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Cannabis-related bills are keeping Colorado lawmakers busy this session. Still in the mix are bills that would authorize marijuana as a treatment for autistic children, another that would let pharmacies sell CBD oil and one to let nurses administer medical marijuana to students.

In Washington, Congress rejected attempts by Colorado’s senators lawmakers to include protections for the recreational marijuana industry in the recently passed $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through the end of September.

But anything is far from final.

CBD could be in the fast lane to Colorado pharmacies »

Colorado could allow people — including kids — with autism to use medical marijuana »

Diversity is coming to Colorado’s marijuana industry, business leaders and social justice crusaders say »

Colorado lawmakers fail in bid to shield recreational marijuana from feds »

From the files of wait, WHAT?? 

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The Republican former Speaker of the House has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 U.S. states. Boehner’s endorsement, after saying nine years ago he was “unalterably opposed” to legalization, could be considered a watershed event: Marijuana has gone mainstream.

“Over the last 10 or 15 years, the American people’s attitudes have changed dramatically,” he said in an interview. “I find myself in that same position.”

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Science backing cannabis benefits continues to grow

The latest comes from the esteemed Journal of the American Medical Association, Internal Medicine, which published a pair of new studies showing legal cannabis access reduces opioid abuse.

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Pot over pop?

The cannabis industry is already four times bigger than tobacco, closing in on wheat and expected to soon surpass soda sales.

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Filling the pot holes

With road construction season on the horizon, Denver says cannabis revenue will enable the city to repave an extra 50 blocks.

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Two new towns legalize recreational cannabis

Voters in Naturita and Berthoud have approved the sale of recreational marijuana.

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Craft brewer adds a cannabis twist

The brew master behind Blue Moon craft beer substitutes THC for alcohol in new brew.

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Quotable

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“Greatness can come from anywhere,”

“Just think about that. You don’t have to have a certain background, a certain nationality, a certain sexual orientation. Greatness can come from anywhere.

“If you believe that. If you can believe you can be great. You can achieve anything you want to achieve.

NFL Hall of Fame running back-turned-entrepreneur Terrell Davis told the Minority Cannabis Business Association’s first Opportunity Summit.

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Upcoming events

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420 evolution

Denver is preparing for its annual 420 event. But with legal marijuana now a mainstay, organizers are trying to steer the focus away from smoking and politics to a festival celebrating cannabis culture.

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The Good, the Bad and the Fake 

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First the good …

The first-ever report from Colorado State University-Pueblo’s Institute of Cannabis Research says the marijuana industry has had a net positive economic impact of more than $35 million in Pueblo County. At the same time, researchers say they found little conclusive evidence to support arguments that marijuana legalization has increased homelessness or contributed to other widespread social change.

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Now the bad…

Colorado’s congressional delegation was unable to do an end-run around Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the latest federal funding bill. They and more than a dozen other lawmakers wanted to include a provision to prohibit the Justice Department from cracking down on recreational marijuana use in states where it is legal.

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And the really fake …

If there’s one thing we learned in last year’s elections, you can’t believe everything you read. This month, this old hoax about Colorado McDonald’s restaurants installing marijuana “smoking pods” started making the rounds again. And no, it’s still not true.

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Quotable

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“Medical marijuana has changed my son’s life for the better. He’s able to live like a ‘normal’ kid again. He’s happy, he’s sleeping better, he smiles, he’s made friends, he doesn’t feel like an outcast, he doesn’t feel sick, his motor tics and seizures have improved, and he’s able to show the world who Q really is now. If Quintin’s Amendment can make even one more kid feel this way, it’s all worth it. That’s why we are doing this.”

– Hannah Lovato, mother of the third-grader behind efforts to allow schools to provide prescribed marijuana.

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Under the Dome

Tasting rooms, other cannabis bills advancing in Colorado legislature.

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CBD, the growing wonder drug?

New study indicates the oil used for pain, anxiety and seizures may also prevent relapses in alcoholics and cocaine and other drug addicts.

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Another study indicates cannabis-based products could help eczema and other skin ailments.

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Another Colorado first

Colorado lawmakers form nation’s first “Cannabis Caucus.”

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LEADership

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In it’s ongoing efforts to protect public health and safety, reduce consumer confusion and improve industry compliance with the state’s marijuana laws, the Colorado Department of Revenue has adopted a universal symbol to clearly identify all cannabis-based products that can get you high.

“Whether it’s used on retail or medical marijuana products, the universal symbol helps both consumers and non-consumers easily identify that a product contains THC and avoid unintentional ingestion,” said Karin McGowan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “We’re confident that the integration of a single symbol will help streamline our public health message, which focuses on the importance of educating yourself, young people, and out-of-town guests about what the symbol means.”

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Marijuana laws boosting warehouse business 

Integra Realty Resources new Marijuana Real Estate report says demand for grow facilities is changing – and dramatically raising the prices – on warehouse properties.

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Social consumption

Denver issues the country’s first license for public cannabis consumption to the Coffee Joint while lawmakers consider legislation to make tasting rooms legal statewide.

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Sessions backtracking?

Attorney General says federal law enforcement lacks the resources for “routine cases;” will keep its marijuana prosecutorial focus on gangs and larger conspiracies.

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CU looks to public for second mobile lab

University of Colorado researchers turn to crowdfunding to raise money for a second mobile cannabis research lab.

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