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No, Colorado McDonald’s are not converting PlayPlaces into marijuana lounges

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McDonald’s PlayPlaces aren’t becoming pot places, not even in Colorado, the first state with legal recreational marijuana sales.

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El Paso deputies confiscate $13M worth of marijuana, guns in first three months of black market crackdown

April 16, 2018 blogger Colorado News, Crime & Courts, El Paso County Sheriff, Latest News, marijuana, marijuana crime, marijuana grows, Medicial Marijuana, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal

El Paso County sheriff’s deputies in the first three months of 2018 confiscated about $12 million worth of illegally grown marijuana plants, another $1 million in processed marijuana, made 16 arrests and seized more than a dozen guns under a state law designed to stop the diversion of legal pot to the drug’s black market, the agency announced Friday.

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Hike in retail marijuana tax is part of Denver’s plan to turbo-charge its $15 million-a-year affordable housing fund

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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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Here are the occupations that use the most cannabis in Colorado

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The results are not surprising, if you’ve ever worked in these industries.

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Trump tells Gardner he’ll protect legal marijuana: Politicians, cannabis industry react

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Politicians and cannabis industry insiders, alike, were surprised Monday morning by Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner’s announcement that he has struck a deal with President Donald J. Trump that would protect states’ marijuana laws from federal interference.

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Hemp Farming Act of 2018 introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell

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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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John Boehner was a longtime opponent of marijuana reform. Here’s what changed his mind.

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“I have concluded descheduling the drug is needed so that we can do research and allow [the Department of Veterans Affairs] to offer it as a treatment option in the fight against the opioid epidemic that is ravaging our communities,” he said.

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