Tag: Cannabis
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Rocky Mountain scientific survey reveals young adults have highest psychedelic substance use
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A report presented on Tuesday during the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety’s annual scientific meeting showed that young adults have the highest use of psychedelic substances of any age demographic. Nearly 8% of the adults who reported using at least one psychedelic substance in…
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Denver urges DOJ to reclassify cannabis, calling it ‘essential’ for local industry
As the Biden administration looks to reclassify marijuana to a lower-tier drug, the city of Denver put in its two cents as the first major U.S. city to allow legal recreational use in support of the federal process. On Wednesday, city officials sent a public comment to the Department of Justice urging officials to change…
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Colorado cannabis industry cheers fed move, but opponents concerned
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado cannabis industry supporters, including Gov. Jared Polis, applauded the news on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice will recommend that the drug be reclassified. But opponents expressed concern the move would make marijuana more readily available to children, and that potency of the…
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Former Kansas cop now licenses Aurora’s marijuana businesses
Dusty Allen used to arrest people for illegal marijuana. Now, he issues licenses to people looking to sell it legally in Aurora. Allen is going into his seventh year working in marijuana licensing for the city of Aurora and knows the ins-and-outs of the industry — which is celebrating the 10th year of legalization on Jan.…
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Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia. The White House says his action Friday is his latest round of executive clemencies meant…
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Marijuana dispensaries praise SAFER Banking Act moving to Senate floor
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A plan to change the way the marijuana industry handles money finally moved forward on Capitol Hill, after about a decade with no progress. A landmark, first time vote from the Senate Banking Committee advanced the SAFER Banking Act to the Senate floor. It will…
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Metro Moves: Bobby’s Burgers by Bobby Flay to open in Denver
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Welcome to The Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion news here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to jessica.gibbs@denvergazette.com. Bobby’s Burgers Bobby’s Burgers by Bobby Flay isn’t just coming to Colorado. The burger eatery by the famed chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay has announced…
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Downtown Denver preps for almost 40,000 Mile High 420 Festival attendees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denverites need to watch out for the cloud Thursday. No, not the brown cloud that the city’s pollution brings — but rather the “green” cloud that will be over Civic Center Park during Denver’s Mile High 420 Festival presented by Jars Cannabis. It goes from 1 to…
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Colorado marijuana sales tank in 2022 after pandemic-induced high
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Following a pandemic “high,” Colorado cannabis sales have been plummeting for months. Sales skyrocketed for the cannabis industry in the beginning of 2022, a trend that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, cannabis industry officials are seeing the other side of the…
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Lafayette-based urban-gro makes key hire with indoor grow operations architect
Lafayette-based controlled environment agriculture company urban-gro (Nasdaq: UGRO) hired longtime Denver architect and greenhouse/indoor grow designer Bruys Henderson, according to a news release. The company, which bills itself as an “integrated professional services and design-build firm,” tabbed Henderson to take over as senior business and project development manager. He has a recent background in the…