Tag: Marijuana Enforcement Division
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Colorado fails to inspect dozens of marijuana businesses, audit finds
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At least 75 Colorado dispensaries haven’t been inspected by the state in the last four years. An audit released Monday uncovered wildly inconsistent inspections among Colorado marijuana businesses. Dozens of dispensaries haven’t received any targeted inspections or underage compliance checks since 2019, the audit found. In that same timeframe, one dispensary was inspected 19 times. From…
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The numbers behind Colorado’s multi-billion-dollar cannabis industry that keeps on growing
Colorado cannabis companies sold more than $2.2 billion worth of product in 2021, continuing the trend of increasing sales every year since retail cannabis sales went live in 2014. By comparison, general agriculture was estimated to account for $1.1 billion in Colorado in 2021, according to the University of Colorado Business Economy Outlook. Tourism brought in…