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Indiana now surrounded on three sides by recreational marijuana

November 20, 2023
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In Bloomington’s Exclusive Smoke and Vape, shoppers can find all sorts of marijuana accessories and legal alternatives. But no marijuana. Cannabis remains fully illegal in Indiana. Ohioans voted last week to make recreational marijuana legal in their state. Challenges lay…

Denver hit $500 million in marijuana tax revenue. So where does the money go?

October 31, 2023
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Every time someone lights up a joint in Denver, the city government gets a couple cents in tax revenue. It turns out people have been busy; The city just passed half a billion dollars in taxes collected from legal marijuana.…

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Colorado Officials Propose Banning Marijuana Businesses From Unlicensed Events

October 31, 2023
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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…

Colorado falling behind marijuana enforcement goals

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…

Colorado Marijuana Industry on Pace for Another Annual Dip in 2023

Colorado dispensaries will collect less money in 2023 than they did last year, according to sales projections based on state Department of Revenue data. Through the first five months of 2023, Colorado saw just over $651 million in marijuana sales,…

State Warns Marijuana Growers After “Many Examples” of Attempts to Cheat Testing in Colorado

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…

Colorado marijuana sales lowest since before pandemic

Colorado’s marijuana sales are at the lowest they’ve been since before the COVID pandemic, and prices have never been cheaper. Sales skyrocketed at the dawn of the global public health emergency in March 2020. The state saw record sales until…

Budget-Friendly Weed Lines Gaining Steam In Colorado

Katt Williams's joke is over fifteen years old, but it still rings true for many marijuana users: "I need regular weed. I don't want shit with a nickname. Not thrilla, killa, salmonella — none of that shit." Believe it or…

Marijuana Businesses Need to Pay Their Bills, MED Warns

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…

Coloradans can now buy weed from a vending machine (yes, really)

Cannabis consumers who stop by Terrapin Care Station dispensary in Aurora can now buy weed the same way they might buy their favorite munchies: from a vending machine. In early February, the company installed what’s technically called an Automated Cannabis Experience (ACE), a…

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Colorado marijuana sales tank in 2022 after pandemic-induced high

February 6, 2023
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Following a pandemic "high,” Colorado marijuana sales have been plummeting for months. Sales skyrocketed for the marijuana industry in the beginning of 2022, a trend that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, marijuana industry officials are seeing…

A new study on marijuana legalization in Colorado answers the question: Has legal pot made other drug problems worse?

Last year, a study came out showing that marijuana legalization in Colorado likely increased cannabis use among adults in the state. Because of the novel methods the researchers used to examine the question, the study was perhaps the best answer to…

‘Sales plummet’ for recreational and medical marijuana in Colorado

January 15, 2023
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Colorado saw an almost $100 million decline in marijuana tax revenue last year, and an industry trade group said on Friday that the drop is resulting in struggles for small-business owners. The Marijuana Industry Group (MIG) cited sales numbers released Wednesday by…

Marijuana legalization in Colorado is 10 years old. Here’s the story of how it happened.

November 7, 2022
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Ten years ago this month, Colorado voters did something that had never been done before in the world: They legalized the use and sale of marijuana at the state level. Technically, voters in Washington state passed a legalization measure on…

As harvest season winds up, many cannabis companies prefer to grow outdoors, despite challenges

October 17, 2022
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For cannabis growers who plant outdoors, turning leaves signify the fall harvest. During the month of October — colloquially known as Croptober — cultivators throughout Colorado cut down their marijuana fields, the first step in the plants’ journey to reach…

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