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Why Colorado needs to legalize cannabis delivery

A veteran who works with many disabled and terminally ill vets explains why he supports efforts to make marijuana delivery legal.  And no, it’s not about being able to get pot with your pizza.

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Colorado Gazette backpedals on black market report

Earlier this year, the newspaper reported the black market for marijuana had dramatically expanded in Colorado since adult-use was legalized. Its newest report admits that isn’t really true because there isn’t a central, comprehensive data collection mechanism in place to track the black market.  As the Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Patricia Billinger said:

“We did not have a definitive measurement of the black market prior to legalization and do not have a definitive measurement today, so at best we can say with certainty that the percent of black market activity in Colorado has gone down.”

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Cannabis Tax Money Funding Local Projects

The Denver Parks and Recreation department is receiving four million dollars in funding to get “projects done that would not have been done before,” said Scott Gilmore, Denver’s Executive Director of Parks and Planning. 

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Education

Responsibility Grows Here,” the new public education effort launched by the state health department this week, will include four targeted campaigns addressing consumers, youth, trusted adults, and pregnant and breastfeeding women.

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Jefferson University seeking 100,000 medical marijuana patients.

The Philadelphia-based  Thomas Jefferson University is working to build the world’s largest database of medical cannabis users to provide evidence-based resources for patients and caregivers.

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For the record

The Motley Fool compiles “7 Jaw-Dropping Marijuana Statistics You Have to See to Believe.”

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“Our philosophy is that cannabis is a tool, one of many healing tools. It should be part and parcel of an overall treatment plan,”

~ Donna Shields, co-founder of the Holistic Cannabis Academy in Boulder, Colorado.

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Support for legal cannabis at an all-time high

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Nearly two-thirds of American voters now back legalized marijuana, the highest level of support ever recorded by a Quinnipiac poll. Support for medical marijuana is even higher, at 93 percent, with only about 5 percent of respondents opposed.

The poll also found that 74 percent of Americans support Congress passing a bill similar to the one being proposed by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., to protect states with legalized marijuana from federal interference.

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The evolution of Corey Gardner

Westword takes a look at the transformation of Gardner from marijuana opponent to states-rights cannabis advocate.

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“If a marijuana dispensary is burglarized, is that because it was a marijuana dispensary or … if it were a liquor store or a stereo store would it have been burglarized as well?” he said. “The data is so tough to nail down and say this crime happened because of marijuana. It’s just almost impossible to do that.”

Denver Police Commander James Henning

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Bills to allow cannabis delivery and dosing of medical marijuana at schools advance

Measure to allow dispensaries to deliver marijuana has passed House and awaits Senate approval

House endorses bill to let school nurses give students medical marijuana.

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Denver considers pot tax hike for affordable housing

The city’s 3.5 percent special tax on adult marijuana sales would increase to 5.5 percent, still far below the 15 percent threshold approved by voters several years ago.

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Dispensary competition heats up in Aspen

Two established Colorado cannabis retailers seek to compete in Aspen’s Durant Mall. The move would bring to seven the number of marijuana shops in the ski town.

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LEADership

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Sen. Gardner wins major concessions from Trump on legal cannabis

Thanks to the leadership and tireless efforts of Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., President Donald Trump has walked back his administration’s talk of repealing an Obama-era policy against enforcing federal marijuana laws in states where cannabis has been legalized by voters.

Through conversations with President Trump, Gardner was assured that Colorado’s marijuana industry won’t be targeted by the federal government and that the President will support a legislative solution that makes clear the federal government cannot interfere with states that have legalized marijuana.

Colorado Leads Board President Chuck Smith, quoted in The Denver Post,  says the change clears a huge hurdle for the industry – which employs thousands of people and contributes millions of dollars to the state and local economies – and enables it to now focus on banking and 280E reform.

Upcoming Events

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April 26

Q2 Cannabis Caucus Event Series – Boulder 

 April 26-28

The Institute of Cannabis Research at Colorado State University-Pueblo holds its second annual international cannabis research conference on the CSU-Pueblo campus.

May 21-23

Join NCIA in Washington, D.C., for NCIA’s 8th Annual Cannabis Industry Lobby Days

Food for thought? 

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I’ll take some cannabis with that run

Some runners say cannabis and cannabis products make their long runs more enjoyable.