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Where did all of Colorado’s pot money go? The Post set out to answer that question

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As Colorado began its fourth year of legalized recreational marijuana in 2018, The Denver Post decided it was important to let readers know about the state of the industry as its fifth anniversary loomed.

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Almost half of Colorado’s marijuana money can go wherever lawmakers wish

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The Marijuana Tax Cash Fund is the largest pool of pot money in the state, and there are more than 60 different ways state lawmakers spend those dollars across Colorado.

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VIDEOS: Understanding where Colorado’s marijuana money goes

December 29, 2018 blogger Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Denver, Denver Politics, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana in Colorado, marijuana sales, Medicial Marijuana, money, News, politics, sales tax, State of Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal

Since 2014, a lot of money has been spent on the green stuff, but where does all the marijuana tax money go? These videos explain the two state taxes on retail marijuana in Colorado: A 15 percent excise tax that wholesale marijuana buyers pay and a 15 percent sales tax that consumers pay on retail marijuana.

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A look at legal marijuana’s impact on 7 cities and towns across Colorado

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From the smallest hamlets to Colorado’s capital, dozens of communities have allowed sales of recreational marijuana since legalization took effect.

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Ridgway: The (cleaner) Gateway to the San Juans, thanks to marijuana

December 28, 2018 blogger Business, Colorado Legislature, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, infrastructure, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana politics, marijuana sales, marijuana taxes, Medicial Marijuana, News, politics, sales tax, State of Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal

Since its creation as a railway headquarters for the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in 1890, the town of Ridgway has often found itself dependent on the traffic that heads through on the way to nearby Telluride and Ouray.

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Pot took Parachute from bust to boom, but competition is coming

December 28, 2018 blogger Business, cannabis, Colorado Legislature, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, development, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana in Colorado, marijuana politics, marijuana sales, Medicial Marijuana, News, politics, sales tax, State of Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal

After voting down legal pot sales in 2013, Parachute’s town council revisited the issue two years later. In fairly short order half a dozen pot shops, including Colorado’s only drive-through weed store, sprung up.

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Colorado communities pocket big bucks from legal marijuana, but threats loom for some

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The roll-out of recreational marijuana sales five years ago has raised tens of millions of dollars annually to tackle a litany of local concerns — from paying for main street makeovers in cash-strapped small towns to expanding programs to address Denver’s opioid crisis and housing affordability crunch.

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Dramatic changes expected in former marijuana “desert” of southeast Colorado

December 28, 2018 blogger Business, cannabis, Colorado Legislature, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana politics, marijuana sales, marijuana taxes, Medicial Marijuana, News, politics, State of Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal

If Colorado had a “pot desert,” it was the southeast corner of the state, a wide swath of fields and farms where U.S. 50 cuts through small communities such as La Junta, Las Animas and Lamar.

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