Law and Order…
New Colorado U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn sworn in. He has not yet publicly discussed his approach to marijuana enforcement.
Meanwhile… 
Outgoing Colorado U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer hears crickets….
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Let’s Clear the Air
Colorado Rep. Jonathan Singer, a Democrat from Longmont and chair of the House Public Health Care & Human Services Committee and the House Local Government Committee, responded to U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer’s misleading opinion piece in The Denver Post.
“Marijuana regulation is on the right path in Colorado, yielding benefits for the state while working to set guardrails to protect safety.”
Let Cannabis Companies Operate Like Other Legitimate Businesses
That was the clear message delivered from Ron Kammerzell, who oversaw the Marijuana Enforcement Division at the Colorado Department of Revenue, and Nate Bruggeman, an assistant attorney general at the Colorado Department of Law’s Marijuana Enforcement Division.
“One specific area that warrants serious consideration is the prohibition on publicly traded companies from holding marijuana business licenses or investing in Colorado marijuana companies,” they wrote in The Denver Post. Not only does the prohibition not enhance public safety, they said, it “is depriving Colorado businesses of access to needed investment capital.”
Kammerzell and Bruggeman also suggested that Colorado update, simplify and streamline it’s marijuana laws.
Quotable
“We are trying to make the establishment of impairment around marijuana rational and to balance fairness and safety. … This is a disposable cartridge. And there’s a whole bunch of science in this cartridge.”
Oakland-based Hound Labs CEO Mike Lynn
About the breath test his company has developed to detect THC.
Headlines
Hickenlooper on cannabis and autism
Gov. John Hickenlooper talks to Slate about why he vetoed a bill allowing medical cannabis for autism. Hint: He repeats the claim that “certain people (with autism) that have an inclination to bipolar . . . can take this high THC marijuana and it will trigger a permanent response. In other words, make them almost schizophrenic.”
Cannabis builds new rec center for Aurora
A new $40 million recreation center is being funded entirely by Aurora’s marijuana tax revenue.
Legal cannabis credited for rising home values
New research by Economic Inquiry finds that legalizing retail sales of marijuana in Colorado increased housing values by about 6 percent.
Marijuana use on the rise, but not with kids
New state report shows cannabis consumption increasing in Colorado, but only among adults.
Support for legal cannabis at an all-time high
Nearly two-thirds of American voters now back legalized marijuana, the highest level of support ever recorded by a Quinnipiac poll. Support for medical marijuana is even higher, at 93 percent, with only about 5 percent of respondents opposed.
The poll also found that 74 percent of Americans support Congress passing a bill similar to the one being proposed by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., to protect states with legalized marijuana from federal interference.
The evolution of Corey Gardner
Westword takes a look at the transformation of Gardner from marijuana opponent to states-rights cannabis advocate.
Hickenlooper comments renew debate over role of marijuana in crime
Gov. John Hickenlooper, intentionally or not, stepped into the contentious debate over whether legal marijuana is behind rising crime rates when he said he would consider recriminalizing recreational marijuana if it were indeed proven to be a driving factor. Beyond the sensational headlines, however, the governor said the connection seems unlikely. And Denver Police Commander James Henning says he doubts that the rise in crime stems from cannabis reform, noting the data is inconclusive.
From the files of wait, WHAT??
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.”