Marijuana Business
New Colorado laws include red flag gun measure and insulin cost cap
Law enforcement has gained a controversial new gun-seizure tool, transgender people can change their birth certificates more easily and the minimum wage rose in Denver as new laws took effect Wednesday in Colorado. More than a dozen new measures that impact workers, patients, gun owners, people awaiting release from jail and marijuana consumers became law […]
Working in Colorado’s cannabis industry could prevent you from becoming a U.S. citizen. A new bill in Washington could change that.
Earlier this year, Denver resident Oswaldo Barrientos was barred from becoming a U.S. citizen because of his work in Colorado’s legal cannabis industry, despite a perfectly clean record. But a bi-partisan bill introduced in Washington this week could make it possible for those like Barrientos to clear that final hurdle. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, joined […]
Colorado’s average price of wholesale marijuana hits 3-year high after record spike
The median price of a pound of marijuana buds sold or transferred to a retail store from a growing facility was $1,316 between Aug. 1 and Nov. 30, the Colorado Department of Revenue says. That’s nearly 32% higher than it was over the three months prior, a record jump.
Armed robbers wearing masks hit multiple marijuana businesses in Denver metro area
Denver police investigators believe the same armed and masked robbers have struck at multiple marijuana businesses in the metro area since early November. The robbers have brandished multiple weapons in five robberies, the first on Nov. 4 and the most recent on Dec. 11, according to police. All the robberies have happened at night and […]
Royal Resin recalling marijuana sold in Denver area because of elevated yeast and mold counts
A Denver marijuana business, Royal Resin, is voluntarily recalling retail marijuana, including pre-rolled joints and blunts because of elevated yeast and mold counts.
Cross-pollination between marijuana and hemp is a budding conflict at outdoor grows
Outdoor marijuana growers are reporting an increase in cross-pollination from hemp farms, a development that could mean marijuana cultivators might lose upwards of tens of thousands of dollars if their plants become unmarketable as flower products.
Pot companies, developers taking sides in contentious Lakewood election
Lakewood’s municipal election is awash in developer and marijuana money — two issues that voters in Colorado’s fifth-largest city have already taken stands on at the ballot box. That has some wondering if it’s an attempt to pack the Lakewood City Council with members favorable to the cannabis industry and more robust development in this city of 155,000.
CBD boutique opens in Boulder as sales of cannabidiol move out of dispensaries and into general retail
Infused, A CBD Marketplace opened in downtown Boulder as cannabidiol shifts from dispensaries to general retail.
As “green rush” rolls on, Boulder’s Surna helping make cannabis industry more sustainable
Legal cannabis cultivation in the United States consumed 1.1 million megawatt hours of electricity in 2017 (enough to power 92,500 homes for a year,) generating 472,000 tons carbon dioxide, according to a 2018 New Frontier Data report.
Marijuana industry groups push for regulation amid national vaping-related illness crisis
Colorado marijuana industry members are pushing for new rules and more stringent regulation, including a potential ban on certain additives found in vaping devices, amid a nationwide crisis over a mysterious lung disease linked to e-cigarettes and marijuana vape pens.