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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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“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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Headlines

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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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CDPHE Head Sits Down with Colorado Leads 

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Dr. Larry Wolk, executive director and chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, told a crowded room of Colorado Leads members that the state “has a pragmatic, objective and evidence-based approach to marijuana legalization.”

Wolk discussed a wide-range of issues surrounding the legal cannabis industry and dispelled a number of myths perpetuated by legalization opponents.

“Access doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in use,” he said.  “There is a very low rate of marijuana-related ER and hospital visits (in Colorado).  We shouldn’t make more out of it.”

Headlines

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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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Green Man Eyes Major Expansion

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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

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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.

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