Colorado reckons with high-potency marijuana and its impact on children April 28, 2021 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Cannabis Potency is Under Attack. It’s Time to Respond March 4, 2021 Peter Marcus News & Insights, Op-Ed, Spotlight 0 Comments For decades, opponents of cannabis legalization have relied heavily on scare tactics, untruthful rhetoric and increasingly unpersuasive propaganda to cast cannabis in a negative light. From the “Reefer Madness” era of the 1930s to the declaration of a formal “war… Read More→
2020 is already the highest-selling year for weed in Colorado December 10, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Marijuana Licenses for Low-Income Entrepreneurs Closer to Reality September 29, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado, Social Equity 0 Comments Colorado marijuana regulators are closer to creating new business licenses for eligible entrepreneurs who lack funding, with the micro-license applications expected to become available early next year. Securing a marijuana license has proven to be a costly, lengthy venture for a… Read More→
Colorado cannabis sales hit new all-time high in May at more than $192 million July 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments That’s the biggest single-month tally since recreational sales began in 2014 Cannabis sales in Colorado set a new monthly record in May, hitting their highest level since recreational sales began in 2014. Dispensaries sold $192,175,937 worth of products in May,… Read More→
Marijuana Social Clubs: How Colorado is Setting the Pace June 17, 2020 Brendon Stern Cannabis Social Clubs, Policy & Legal 0 Comments On January 1, 2020, Coloradoans could begin meeting up at marijuana social clubs because the Colorado State Licensing Authority began issuing marijuana hospitality establishment licenses, which allow licensees to permit the consumption of marijuana on their premises. However, hospitality licensees… Read More→
(Pot)Heads in Beds: The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Hotel Occupancy in Colorado and Washington May 20, 2020 AggregatedNews Cannabis Tourism 0 Comments This paper uses monthly hotel occupancy data to examine the effect of marijuana legalization on tourism in Colorado and Washington. The results indicate a large increase in hotel rooms rented in Colorado, with a considerably smaller effect for Washington. The… Read More→
Stimulus Checks, the Unofficial Federal Aid for Colorado Weed Shops April 18, 2020 AggregatedNews Coronavirus, Retail 0 Comments The marijuana industry won't receive any official aid from federal business bailout packages, but it still received an assist from the first round of stimulus payments, which came just in time for the plant's biggest holiday. Colorado's marijuana dispensaries reported… Read More→
Coronavirus fuels marijuana industry’s push for online sales, delivery in Colorado April 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate, News & Insights 0 Comments Now under Colorado's emergency rules, customers can pay for marijuana online and then pick up their purchase at the store. Colorado has made online sales of recreational marijuana legal during the coronavirus pandemic, fulfilling one of the pot industry’s biggest… Read More→
Colorado’s marijuana businesses can remain open during pandemic, but they say they’re still struggling April 13, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado, Coronavirus 0 Comments Cannabis companies, and the consultants and lawyers who aid them, not eligible for federal stimulus money As the coronavirus fueled changes in regulation for Colorado’s cannabis industry, leaders at LivWell Enlightened Health knew they needed to make dramatic moves to… Read More→
Study finds more edible pot among Colorado teen users August 6, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments DENVER — Some teenagers in Colorado, where marijuana is legal for adults, are shifting away from smoking in favor of edible cannabis products, a study released Monday shows. About 78% of the Colorado high school students who reported consuming marijuana… Read More→
Reefer Madness or Pot Paradise? The Surprising Legacy of the Place Where Legal Weed Began June 30, 2019 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Colorado’s first-in-the-nation experiment with legalized marijuana has infused the drug into almost every corner of life. DENVER — Serenity Christensen, 14, is too young to set foot in one of Colorado’s many marijuana shops, but she was able to spot… Read More→
Marijuana Bills Introduced in Colorado Legislature in 2019 March 17, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments We're over two months into Colorado's 2019 legislative session, and pot proposals have been creating plenty of buzz at the State Capitol. While bills to provide medical marijuana patients with firearms rights and altered-state DUI laws regarding marijuana use are as… Read More→
Why 2019 Could Be Marijuana’s Biggest Year Yet January 22, 2019 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments On November 7, the day after Democrats seized control of the House with what would become a 40-seat swing, President Trump fired his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions. That day, at his home in California, Smoke Wallin’s phone blew up with… Read More→
Meet America’s first pot governor, Colorado’s Jared Polis January 9, 2019 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments The governor-elect takes office at a significant moment in Colorado for the cannabis industry. Jared Polis takes office Tuesday as Colorado’s new chief executive — and America’s first pot governor. The Democrat’s long-standing support for legal marijuana, his embrace of… Read More→