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Colorado marijuana sales hit $1.5 billion in 2017

February 9, 2018 at 7:36 p.m.

Shops sold $128.3 million of medical and adult-use cannabis — flower, edibles and concentrate — during the month of December, resulting in an annual total of nearly $1.51 billion, a...

DENVER, CO-September, 2013: A bag of free marijuana joints were handed out during a rally at Denver Civic Center Park, September 09, 2013. The joint handout is a demonstration to oppose new tax increases on marijuana. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Marijuana will be “way bigger” than craft beer, Lagunitas Brewing founder tells cannabis industry leaders

February 8, 2018 at 9:16 a.m.

A former Budweiser executive was "way, way wrong" when he likened the cannabis industry to craft beer, the founder of Lagunitas Brewing Co. told marijuana industry leaders.

Cannabis industry analytics firm New Frontier Data buys Denver-based Hemp Business Journal

February 7, 2018 at 1:21 p.m.

The deal was finalized late last week, and Hemp Business Journal’s operations are being integrated into the Denver offices of the Washington, D.C.-based New Frontier Data, officials said.

Report: Toronto police officers consume seized marijuana edibles on the job, one climbs tree

January 30, 2018 at 11:07 a.m.

One of the officers had to be pulled down from a tree.

A tracking tag that will be attached to a cannabis plant is shown at Colorado marijuana business Northern Lights. Marijuana is required to be tracked from seed to harvest and into sale through the state Marijuana Enforcement Tracking Reporting Compliance system, or METRC.

Colorado sticking with METRC for marijuana seed to sale tracking

January 24, 2018 at 10:49 a.m.

The state has relied on Farnwell's METRC seed to sale tracking tech since 2011.

Good banking relationships are hard to come by in the marijuana industry. Several businesses have even been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements before making deposits at certain banks. Fourth Corner is hoping to change that by opening the world's first marijuana credit union. Craig F. Walker, Denver Post File

Congressmen: Rescinding marijuana banking guidance would be “dangerous and imprudent”

January 17, 2018 at 8:45 p.m.

A letter from Reps. Perlmutter and Heck in support of Obama-era marijuana banking guidance has been signed by 29 additional members of Congress

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Hemp industry lawsuit challenging DEA’s position on CBD picks up support of 28 U.S. legislators

January 12, 2018 at 7:31 p.m.

A bipartisan congressional coalition pushed back on the DEA's assertion that cannabidiol and extracts derived from hemp are Schedule I substances.

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Colo. Sen. Gardner expands on marijuana policy meeting with Jeff Sessions

January 11, 2018 at 5:29 p.m.

"(Sessions said) that they didn't have the bandwidth to do that, that he didn't see it on the president's agenda," Gardner said. "But I think it's important to recognize, I...

A sample of marijuana is in a jar for customers to look at and smell at a Colorado dispensary.

Colorado marijuana shops ring up nearly $120 million in sales in November

January 10, 2018 at 10:37 p.m.

Eleven months through 2017, sales climbed to $1.38 billion, surpassing the $1.31 billion recorded in the entirety of 2016.

Colorado Rep. DeGette convenes delegation to respond to Sessions, advance federal marijuana protections

January 9, 2018 at 7:04 p.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' rescission of the Cole Memo has brought together Colorado delegates with otherwise "widely divergent philosophies" to take action and plan future moves, Rep. Dianna DeGette said.

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