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Bolder Business Strategies
By Julia Clark-Riddell on June 18, 2017
How two young entrepreneurs navigated stringent state regulations and built their brand. Consider the multi-phase evolution of Colorado’s cannabis industry: the illicit marketplace gave way...
Mcdonald’s Disagrees With Visionary Franchisee on 420 Burrito Billboard
By Jimi Devine on June 9, 2017
McDonald's billboard referencing cannabis causes a stir with corporate. Despite McDonald’s corporate office’s opinion, great pot puns are here to stay in mainstream advertising and...
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Return of the Industrial Hemp Industry
By Angela Bacca on May 20, 2017
Shaping the new hemp economy in America. In 2012, Ryan Loflin, 41, had a successful business building designer homes from reclaimed barnwood. But in 2013,...
Colorado Conference Shows Cannabis Has Arrived
By Alice O’Leary-Randall on May 2, 2017
Academic event features father of cannabis research. Academia is an important component of any mature science and the recent conference at Colorado State University in...
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Top 100 Cannabis Dispensaries
By Cannabis Now on March 26, 2017
From California to the New York island, these are the best places to find America’s favorite flower. The 2016 general election was a watershed moment...
Pot Club Showdown Nears Between CO Governor, Lawmakers
By Kristen Wyatt on March 22, 2017
Colorado has an abundance of legal cannabis, but not nearly as many places to legally smoke it. Attempts by the state legislature to create sanctioned spaces...
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Cannabis Clubs Come to Colorado
By Kristen Wyatt on March 10, 2017
The Mile High state just got a green light for green lounges — provided they comply with bans on indoor smoking. DENVER (AP) — The...
More People are Saying “I Do” to Weed Infused Weddings
By Chris Roberts on February 21, 2017
The sold out success of the Colorado Cannabis Wedding Expo points to the continuing mainstreaming of cannabis culture, as more and more people are deciding...
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Sessions Recession? What a Federal Cannabis Crackdown Would Mean for CO
By Chris Roberts on February 14, 2017
Colorado has been setting (and subsequently breaking) records for state revenue from cannabis sales. But with the grim prospects of a Jeff Sessions-lead DOJ looming...
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Denver OKs Pot in Public, Details Still Developing
By Kristen Wyatt on January 19, 2017
As the first state in the nation to legalize recreational cannabis, Colorado has been an undeniable policy leader for the states that have followed its example....
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Colorado Gov. Proposes 50% Cannabis Tax Increase
By Jimi Devine on January 19, 2017
Colorado has made headlines nationwide for its rapid accumulation of cannabis tax revenue. But the state's governor has announced his intention to implement a tax...
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Radical Sentence Reduction Returns Beloved Cannabis Icon to CA
By Jimi Devine on December 9, 2016
This Wednesday saw one of the most beloved prisoners of the war on cannabis leave federal prison to begin a five-year supervised release. Regardless of...
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Colorado Plans Crackdown on Home Cannabis Growers
By Kristen Wyatt on December 9, 2016
DENVER (AP) — Hoping to preserve its marijuana law under the next president, Colorado is planning a slate of legislation designed to crack down on...
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Gourmet Ganja? Marijuana Dining is Growing Up, Slowly
By Kristen Wyatt on October 13, 2016
LYONS, Colo. (AP) — How to set a tone of woodsy chic at a four-course candlelight dinner served under the stars in the Colorado foothills:...
State AG Says Colorado Pot ‘Permeates’ Kansas
By Associated Press on October 10, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Attorney General says marijuana from Colorado is "permeating" every part of Kansas. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a...
Colorado Gives Marijuana Candy a New Look to Avoid Confusion
By Kristen Wyatt on September 30, 2016
DENVER (AP) — Wondering if that brownie contains pot? Colorado has you covered. A requirement that edible marijuana products come with a diamond-shaped stamp and...
Colorado Medical Pot Law Poised to Add PTSD as Qualifier
By Associated Press on September 21, 2016
DENVER (AP) — Post-traumatic stress disorder may be added to Colorado's medical marijuana program — over the Health Department's objections. A panel of state lawmakers...
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Historic Day: First Domestic Hemp Seeds Certified in Colorado
By Associated Press on September 9, 2016
DENVER (AP) — Colorado notched another nationwide first Wednesday involving cannabis when state agriculture officials showed off the first certified domestic hemp seeds. The Colorado...
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The Real Danger in Your Water Isn’t THC
By Mitchell Colbert on August 13, 2016
The term red herring defines something that is being used to mislead people and misdirect their attention from important issues to less relevant ones. With...
False Alarm: There Was Never THC In Colorado Town’s Water
By Chris Roberts on July 26, 2016
Last week, public officials in Hugo, Colorado — a rural hamlet of 730 souls in Lincoln County, about two hours' drive southwest from the skyscrapers...