Tag: Marijuana Enforcement Division
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Marijuana cultivator files class-action lawsuit over state ‘distortions’ in excise tax collections
Plaintiff says state owes over $100 million in refunds The regulators of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana market have allowed so many sham transactions in the industry to proliferate that honest cultivators and manufacturers shoulder an unfair excise tax burden, claims a lawsuit filed on Thursday that seeks class-action status. The lawsuit, filed by a large-scale…
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Colorado judge dismisses lawsuit over marijuana testing rules
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver District Court judge has dismissed a marijuana cultivator’s lawsuit requesting that she force Colorado to overhaul its testing rules. In a ruling issued on Thursday, District Court Judge Jill Dorancy found that the lawsuit from the cultivator, Mammoth Farms, “attempts to circumvent the…
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Contaminated marijuana prompts Colorado to consider new off-the-shelf testing program
Ongoing debate over whether new program would result in actual sanctions for findings of contamination
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Judge denies push to overhaul Colorado marijuana testing rules
A Denver district court judge ruled against a cannabis cultivator’s request to force Colorado to immediately overhaul the state’s cannabis testing rules and seemed ready to rule for a complete dismissal of the case, after a full day in court Wednesday arguing over whether the state is living up to its obligation to protect marijuana…
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Is Colorado cannabis safe? Testing for potency, contaminants riddled with loopholes
Elizabeth and Luke Mason, scientists who met during graduate studies at Colorado State University, saw cannabis legalization in 2012 as an opportunity. With backgrounds in biochemistry, microbiology, and analytical chemistry, they launched Aurum Labs in Durango in 2014, believing they could build a successful business while setting a standard for scientific rigor. As state regulators…