Updated March 27, 2020 During this ongoing response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, cannabis dispensaries nationwide are changing how they do business, and Colorado’s dispensaries are no different. On March 20th the Marijuana Enforcement Division (the “MED”) implemented emergency rules to help Colorado cannabis dispensaries meet high demand while limiting customer time in the […]
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Can marijuana dispensaries stay open during Colorado’s coronavirus crisis? It depends.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis deemed marijuana dispensaries “critical” retail businesses in an executive order Sunday urging employers to reduce their in-person workforces, meaning they would stay open if other industries were forced to shutter to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. The governor’s order, however, will change how dispensaries do business. In-person sales are limited to medical patients […]
Hours After Announcing He’d Close Dispensaries, Denver Mayor Hancock Backs Off
The people spoke — and lined up by the masses — and Mayor Michael Hancock listened. Just hours after issuing a citywide order for Denver residents to stay at home, which included a temporary shutdown of liquor stores and recreational marijuana dispensaries to limit the spread of coronavirus, Hancock reversed the decision, at least regarding […]
Native Roots Cannabis Co. Issued First-Ever Colorado Marijuana Delivery Permit
PRESS RELEASE Boulder, CO – Last week, Native Roots Cannabis Co. became the first company to receive a newly created marijuana delivery permit from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division. In 2019, lawmakers approved House Bill 19-1234(Reps. Valdez, Singer and Sens. Gonzales, Marble) which allows licensed medical marijuana retailers with permission from their local government to […]
Colorado Flags Old THC Vapes That Could Contain Banned Substance
Seven brands of marijuana vaping products in Colorado could contain MCT oil, a recently banned additive to THC vaping liquid, according to a health advisory from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. Officially banned by the MED along with the more-notorious vitamin E acetate and polyethylene glycol (PEG) at the start of 2020, medium chain triglycerides (MCT oil) […]
Colorado marijuana sales hit a record $1.75 billion in 2019
Last year was the most lucrative 12 months for cannabis sales in Colorado since the state’s voters legalized recreational marijuana. Medical and recreational cannabis sales hit a record $1.75 billion in 2019, up 13% from 2018, according to data from the Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division. Marijuana tax collections also hit an all-time high, at more than […]
Colorado restricts marijuana advertising, so cannabis companies are adopting highways
Cannabis companies are using a loophole in Colorado’s strict limits on marijuana advertising by sponsoring state highways and putting their names on roadside signs. Currently, 51 cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, manufacturers and edible producers sponsor roadways throughout the state, according to the Adopt a Highway Maintenance Corporation. Although they represent less than half of all organizations […]
You’ll soon be able to earn a degree in cannabis from a Colorado university
Colorado State University-Pueblo received state approval Friday for the state’s first cannabis-related degree program, to be launched this fall. The program — called “Cannabis, Biology and Chemistry” — will focus on the science necessary to work in the cannabis field, with coursework similar to double-majoring in biology and chemistry, said David Lehmpuhl, dean of CSU-Pueblo’s […]
Colorado Launches Array of Marijuana Banking Efforts
After over six years of limited movement at the state level and with Congress currently stalled, Colorado lawmakers and other officials have launched several campaigns to provide more guidance and protection for financial intuitions that provide services to the state’s legal marijuana industry. Although currently legal in Colorado and ten other states, as well as […]
Polis Administration Unveils ‘Roadmap to Cannabis Banking & Financial Services’
PRESS RELEASE ARVADA – Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) released a bold roadmap to provide clarity and guidance for state-chartered financial services industries that serve or seek to serve legal cannabis-related businesses. Gov. Polis was joined by DORA’s Executive Director Patty Salazar, Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Treasurer Dave Young and […]
