Let Cannabis Companies Operate Like Other Legitimate Businesses
That was the clear message delivered from Ron Kammerzell, who oversaw the Marijuana Enforcement Division at the Colorado Department of Revenue, and Nate Bruggeman, an assistant attorney general at the Colorado Department of Law’s Marijuana Enforcement Division.
“One specific area that warrants serious consideration is the prohibition on publicly traded companies from holding marijuana business licenses or investing in Colorado marijuana companies,” they wrote in The Denver Post. Not only does the prohibition not enhance public safety, they said, it “is depriving Colorado businesses of access to needed investment capital.”
Kammerzell and Bruggeman also suggested that Colorado update, simplify and streamline it’s marijuana laws.
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One of the biggest concerns opponents cite for legal marijuana is the fear that it will become more accessible to children. Adding to a growing body of research to the contrary, two new studies debunk those fears and again validate the state and the industry’s commitment to the regulatory framework and educational efforts to keep teen use down.
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