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Pot tax trouble: What legalized states need to know about sketchy predictions
Before Colorado’s groundbreaking marijuana sales started in 2014, pot tax projections were all over the map. There are lessons in getting the forecast right.
U.S. women increasingly use pot during pregnancy, study finds
Though the actual numbers are small, the trend raises concerns because of evidence linking the drug with low birth weights and other problems.
Aging baby boomers increasingly embrace marijuana, heavy alcohol use
While anti-drug PSAs still encourage parents to talk to their teens about drugs before someone else does, two recent studies suggest there’s another high-risk population we should be worried about: our kids’ grandparents.
“Invalid” Adams County special marijuana tax collected $1.36 million that could have to be returned
An Adams County recreational marijuana tax that a state high court found Thursday to be invalid collected more than $1.3 million dollars over the 18 months its been in effect that could now have to be refunded.
Adams County may have to return $500K in marijuana taxes collected to fund scholarships
The Colorado Court of Appeals has found that Adams County’s controversial, voter-sanctioned special marijuana tax is invalid, reversing the opinion of a lower court and siding with with three cities — Northglenn, Aurora and Commerce City — that sued over the tariff.
Canada marijuana task force releases report on legalization
Canada’s marijuana legalization task force on Tuesday outlined 80 recommendations for the country’s potential legal cannabis regime.
Colorado researchers receive $2.35M to study marijuana use on driving, other impacts of legalization
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced $2.35 million in grants on Tuesday for studies that will help explain the impacts of marijuana legalization on the state.
Colorado marijuana shops sold more than $1 billion of cannabis in 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.
Colorado deputy finds 180 pounds of marijuana mixed in with tractor-trailer’s onion load
A sheriff’s deputy in southeastern Colorado found just over 180 pounds of marijuana mixed in among a load of onions being hauled by a tractor-trailer last week.
Colorado lawmakers plan crackdown on home pot growers
Hoping to preserve its marijuana law under the next president, Colorado is planning a slate of legislation designed to crack down on pot that is grown legally but then sold on the black market.