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Colorado cold snap could disrupt state’s marijuana industry
Jon Vaught, CEO of a cannabis biotech firm Front Range Biosciences, said the temperatures below freezing Tuesday and Wednesday combined with snow were “catastrophic for growers.”
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How much do we know about marijuana’s medical capabilities after 163 years of claims? Just a little.
By Michael Booth Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Where Hickenlooper and Romanoff split on major policies in Democratic U.S. Senate primary
By Lauren Irwin Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
How Colorado lawmakers closed a $3 billion shortfall to balance the budget and why it led to tears
By John Frank Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Coronavirus fuels marijuana industry’s push for online sales, delivery in Colorado
By The Associated Press Business Primary category in which blog post is published
Air Force discloses drug investigation into nuclear missile guards in Colorado, 2 other states
The guards are responsible for protecting nuclear-armed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missiles — a key segment of the U.S. nuclear force — in underground launch silos in western Nebraska, southeastern Wyoming and northeastern Colorado
Congress has stalled on marijuana banking, so Colorado is taking matters into its own hands
Gov. Jared Polis is ordering his administration to use state legislative and regulatory change to help increase the number of banks working with cannabis businesses by 20%.
American pot is the gold standard. But Canada leads the export game — for now.
Canada has emerged as the dominant exporter in the burgeoning global trade of marijuana, which ArcView Market Research and BDS Analytics estimated at $14.9 billion in sales for 2019
Denver turned marijuana into money for after-school programs. Other cities are taking note.
In 2012 Colorado approved the recreational use of marijuana for adults, with a tax earmarking some funds for education
Illegal pot farms on public land in California and Colorado create environmental hazard
Colorado has had its share of large outdoor marijuana grows discovered on public lands
Cross-pollination between outdoor-grown marijuana and hemp is a budding conflict in Colorado, beyond
In Pueblo, the area of the state with the largest amount of outdoor-grown marijuana, the county regulators have been working to allow both hemp and cannabis cultivators to coexist
Greeley still shuns marijuana, but it’s starting to embrace hemp as a new cash crop
The growing popularity of CBD and recognition in the federal Farm Bill are prompting marijuana opponents to take a second look at its non-psychoactive cousin
Colorado’s top federal prosecutor says banks working with marijuana industry have “no carve out” from prosecutions
U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn says his office has never prosecuted a bank working with the legal cannabis industry -- or a pot business operating legally under state law, for that matter. But that doesn’t mean they are in the clear
