As year two of legal cannabis sales in California comes to a close, shoppers are still more likely to buy marijuana from illicit sellers than from state-sanctioned stores that pay taxes and test their products for safety. California’s 7,000 licensed cannabis businesses — and the state’s tax revenue — are…
Denver’s licensing director signed off Friday on the city’s second license for a marijuana consumption area in a business, paving the way for a vaping bar and lounge to open this fall. The owners of Vape and Play plan to open the 21-and-over social lounge and entertainment venue in November…
Israel Securities Authority Has Second Thoughts About Pot Stocks on the TASE The Israel Securities Exchange (ISA) just decided that Blockchain companies won’t be included in the indices, and now they are taking the same direction for cannabis companies. According to the ISA, “Companies engaged in cannabis are supervised, just…
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — After a long and successful career up on the saddle training horses and their owners across the country, John Lyons wanted nothing more than to retire, ride off into the sunset and sell his 70-acre Parachute ranch for the next generation to take the reigns.…
Published: Mar 10, 2018, 2:30 pm • Updated: Mar 10, 2018, 2:32 pm By Charlie Brennan, Boulder Daily Camera As rapidly as the cannabis industry in Colorado and across the United States is expanding, scientists’ data-based knowledge of pot’s effects has not been keeping pace. Researchers at the University of…
Published: Feb 7, 2018, 5:49 am • Updated: Feb 7, 2018, 6:52 am By Mark Matthews WASHINGTON — It’s been a month since the pot blockade began, and U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is standing firm in his vow to jam all appointments to the Department of Justice until Attorney General…
Published: Feb 2, 2018, 11:30 am • Updated: Feb 2, 2018, 11:30 am By The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — Marijuana tax revenue in Alaska fell for the second straight month in December, though a state tax auditor says the slide may be short lived. The state says it collected…
Published: Dec 19, 2017, 2:23 pm • Updated: Dec 19, 2017, 2:48 pm By Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — At the two malls in town you can buy key chains and Christmas ornaments shaped like marijuana leaves. Along a downtown shopping corridor, paintings of cannabis plants…
Published: Oct 27, 2017, 10:25 am • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 10:25 am By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post A second judge ruled this week that the Denver Parks and Recreation’s temporary ban of drug users from parks violates the right to due process. District Court Judge William D. Robbins…
Published: Nov 9, 2016, 8:02 am • Updated: Nov 9, 2016, 8:02 am By Daniel Petty, The Denver Post The Denver Post’s total digital audience surged to a record in September, totaling 7.89 million unique visitors, more than doubling the reach of its closest in-market competitor, digital analytics firm comScore…