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Alicia Wallace
Alicia Wallace is a former Denver Post business reporter who specialized in covering the cannabis industry.
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Sweet Leaf case puts Colorado’s marijuana enforcement system to the test
In early December, Sweet Leaf had grown to 300 employees, brought in upward of $5 million in sales monthly, and expanded across Colorado’s Front Range with an eye on markets...

Colorado marijuana sales nearly flat in April
Colorado's cannabis industry appears to be inching closer to an anticipated sales plateau. The state's marijuana shops sold $124.31 million in medical and recreational cannabis during April, a total only...

Colorado’s marijuana industry would get bank access, federal OK under bill from Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren. But what are its chances?
The measure, which is being welcomed by the cannabis industry but faces a tough path to becoming law, would end the current conflict between federal and state law.

Colorado CBD pharmaceutical bill gets Hickenlooper’s signature, awaits FDA approval
Gov. John Hickenlooper this week signed House Bill 1187, which allows for doctors to prescribe and pharmacies to dispense FDA-approved medicines that contain cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive cannabis plant compound.

Denver seeks to revoke Cheba Hut liquor license following 4/20 event
The city of Denver's Department of Excise and Licenses is considering suspending or revoking the liquor license of Cheba Hut's store at 638 E. Colfax Ave., according to a Show...

Denver-area real estate agents face challenges from DIY buyers and sellers and low-cost competitors
The home buying and selling process is immersed in technology -- from website listings and real-time texts and video chats to 3-D virtual reality tours and electronic signatures -- which...

Hemp products now regulated like food ingredients in Colorado
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday signed House Bill 1295, which formalizes an 11-month-old state policy that applies existing food manufacturing guidelines to products such as hemp oil-infused coffees and hemp-derived...

500 tons of marijuana was produced for sale in Colorado last year
Colorado's marijuana shops sold 11.1 million edibles, 411,000 pounds of flower and a sharply increasing amount of marijuana concentrate last year, according to the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division's 2017 annual report...

“Meg the Budtender” takes lead on new Colorado marijuana education campaign
Colorado's health department unveiled "Responsibility Grows Here," the latest public education effort that will include four targeted campaigns addressing consumers, youth, trusted adults, and pregnant and breastfeeding women.

BDS Analytics, a Boulder-based cannabis data leader, lands $3.5 million investment
Boulder's BDS Analytics, a leading data repository for the cannabis industry, just landed a cash infusion to fuel its ambitions of national and international expansion.