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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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Marijuana grows — legal or not — are far from business as usual for Colorado electric companies
A gathering of Colorado utilities officials centered around the massive power draw of indoor marijuana cultivation and issues with illegal grows.

Congressional medical marijuana protections extended by debt limit deal
Existing federal protections for medical marijuana states are expected to continue through at least Dec. 8.

House rules committee set to hear key marijuana amendments today
A federal legislative committee on Wednesday could determine the fate of several proposals to shore up existing and future marijuana laws, businesses and research.

Congressman proposes budget amendment to protect marijuana research from DOJ
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, has proposed an appropriations amendment to provide safe harbor for medical marijuana research in the majority of U.S. states.

Scotts Miracle-Gro sells off international operations to focus on core business and hydroponics
The lawn-and-garden giant's sale of international operations allows the firm to focus on ambitions in hydroponics, an ancillary sector of the cannabis industry.

Learn from Colorado’s mistakes, says former cannabis czar
If he had to do it all over again, Colorado's former marijuana czar Andrew Freedman would approach cannabis legalization by seeking out loads of data.

Efforts to curtail marijuana-impaired driving collide with evolving attitudes, medicinal use
Promoting cannabis as a safer alternative to alcohol was a tenet of the marijuana legalization movements in Colorado and other states. Early data indicate that attitude continues when people get...

Denver-based cannabis tech firm MassRoots to buy CannaRegs for $12 million
MassRoots Inc., a Denver-based marijuana tech and social media firm, plans to snap up web-based rules and regulations company CannaRegs Ltd.

Congressmen query Sessions over reported cannabis research obstruction
A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressing concern about a reported move by the Justice Department to halt marijuana research.

Colorado marijuana sales on track for $1.5 billion for 2017
Covering both medical and adult-use markets, Colorado marijuana sales through June 2017 are up 25.7 percent compared to the first half of 2016.