Colorado Officials Propose Banning Marijuana Businesses From Unlicensed Events October 31, 2023 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments With two months left in a state rulemaking period, Colorado regulators are proposing a significant restriction to marijuana brands and cannabis event holders. During the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division's final public rulemaking hearing today, October 30, MED officials proposed banning licensed… Read More→
Colorado falling behind marijuana enforcement goals August 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Colorado’s auditor recently released a performance audit that revealed the state is not meeting its goals in marijuana enforcement. The report from the Office of the State Auditor states that the Marijuana Enforcement Division “could improve its processes for prioritizing retail marijuana store… Read More→
Colorado’s marijuana enforcement arm failed to inspect 1-in-3 new stores during COVID, audit finds August 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments State department agree with findings, but highlighted recent 99% compliance rate for underage sales rules More than 1-in-3 new retail marijuana stores, or 40 out of 112, were not inspected within a year of being licensed, an audit of the… Read More→
State Warns Marijuana Growers After “Many Examples” of Attempts to Cheat Testing in Colorado June 12, 2023 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments State investigators have identified numerous examples of marijuana product adulteration by businesses attempting to cheat contaminant testing, according to the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division. Marijuana contamination from mold or illegal pesticides has been an ongoing problem since recreational pot sales began in… Read More→
MPG Consulting: Time Travelers for the Cannabis Industry April 6, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Interstate Commerce, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Since its founding by Adam Orens in 2014, Colorado-based MPG Consulting, formerly The Marijuana Policy Group, has been helping industry stakeholders with an array of professional services that include market research and analysis, business plan creation, strategic investments, licensing, and… Read More→
Marijuana Businesses Need to Pay Their Bills, MED Warns March 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments On March 9, the state Marijuana Enforcement Division announced that total marijuana sales had cleared the $14 billion mark in February, nine years and two months after Colorado became the first state in the country to allow recreational pot sales. In a separate… Read More→
Colorado regulators won’t sanction job-seekers with out-of-state marijuana convictions, Polis orders July 15, 2022 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday vowed by executive order that Colorado will not hold out-of-state convictions for most marijuana-related offenses against people applying for professional licenses here. The Boulder Democrat wrote in his order, “There is a workforce shortage in Colorado. Employers… Read More→
Colorado Senate Rejects Attempt to Tighten Marijuana Industry Supervision April 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments A Colorado Senate committee has rejected a bill that would have increased supervision of commercial marijuana businesses. Senate Bill 149Â would have created new reporting requirements for such marijuana business violations as sales to underage minors, contaminated product recalls and black… Read More→
Colorado Lawmakers Want More Marijuana Industry Oversight March 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments A group of Colorado lawmakers wants to increase oversight of the state's marijuana businesses, but the cannabis industry is ready to fight the proposal. Senate Bill 149, a nonpartisan bill introduced on March 7, proposes new reporting requirements for such marijuana… Read More→
Colorado’s cannabis industry makes modest gains in minority ownership January 25, 2022 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Almost 17% of regulated marijuana business owners in Colorado identify as minorities, according to new data by the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, but one Black entrepreneur contests that there’s much more work to be done. “Cannabis ownership in Colorado is… Read More→
Wholesale Marijuana Prices Fall Hard Amid Sales Decline In Colorado December 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Colorado marijuana sales and prices are both dropping, in what may be more than a seasonal trend. The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division's latest average market rate (AMR), a set of median prices for different categories of wholesale marijuana, fell across the… Read More→
Colorado to Require Four-Page Warning With Marijuana Concentrate Sales November 24, 2021 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments A four-page warning about potential health effects and criminal penalties will accompany marijuana concentrate sales in Colorado by the beginning of 2023, according to the state Marijuana Enforcement Division, but it's unclear how often those warnings will be handed out. The… Read More→
Has Colorado’s Marijuana Industry Reached Adulthood? October 21, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Colorado's pot industry has finally grown up, according to a new report commissioned by the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. The MED hired the Marijuana Industry Group and the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business to compile a report on the state of the green… Read More→
Mandatory Testing Costly For Colorado Marijuana Growers August 27, 2018 AggregatedNews Colorado, Compliance and Regulations 1 Comment New mandatory marijuana pesticide testing in Colorado is putting a financial squeeze on local cultivators to the tune of thousands of dollars in increased costs. The added expense is the latest financial blow to hit the state’s cultivators, which are… Read More→