In addition to the barrage of questions that customers ask regarding the effects of indicas, sativas and hybrids that I get as a budtender, there is another question that comes up a great deal when people come visit me at …
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Readers respond to Denver Post series on driving high (4 letters)
Published: Sep 6, 2017, 7:35 am • Updated: Sep 6, 2017, 7:35 am By Denver Post Commentary Re: “Legalization’s legacy,” Denver Post news series. Thank you, Denver Post, for exposing the ill effects of legalizing marijuana. They confirm and bring …
Read More »Milliken OKs marijuana sales, citing neighbor’s Colorado pot tax revenue
Published: Sep 5, 2017, 2:19 pm • Updated: Sep 5, 2017, 5:37 pm By Tyler Silvy, Greeley Tribune Milliken is getting into the Colorado marijuana business — but only in the town’s industrial zones. A Milliken Town Board meeting last …
Read More »Is the Department of Justice Using the IRS to Secretly Investigate Legal Marijuana? – News
A federal lawsuit by medical marijuana business Rifle Remedies claims that that the U.S Department of Justice has been using the Internal Revenue Service to investigate legitimate cannabis operations all over Colorado. But Uncle Sam’s bean counters say these accusations …
Read More »$9.2 Million of Colorado’s Cannabis Tax Revenue Will Fund School Nurses and Counselors – News
With Labor Day weekend squarely in the rear-view mirror, teens across the nation are donning their freshest gear and getting ready to confront yet another school year. In Colorado, thousands of those kids will be met by new school employees paid …
Read More »While science catches up, public policy needs to adapt
Published: Sep 5, 2017, 9:28 am • Updated: Sep 5, 2017, 9:36 am By Denver Post Editorial Board Don’t drive high — not even a little, not even a short distance, not ever. It’s not a hard message. It’s the …
Read More »Colorado uses $9.2 million in weed taxes for teen use prevention, health care programs
Published: Sep 4, 2017, 5:59 am • Updated: Sep 5, 2017, 7:23 am By Monte Whaley, The Denver Post School nurse Rhonda Valdez is on the front lines of student health at Wheat Ridge High School, treating myriad concerns — …
Read More »DOJ secretly using IRS to investigate Colorado marijuana businesses
Published: Sep 1, 2017, 3:44 pm • Updated: Sep 1, 2017, 5:51 pm By David Migoya, The Denver Post The U.S. Department of Justice is secretly using the Internal Revenue Service to conduct criminal investigations into otherwise legitimate marijuana businesses …
Read More »Anti-Cannabis Group ‘Smart Approaches to Marijuana’ Urges Sessions to Crack Down on Legal Weed – News
It’s been four years since America’s Department of Justice, under the oversight of President Barack Obama, issued the Cole Memo, offering a number of prosecutorial guidelines that effectively protected cannabis businesses following state regulations from the long arms of federal …
Read More »Tiny Colorado town has 1 weed store for every 170 people
Published: Aug 31, 2017, 9:24 am • Updated: Aug 31, 2017, 9:24 am By The Cannabist Network Parachute, a community of only about 1,200 people just off Interstate 70, has approved its seventh recreational marijuana store. As Grand Junction to …
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