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Pest alert! 

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The list for pesticides that can be used on cannabis without being a violation of the Pesticide Applicators’ Act has been updated to include Fungicide Fortify.

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Inside the Beltway . . . 

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse released a job posting seeking a contractor to roll marijuana joints “within a range of varying concentrations of delta-9-THC and analyze strength and stability of them.”

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The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a public hearing on CBD regulations for May 31.

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Colorado’s cannabis lobby gaining new clout

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This will be a big year for the industry, with marijuana regulations sunsetting and bills vetoed by former Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper resurfacing. And the cannabis lobby at the Capitol is growing, in numbers, spending and stature. Cannabis lobby gains new clout in Colorado as its spending tripled in the past five years.

For a review of the cannabis bills introduced in the 2019 Colorado legislature, please go here 

Goodbye tech, hello cannabis 

The fastest-growing industry in the U.S. right now is cannabis. The marijuana industry added 64,389 jobs in 2018, an increase of 44% from the year before, according to a new report from the cannabis website Leafly and Whitney Economics.  

 Marijuana is the fastest-growing sector in the US job market

Follow the money

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Denver has created an interactive map that people can use to track tax revenue from legal marijuana sales for city education programs. The purpose of the map is to “improve transparency and to help the public better understand how Denver’s marijuana funds are distributed.”

Critical Research

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Medical Use

Colorado State University’s Institute of Cannabis Research will launch a national, medical cannabis patient data registry. Estimates suggest that more than 1 million U.S. citizens legally consume cannabis to relieve symptoms from such diseases as multiple sclerosis, HIV, cancer or epilepsy, according to the university.

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Opioid 

An academic analysis from The City University of New York indicates that “the 2012 legalization policy in Colorado appears to reduce the number of deaths due to opioid overdoses.”

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Driving 

The Colorado School of Public Health is searching for volunteers for a study on how cannabis affects the operation of motor vehicles.

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news . . . 

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Turns out Thomas Jefferson – diplomat, architect, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States – did not smoke marijuana and did not draft the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, according to all available evidence. 

We know. We were all shocked by the claim (we see you, Facebook).  Both Politifact and Monticello weigh in here. 

Key Colorado House Panel Advances Bill Allowing Public and Private Investment in Cannabis Industry

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The Colorado House Finance Committee unanimously advanced a bill that would open up the state’s $1.5 billion-a-year recreational and medical marijuana industry to new sources of public and private capital.  

Committee members also adopted an amendment to the bill that would seek to address social equity issues in Colorado’s cannabis industry, including increasing opportunities for minority – and women-owned businesses.  Read More »

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CPR:  Colorado Cannabis Wants To Go Public, But Not Everyone Is On Board

Most people contacted by CPR in and outside the industry think public trading is a good idea. Gov. Jared Polis supports it. A similar bill last session passed easily through a bipartisan legislature, before former Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed it over fears of tracking ownership. CPR Story »