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Second chance: Cannabis cash provides crucial bridge for public health programs

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Second chance: Cannabis cash provides crucial bridge for public health programs

Taxes on Colorado’s marijuana industry are providing a lifeline for programs once-funded by tobacco settlement funds. As those contributions decrease, cannabis funds are credited with saving crucial services that help first-time moms and address issues like children’s literacy,  substance abuse prevention and mental health care for inmates.

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Colorado Springs may reconsider ban on recreational pot

Some in Colorado Springs are rethinking the city’s ban on recreational marijuana sales as cash flows to neighbors.

http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/12/19/colorado-springs-marijuana-laws/94915/

Dream scholarship? 

It may sound like every college student’s dream, but a Boulder potrepreneur is serious about a scholarship to fund cannabis industry studies.

http://www.westword.com/marijuana/boulder-entrepreneur-offering-cannabis-scholarship-for-students-9810111

Food for thought 

Can the cannabis industry learn from the tech industry’s mistakes? Fast Company takes a look at efforts to diversify the burgeoning legal marijuana.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40495250/is-the-cannabis-industry-repeating-silicon-valleys-worst-mistakes

Quotable

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“Good music and good cannabis can really make me feel the same way. They both activate the brain-heart connection, they stimulate each other and put one in touch with the other.”

~ Steve DeAngelo, keynote speaker at first-ever Aspen High Summit

Exclusive: Inside the first-ever Aspen High Summit, a meeting of music and marijuana masterminds

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Marijuana by the numbers:  FEE analyzes impact of legal cannabis in Colorado

What can Colorado teach the country about legalizing marijuana? That’s the topic of the Foundation for Economic Education’s latest “Words & Numbers” podcast, which compares the most recent data from Colorado to the apocalyptic predictions for the state right after it legalized cannabis five years ago. Their conclusion? It’s been a “beautiful experiment.”

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LEADership

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Even though the latest data debunks opponents’ contentions that legalizing recreational marijuana would lead to increased teen drug use, the city of Denver is taking steps to make sure kids understand the risks of addiction. High Costs, which is funded by the city’s tax on retail marijuana, is designed to spark conversations about cannabis use.

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Fake News?

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Fake News? New numbers dispute supposed links between legal cannabis and teen drug use and homelessness

Marijuana opponents have long warned that the legalization of cannabis would lead to increased teen drug use and a rise in homelessness among people flocking to Colorado for its marijuana-friendly laws. Neither has happened, according to the latest statistics. In fact, the opposite is occurring among teens, according to a new federal survey that shows youth marijuana use is down sharply since cannabis became legal in Colorado and other states. In Denver, officials say  there is no evidence legal cannabis is driving up homelessness.

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State opens treasure trove of marijuana sales data

The Colorado Department of Revenue is opening its books on cannabis sales, releasing historical sales data for the state’s marijuana retailers and promising monthly reports in the future.

First application filed for Denver ‘coffee shop’

The owners of a recently opened cannabis dispensary southwest of downtown Denver have filed an application to open “The Coffee Joint,” which could become the state’s first legal marijuana club.

Niwot – finally — gets first dispensary

After a hard-fought battle, Starbuds enjoys a mellow grand opening in the Boulder County town of Niwot.

Police ease stance against job candidates’ past pot use

Some Colorado police departments are relaxing their tight restrictions against hiring cops with past marijuana use.

 

Quotable

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“Why would anyone try to deny someone that experience, when it doesn’t do any harm and it only adds benefit?”

~ Chef Jaime Lewis says of her edible creations.

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LEADership

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Growing it Forward

Kaya Cannabis at Southwest Alternative Care is hoping to change the cannabis industry by making giving back a core of its business model.

Earlier this year the company committed to donate a percentage of every purchase to local organizations that are making a difference. Each month it chooses four partners, and customers can choose which of those groups they want their purchases to benefit.

Early partners have included Toys for Tots, Denver Homeless Outloud, The Wounded Warrior Project and Food Bank of the Rockies.

“Kaya’s commitment to community partnership and community giving mark a significant turning point for the cannabis industry as a whole,” says CEO Amanda Gonzalez. “We’re still a young industry and we have the opportunity to weave philanthropy and community partnership into the very fabric of who we are. I’m excited that Kaya is the first in the country to do this and I hope that we’re not the last. This is the one place in business where you hope that your competitors imitate you.”

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Upcoming Events

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