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Colorado reckons with high-potency marijuana and its impact on children

State lawmakers mulling an overhaul of weed regulations, but THC caps likely dead for now Lafonna Pacheco hardly recognized her daughter, Roxanne Delte, by the time she turned 17. “It wasn’t just a teenager thing,” Pacheco said. “It was beyond…

Colorado reckons with high-potency marijuana and its impact on children

Lafonna Pacheco hardly recognized her daughter, Roxanne Delte, by the time she turned 17. “It wasn’t just a teenager thing,” Pacheco said. “It was beyond that. She was paranoid, she was oppositional. Something mentally was going on and it was…

Legal weed in NM may be a buzzkill for Colorado dispensaries

Legal recreational cannabis has been an economic boon for Trinidad and many other small towns across Colorado’s southern border. But New Mexico’s recent legalization of recreational cannabis could force dispensaries in the region to adapt to shifting demand as operators…

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New Mexico marijuana legalization poses a serious threat to Colorado’s lucrative border-town pot shops

When Colorado legalized the retail sale of marijuana in 2012, savvy entrepreneurs saw an opportunity beyond setting up shop in population centers like Denver and Boulder. They realized if they opened cannabis businesses in small towns along the state’s borders,…

Weed delivery will happen in Denver starting this summer, to be followed by more dispensaries and consumption clubs

Denver’s about to become even more marijuana-friendly, with weed delivery likely starting this summer after the Denver City Council unanimously agreed Monday to overhaul the local industry with two sweeping measures. The changes have been in the works for several years,…

Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession could easily get their record sealed under new bill

Colorado lawmakers are on track to give more people convicted of marijuana possession offenses the opportunity to easily seal their criminal record, by requiring courts to seal convictions for possession up to two ounces for people who haven’t committed a…

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Colorado may see its biggest overhaul of marijuana laws since recreational legalization

They don’t make cannabis products like they used to, and there’s an increasing number of Colorado lawmakers who think that’s problematic. As recently as 2014, the vast majority of medical and recreational cannabis sold in Colorado was flower and only…

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Colorado marijuana sales hit $2.2 billion in highest-selling year yet

February 11, 2021
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Amid a global pandemic that disrupted many facets of commerce, Colorado’s marijuana industry experienced its most lucrative year on record with $2.2 billion in sales in 2020. According to figures released Tuesday by the state Department of Revenue, dispensaries sold…

Colorado’s marijuana industry flexed its big muscles and now an effort to limit pot potency is unraveling

February 10, 2021
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State Rep. Yadira Caraveo says her proposal to limit the potency of marijuana sold recreationally in Colorado was just in its beginning stages. But when draft legislation was recently leaked and prominent figures in the state’s cannabis industry created an…

A Colorado Democrat wants to cap THC levels in marijuana products at 15%

February 5, 2021
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The lone medical doctor in the Colorado legislature is looking to cut back the THC content on the most potent cannabis products, among other changes that would have major impacts on the state’s cannabis industry. State Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a…

Inside Polis’s $5 Million Plan for Marijuana Social Equity in Colorado

January 26, 2021
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Governor Jared Polis wants to see $5 million put in a new state fund intended to advance marijuana industry involvement among communities impacted by the War on Drugs, with the majority of that money going toward small grants and low-interest loans.…

A New Sales Record Isn’t The Only Milestone Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Saw In 2020

January 18, 2021
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Like so many things about 2020, cannabis sales in Colorado were outrageous; people spent more than $2 billion on products. That's more money than they ever have before. That total continues the industry’s upward trajectory and breaks the previous record…

November marijuana sales push Colorado’s industry to $2 billion annually for the first time

January 13, 2021
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Colorado marijuana sales in November pushed the industry’s annual revenue to $2 billion for the first time. In November, dispensaries sold $175.1 million worth of products, according to figures released by the Department of Revenue on Tuesday. Recreational sales accounted for…

Marijuana delivery, social equity reform and other Colorado cannabis trends to watch in 2021

December 29, 2020
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Colorado’s marijuana industry experienced a banner year in 2020 — not in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, but because of it. Dispensaries across the state were declared essential businesses and allowed to operate while bars, restaurants and gyms were forced to close.…

2020 is already the highest-selling year for weed in Colorado

December 10, 2020
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And the year isn’t even over yet Colorado dispensaries sold more marijuana in the first 10 months of 2020 than they did during a record-setting sales year in 2019. October sales totaled more than $199.7 million in October, pushing the…

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