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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2013, photo marijuana matures in ideal conditions at the Medicine Man dispensary and grow operation in northeast Denver. A pro-marijuana group hoping to ride a wave of mounting acceptance for cannabis filed an initiative petition Wednesday April 23, 2014, seeking to legalize recreational pot use in Nevada. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, file)

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz: Time to remove 280E from tax code and stop punishing marijuana industry

November 8, 2017 at 1:55 p.m.

Op-ed by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.: It's time to stop hobbling this booming industry. It's time to let the cannabis industry grow and expand.

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Denver-based MJ Freeway cannabis software firm fights cyberattacks, outages, missed deadlines, negative press

November 2, 2017 at 3:28 p.m.

The groundbreaking cannabis software company struggles to maintain its mission despite high-profile setbacks in Washington and Nevada and negative press.

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“CBD candy” is this year’s Halloween bogeyman

October 27, 2017 at 3:37 p.m.

With Halloween around the corner, it looks like there's a new trick-or-treat bogeyman in some parts of the country: "CBD candy" in the hands of children.

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Pro-marijuana group endorses Colorado Springs measure they got left off ballot for

October 24, 2017 at 10:44 a.m.

Citizens for Safer Neighborhoods, a group pushing to legalize recreational marijuana sales in the city, on Monday announced its support of ballot Issue 2A, stormwater fees.

Op-ed: America’s past holds clues for solving current issues with marijuana industry

October 20, 2017 at 1:15 p.m.

Lessons from a troubled history of marijuana prohibition can make for a more sustainable and more inclusive cannabis industry today.

At least 31 legal cannabis farms have been destroyed in the California fires

October 19, 2017 at 9:34 a.m.

At least 31 marijuana farms were destroyed and many more damaged by California wildfires, a number that is expected to rise significantly once evacuated farmers are allowed back to their...

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Hemp power-players lobby Congress to shift mind-set, legalize crop

October 17, 2017 at 9:19 a.m.

The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, an alliance of national trade groups and businesses, seeks to hammer home message that industrial hemp should be an agricultural commodity, not a controlled substance.

Without Congressional action, medical marijuana at risk from Sessions

October 11, 2017 at 8:51 a.m.

State medical marijuana programs, existing and in progress, could be grounded if Congress fails to extend limits on federal prosecution.

Marijuana is displayed in jars for customers at a Denver recreational marijuana shop on January, 1 2014.

In tight vote, Longmont city council lifts pot shops ban

October 11, 2017 at 8:12 a.m.

In a split 4-3 vote, Longmont's City Council members voted Tuesday night to give final approval to an ordinance that will eventually allow up to four retail businesses to sell...

A Colorado weed business may lose its permit over odor issues

October 10, 2017 at 8:26 a.m.

After numerous odor complaints spanning more than a year, one of Carbondale's marijuana businesses has its permit up for revocation.

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