Cannabis stocks rise on call to lower marijuana risk category

By Carmen Reinicke and Riley Griffin Marijuana stocks surged on Wednesday after the Drug Enforcement Agency said it would review its classification of cannabis following a letter from the US Department of Health and Human...

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NY opens its first legal recreational marijuana dispensary

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN NEW YORK (AP) — The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening up what is expected to be one of the country’s most lucrative markets...

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Maryland legalizes marijuana; 4 other states also voting

By ANDREW DeMILLO (Associated Press) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri but rejected it in two other states, signaling support gradually growing for legalization even...

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Colorado becomes one of first states to offer business loans to cannabis industry

Colorado became one of the first states in the country to offer business loans to the cannabis industry on Monday. Gov. Jared Polis‘ administration launched the program in an effort to target Colorado’s social-equity...

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Ganja glut? With excess weed, growers seek interstate sales

By GENE JOHNSON, ANDREW SELSKY and MICHAEL R. BLOOD (Associated Press) TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — The email went out to legal cannabis growers around Washington state, alerting them that another of their colleagues had gone...

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Marijuana trafficking operation in Fort Collins busted after year-long investigation

State and federal agents have dismantled an illegal marijuana trafficking operation based in Fort Collins and are preparing to make arrests, officials announced Wednesday in a news release. The agents comprising the Northern...

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Ex-head of Michigan marijuana board admits he took bribes

By ED WHITE (Associated Press) The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel over a two-year period, authorities said Thursday. Rick...

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Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri

By ANDREW DeMILLO (Associated Press) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri but rejected it in two other states, signaling support gradually growing for legalization even...

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Colorado voters legalize psilocybin and psychedelic therapy

Colorado is poised to become the second U.S. state to legalize medicinal psychedelics. Proposition 122, Access to Natural Psychedelic Substances, was supported by about 52% of the vote as of 12:35 p.m. Friday with 2,240,233...

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Arkansas rejects legalizing marijuana; Maryland approves

By ANDREW DeMILLO (Associated Press) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri but rejected it in two other states, signaling support gradually growing for legalization even...

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Colorado legalized psilocybin. Now what?

If Oregon’s experience as the first-ever state to legalize psilocybin is any indication, Colorado is in for a long, strange trip as it moves to set up its own legal industry. Enthusiasm about psychedelics among the general...

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LivWell to be Colorado cannabis giant after powerhouse PharmaCann plans to buy boutique chain

Cannabis retailer LivWell Enlightened Health is set to dominate the Colorado market with 26 dispensaries after PharmaCann announced its plan to buy The Clinic, a boutique dispensary chain in the Centennial State. LivWell...

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Denver officials want to save struggling cannabis delivery businesses

Weed delivery has yet to catch on in Denver, but government officials are pushing dispensaries to drop their resistance to save the transporter businesses of marginalized entrepreneurs. “Delivery has not taken off in the...

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On the fence about cannabis edibles? Try these low-dose gummies from Denver.

Editor’s note: Each week in Staff Favorites, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems). It...

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Effort to protect Colorado workers from getting fired for marijuana use falters

A bill that would have protected workers from getting fired for using medical or recreational marijuana, but rewritten to create a task force just to look at employment around medical marijuana use, fell at its first committee...

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Colorado voters will be asked to legalize magic mushrooms in November

Colorado voters will be asked in November to decide whether or not to legalize psychedelic mushrooms and healing centers where they can be administered to the public. Initiative 58, known as the Natural Medicine Health Act,...

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Colorado sets record with $2.22 billion in marijuana sales last year

Colorado’s marijuana industry can celebrate 2021 as a record-breaking year with over $2.22 billion in sales. The new milestone follows a trend that’s grown since marijuana sales started in January 2014. Each calendar...

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Marijuana edibles trends: Where to find rapid onset and CBG/CBN gummies in Colorado

The common colloquialism for the well-known stoner holiday of April 20 is to “light one up.” But if you’re not interested in smoking, the second most popular way to celebrate is eating some edibles infused with tetrahydrocannabinol,...

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3 cannabis-friendly experiences in Denver, from a free grow tour to fine dining

Denver locals and visitors know it’s not difficult to find a dispensary where they can purchase weed, though there are far fewer places at which to enjoy it. While businesses like Tetra Lounge, The Coffee Joint and soon...

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Colorado marijuana industry regulators under fire as underage sales checks nosedive

On about 600 occasions in 2019, state marijuana industry regulators sent hired operatives, aged 18 to 20, into Colorado dispensaries to check that the law barring sales to people under 21 was being followed. Then the COVID-19...

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10 new-ish cannabis terms every Colorado stoner should know, from adult-use to solvent-free

In 2014, The Cannabist, a subsidiary of The Denver Post, published a robust glossary of need-to-know marijuana terms like flower and dabbing to help ease local consumers into the newly legal recreational market. Since then,...

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Method Man announces new cannabis edibles, concentrates in time for 420 concert in Denver

When Method Man came to Colorado to perform with Wu-Tang Clan at Red Rocks Amphitheatre last August, the rapper and actor debuted an original line of cannabis flower that had fans lighting up with excitement. Method Man returned...

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Breckenridge Distillery sold to Canadian cannabis company

Canadian-based cannabis company Tilray purchased the Breckenridge Distillery at the end of 2021. Tilray, which also owns the Sweetwater Brewing Co., will seek to develop cannabis-infused, nonalcoholic spirits with the distillery,...

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Colorado marijuana companies take a hit from global supply-chain issues

Colorado’s marijuana companies aren’t immune to the supply chain disruptions testing industries worldwide, with some feeling the squeeze on packaging, nutrients and more. “Cannabis is no different than any other industry,”...

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Colorado offers cannabis entrepreneurs free business education through a new program

Colorado’s cannabis entrepreneurs can look forward to a new technical assistance program aimed at providing education on business development within the industry. The Cannabis Business Office, which announced the program...

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Colorado governor pardons 1,351 Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession

More than 1,300 people convicted of possession of less than two ounces of marijuana will have their criminal records cleared after Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday he would issue a mass pardon. Polis previously pardoned...

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Colorado marijuana company to expand into Africa through Tanzanian medical clinics

A Colorado marijuana company with global ambitions aims to expand into Tanzania, with the goal of eventually breaking into the European market. Oak Creek’s Honest Marijuana Company, which specializes in organic marijuana,...

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As cannabis use evolves, workplace drug testing should too, Colorado lawmakers say

A Colorado lawmaker wants the state to take a hard look at how workplace drug policies affect — and in some cases discriminate against — cannabis users. Rep. Edie Hooton, a Boulder Democrat, is particularly interested...

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Denver hotel to open cannabis smoking lounge in 2022

Weed has long been a social substance — after all, there needs to be someone to pass the dutchie on the left hand side. But because of laws limiting public consumption, there are very few places where tokers can go to socially...

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