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Cannabis in Mexico: It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Mariachi Sings

by Adrián Cisneros Aguilar, Attorney at Harris Bricken I am writing this now, a month after the Mexican Senate virtually ignored (yes, ignored) the social and business mandate to regulate recreational and industrial cannabis. Yes, it took me almost a…

The Shocking Shift in Perception of Cannabis

Ok, that headline is probably not even news in the cannabis industry. The past 12 months have brought dramatic change to the landscape of the cannabis marketplace, and a shocking shift in the U.S. acceptance of cannabis as both a…

Congressional Cannabis

In my last column, I reviewed the Trump administration’s treatment of cannabis. I would love to say that we discussed the administration’s cannabis policy, but that would imply that such a policy exists. What we saw instead was an incoherent…

4/20 Makes April One of the Kinder Months — In Colorado

Media coverage of cannabis spikes precipitously during 4/20 week, and so do the number of parties and events nationwide trumpeting the pleasures of our favorite plant. But what about sales? In Colorado, the 4/20-effect is real according to data from BDS Analytics,…

Did the Trump Administration Really Declare War Against Recreational Marijuana States?

February 27, 2017
John Davis
Policy & Legal
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By John Davis Since the Press Conference on Thursday, February 23 there have been many articles insinuating that the Trump Administration has taken a stand against states with recreational (adult use) marijuana laws. I am not sure that is an accurate takeaway.…

Survive a Shift From Medical to Recreational Cannabis

By Celeste Miranda Multiple states in the US successfully legalized recreational cannabis and have seen countless benefits, the most publicized of which is the epic tax revenue that the cash crop is bringing into the state budget. As Colorado, Oregon,…

CU Boulder Awarded Research Grant to Study Effects of High-Potency Marijuana

December 16, 2016
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Colorado
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS) have been awarded a $839,500 grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to study the effects of using high-potency cannabis, informally known as “dabbing.” The…

Colorado Pot Shops Reach $1 Billion in Sales During First 10 Months of 2016

In the first 10 months of 2016, Colorado marijuana shops reached a significant milestone they had barely missed in all of 2015: $1 billion in legal, regulated cannabis sales. Recreational and medical cannabis shops in America’s first 420-legal state have…

Oregonians Prepare To Vote Again On Recreational Marijuana

October 18, 2016
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Oregon
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Last year, Golden Leaf Holdings, a leading cannabis company, paid $3.3 million for almost 100 acres of land in Oregon to build a marijuana growing, processing and research site. The future looked bright: Oregon voters had legalized recreational marijuana in…