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Hickenlooper responds to Sessions marijuana letter questioning Colorado’s regulatory regime

August 24, 2017 at 5:35 p.m.

Colorado's marijuana regulatory system is a model for other states, and the fledgling program could become even more robust with the federal government's support, the state's governor and top law...

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Cannabis industry “deluged” with resumes from millennials

August 22, 2017 at 11:42 a.m.

Millennials are the first generation of college graduates who can job-hunt in the legal marijuana industry, and many are showing an interest.

Social use marijuana clubs will soon be legal in Denver, but how many will open?

August 22, 2017 at 3:39 p.m.

Colorado's largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation's first legal marijuana clubs, but Denver's elaborate hurdles for potential weed-friendly gathering places may mean the city...

Martha McPherson, left, has Peter Volz sign a petition for a ballot initiative at the Boulder Farmers' Market in July 2016. Amendment 71 lifted the threshold for passage of constitutional amendments to 55 percent from a simple majority, and measures will now need聽signatures from 2 percent of registered voters in all 35 state senate districts to get onto the ballot.

Michigan cannabis legalization advocates have raised half a million dollars to get on 2018 ballot

August 21, 2017 at 2:39 p.m.

Michigan marijuana legalization organizers need to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures to get an initiative on the November 2018 state ballot.

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Alaska and Washington push back on Sessions’ marijuana enforcement letters

August 16, 2017 at 2:14 p.m.

The governors of Alaska and Washington are questioning the data cited by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in recent letters he sent to their states that questioned the efficacy of...

In this Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, volunteers harvest hemp during the first known harvest of the plant in more than 60 years, in Springfield, Colo. Colorado is expected to reach another national first on cannabis Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, when state agriculture officials show off the first domestic certified hemp seeds. The Colorado Department of Agriculture has been working for years to produce hemp seeds that consistently produce plants low enough in the chemical THC to qualify as hemp and not its intoxicating cousin, marijuana.

The Industrial Hemp Farming Act is back — is this the year Congress legalizes the crop?

August 15, 2017 at 1:03 p.m.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are again calling for industrial hemp to be legally separated from marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act, and advocates believe they might just have the...

A photo from one of the homes where illegal marijuana grow operations were discovered by Pueblo County Sheriff's Narcotics Investigators on May 17.

Legal marijuana states try to curb interstate smuggling to fend off feds

August 14, 2017 at 12:18 p.m.

Marijuana-legal states are trying to clamp down on "diversion" even as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions presses for enforcement of federal laws.

Hawaii’s first medical marijuana dispensary sells out in days

August 14, 2017 at 12:05 p.m.

Maui's first state-licensed medical marijuana dispensary is reworking its opening hours as demand for its product outstrips supply because of a backlog.

Ina Schakaraschwili holds her glasses in place at the Universityof Denver's Chamberlin Observatory during the annulareclipse Sunday night.

Wyoming to the world: Come for the eclipse, but leave your weed at home

December 16, 2017 at 6:22 p.m.

As Wyoming prepares for a massive influx of visitors for the coming eclipse, Colorado's neighbor to the north welcomes the migration -- minus marijuana.

Damian Marley shows his love of herb in his music and cannabis business

August 4, 2017 at 4:51 p.m.

Damian Marley, part owner of a medical marijuana company, exalts the drug鈥檚 benefits in his new song 鈥淢edication鈥� on his newly released album 鈥淪tony Hill.鈥�

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