Our guests on The Cannabist Show this week: EdiPure chief science officer Malcolm Morrison and Nordic Analytical Laboratories lab director Joseph Evans.
TOP MARIJUANA NEWS
• Marijuana businesses have long proclaimed that cannabis is drawing visitors to Colorado. Now they have proof. A study commissioned by the Colorado Tourism Office and presented to the office’s board of directors on Wednesday shows legal weed as a growing motivator for trips to Colorado — conflicting with the mantra of tourism officials statewide that savvy marketing alone is responsible for record visitation and spending in the last two years.
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• Canada’s new Liberal government again promised to legalize marijuana in a speech outlining its agenda as Parliament resumes after the Oct. 19 election. A speech delivered by Gov. Gen. David Johnston reiterated new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana. It is a position Trudeau has held since becoming leader of the Liberal Party in 2013. However, for the first time, the government said it will restrict access to marijuana but did not elaborate.
POT QUIZ
Test your knowledge on the plan for Canadian legalization, a widely-used federal agency’s weed warning to newspapers and a celebrity endorsement for home marijuana grows in the Pacific Northwest.
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