Green Man Eyes Major Expansion
Christian Hageseth, the founder of Green Man Cannabis and six-time winner of the Cannabis Cup talks about expansion and his plans to build “the world’s most powerful cannabis business franchise system.”
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Legal Cannabis Credited for Drop in Drug Testing
Are pre-employment drug screenings falling out of favor?
According to a recent report from Bloomberg News, some companies have been forced to change their stance on screenings in the wake of an ever-tightening job market and cannabis legalization. The report cites a survey of employers in Colorado that shows the number of companies testing for marijuana fell to 66 percent, down from 77 percent the year before. And it says all signs point toward that trend continuing.
Quotable
“I do see where the money’s flowing right now, and it’s not to Colorado,”
Entrepreneur and Medicine Man Technologies co-founder Andy Williams
Said in support of legislative attempts to ease cannabis industry ownership restrictions.
Cannabis and pain relief
Study shows that legal medical marijuana’s impact on reducing opioid overdoses decreases with regulations.
Orthopedic group to team up with Colorado grower to study cannabis as an alternative to opioids.
Quotable
“What happens at this bed and breakfast doesn’t happen anywhere else. … They go home and they tell their friends, ‘You can’t believe what I did for the last three days.”
~Former Wall Street Lawyer Joel Schneider,
who runs three Bud+Breakfast hotels in Colorado
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Debate…
Dan Anglin, President of AmericannaCo, debated Jeff Hunt of Colorado’s Centennial Institute on a variety of topics and questions about Colorado’s cannabis industry. The debate was broadcast live to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week.
The future of drug testing?
Cannabis groups promote new testing app to help garner support for legislation to keep workers from being fired for lawful use.
Pot tax law fixed
Governor signs bill to fix legislative error that was costing special districts millions in revenue.
New study finds pot has little impact on brain
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found alcohol is much more damaging to the brain than marijuana.
As expected, Cannabis sales hit new high in 2017
Colorado’s marijuana shops sold a record $1.51 billion of medical and recreational cannabis products last year, netting the state $247 million in revenue and fees. The figures show sales are also starting to plateau, with 2017 recording a 15.3 percent year-over-year increase, compared to 31 percent in 2016.
Latest figures may have New Mexico turning green
Green with envy, that is. 2017’s figures show per capita sales highest in southern border towns.
The Campaign Trail . . .
Joe Neguse, Democratic candidate for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, talked to members of Colorado Leads about how successful Colorado has been in implementing effective and responsible cannabis regulations. Neguse said he is committed to protecting the regulated industry and supports reforming 280E so it no longer applies to marijuana businesses operating in accordance with state and local laws.
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Cannabis industry urged to reshape corporate social responsibility
Speaker at National Cannabis Industry Association’s‘ Seed to Sale Show says nascent industry has power to set new standards and design CSR “from the inside out.”
How about some pot with that pizza?
Colorado lawmakers will again consider a bill to legalize marijuana delivery.
Fed gives conditional approval to cannabis credit union
The decision allows the institution to provide banking services for some marijuana-related industries.
A historic mansion blocks from Colorado’s state Capitol wants to be the nation’s first legal marijuana spa.