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April 16, 2018 blogger affordable housing, Budget, Business, Colorado News, Denver City Council, Denver Housing Authority, Denver Politics, housing, housing affordability, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana sales, Medicial Marijuana, Michael Hancock, News, politics, Real Estate, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tax, weed, withdrawal
Denver marijuana buyers would help pay for an expansion of Denver’s 10-year, $150 million affordable housing fund under a plan that includes borrowing to amp up apartment production.
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April 12, 2018 blogger cannabis, CBD, Colorado News, farming, hemp, hemp extracts, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, Mitch McConnell, National Politics, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, U.S. Senate, weed, withdrawal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Hemp Farming Act of 2018 aims to establish hemp as an agricultural commodity, protect state regimes, add crop insurance, and bolster research. And right off the bat, the bill quashes questions about whether those hemp-derived CBD-rich extracts are indeed legal:
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March 23, 2018 blogger Budget, Business, CDC, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Colorado Wildfires, Cory Gardner, Diana DeGette, economy, Ed Perlmutter, healthcare, Jared Polis, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, mental health, Michael Bennet, Mike Coffman, National Politics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, News, politics, renewable energy, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Forest Service, Washington DC, weed, wildfires, withdrawal
Congress this week passed a massive $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 and tucked into that 2,232-page measure — which President Donald Trump must sign to avoid a shutdown– are several provisions that will have an impact on Colorado.
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March 22, 2018 blogger Business, Colorado Legislature, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Cory Gardner, economy, Ed Perlmutter, government shutdown, healthcare, Jared Polis, Jeff Sessions, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, Michael Bennet, National Politics, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, weed, withdrawal
A $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through the end of September won’t include protections for the recreational marijuana industry — a blow to Colorado lawmakers who tried to add that language to the must-pass bill.
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March 8, 2018 blogger addiction, Colorado News, Denver, Denver Politics, drug, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, mental health, News, politics, research, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Colorado blazed trails when it legalized pot and now Denver could lead the way decriminalizing magic mushrooms. The group Denver for Psilocybin may soon…
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February 7, 2018 blogger Colorado Legislature, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Cory Gardner, Jeff Sessions, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, Mitch McConnell, National Politics, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Washington DC, weed, withdrawal
It’s been a month since the pot-blockade began and U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is standing firm in his vow to jam all appointments to the Department of Justice until Attorney General Jeff Sessions changes his approach to federal marijuana policy.
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February 6, 2018 blogger Aurora City Council, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Crime & Courts, driving, education, Health, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, News, politics, smoking, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Transportation, Watercooler, weed, withdrawal
What started off last spring as an effort by an Aurora Girl Scout troop to take on a social service project turned into passage Monday of Colorado’s first ban on smoking in a vehicle while children under 18 are inside.
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January 15, 2018 blogger Business, cannabis, Colorado News, hemp, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, Weld County, withdrawal
The pastor of a marijuana-based church, who sued to stop the state’s pot DUI from taking effect, will run for Weld County commissioner as a Republican.
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December 6, 2017 blogger California, Latest News, Local Politics, Los Angeles, marijuana, Marijuana Business, marijuana politics, marijuana sales, Medicial Marijuana, Nation World News, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Los Angeles will become the nation’s largest city with recreational marijuana after the City Council voted Wednesday to license sales next year.
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November 9, 2017 blogger Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Election 2017, Latest News, Local Politics, marijuana, marijuana in Colorado, marijuana politics, marijuana sales, marijuana taxes, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, taxes, weed, withdrawal
Get the unofficial 2017 Colorado election results for cities voting on allowing marijuana sales and the 14 municipalities that decided tax measures.
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