The Denver City Council on Monday rejected a proposal that would have made it easier to open social-use marijuana business. The change would have reduced the setbacks required for venues where people can use cannabis. Currently, the “social consumption” businesses must be 1,000 feet from schools, day care facilities,... Read more
With Sweet Leaf’s co-owners sentenced to prison earlier this year, the last vestiges of the once vast marijuana dispensary network are being plastered over as a new company takes control of the chain’s final three locations. A company going by Xclusive Cannabis has taken to the web to announce... Read more
Denver policeMarijuana business burglaries. Thirty-four marijuana business burglaries have been reported to Denver police this year and investigators are looking to collar a specific group that has pulled off multiple burglaries. A burglary ring is using stolen Jeep Liberties and Cherokees to hit marijuana businesses along major roads including... Read more
A Marine veteran who dreamed of becoming a police officer was gunned down three years ago Wednesday while working as a security guard at an Aurora marijuana dispensary. The case has never been solved even though authorities are offering $55,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of... Read more
Willie’s Reserve, the Denver-based cannabis brand from singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, recently unveiled its first partnership with a Colorado musician. Soul-revival band Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats has lent its name to a line of Willie’s Reserve vape pens made with “a high-quality strain of cannabis, known as Cherry... Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would grant legal marijuana businesses access to banking, a measure that would clear up a longstanding headache for the industry. The bill, called the SAFE Banking Act, passed 321-103 on the strength of near-unanimous support from Democrats and nearly... Read more
The cannabis industry is on a new high with legal sales expected to reach $30 billion in the United States by 2025. This assessment is part of “The U.S. Cannabis Report: 2019 Industry Outlook,” published by New Frontier Data that refers to “the strong demand for concentrates and edibles”... Read more
Lakewood’s municipal election is awash in developer and marijuana money — two issues that voters in Colorado’s fifth-largest city have already taken positions on at the ballot box. That has some wondering if it’s an attempt to pack the Lakewood City Council with members favorable to the cannabis industry... Read more
In an effort to make Colorado’s cannabis industry more eco-friendly, the state’s health department and energy office launched two new pilot programs Wednesday focused on reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency at local cultivations. Both programs support Gov. Jared Polis’ mission to cut greenhouse gasses 50% by 2030.... Read more
A party bus — the Dab Space Station — used to take people to concerts and other events as a safe ride so clients could indulge in cannabis and not drive, was set ablaze earlier this month in Lakewood. The bus owner, Ryan Skidmore, 33, said he was awakened... Read more
