delivery Services Face Mile-High Challenges
When city officials in Denver, Colorado authorized home delivery of cannabis products in April of last year, licenses for cannabis delivery services were reserved for social equity businesses for a period of three years....
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Colorado Launches Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis last week announced the launch of a state grant program for cannabis social equity companies, offering licensed operators a new source of capital for their businesses. The governor’s office said...
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Second Psychedelics Ballot Proposal Unveiled in Colorado
Voters in Colorado could see two separate psychedelics decriminalization measures in this year’s election after activists submitted a new ballot proposal to state officials last week. Organizers of the group Decriminalize...
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Colorado to Vote on Increasing Cannabis Taxes in November
Enough signatures were submitted by Colorado advocates to get Initiative 25 onto the ballot this November, which, if passed, would increase recreational cannabis tax percentages and fund “out-of-school learning opportunities”...
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New State Cannabis Office Debuts in Colorado
Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced the official launch of the Cannabis Business Office (CBO), which will manage multiple aspects of business owner support and social equity in the industry. Governor Polis said in a statement...
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Colorado COVID-19 Executive Orders For Cannabis Expire
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....
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Denver Receives First Cannabis Delivery Application
Denver recently legalized cannabis delivery and smoking lounges, after years of debate following Colorado’s early legalization. Now, the first business in the city looking to deliver has officially submitted an application.  The...
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Governor Polis Gets Sued Over Colorado Cannabis Laws
Governor Polis is being faced with a lawsuit over House Bill 1317, a bill that negatively affected students who were meant to benefit from the law that allows cannabis use by medical patients in public schools.  Benjamin...
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Legal Pot Delivery Sales Launch in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado-based dispensary Strawberry Fields and the doobba delivery service announced pot deliveries will be open to the public today, August 23. The companies completed their first six legal pot deliveries on August...
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