With no guidance from the EPA, it is difficult for the marijuana industry to regulate pesticides and other safety concerns, but Colorado and other states are figuring it out and developing their own standards.
One of the criticisms of the legal marijuana industry has been about the amount of energy required to power grow houses. But most agree that as cannabis becomes more mainstream, much of the growth will go back to nature, like the sustainable, organic operation outdoor cannabis farm, Pot Zero, in Eagle County.
Colorado Cannabis Tours is taking interested visitors up to farm throughout September so more people can learn how the owners, Rob and Linda Trotter, use their land and natural resources for a carbon free grow.
Oakland-based Hound Labs CEO Mike Lynn
About the breath test his company has developed to detect THC.
The Denver Post guts Cannabist.comFounding editor Ricardo Baca attempts to buy back groundbreaking site »
Bill would protect cannabis research
Science backing cannabis benefits continues to growThe latest comes from the esteemed Journal of the American Medical Association, Internal Medicine, which published a pair of new studies showing legal cannabis access reduces opioid abuse.
Pot over pop?The cannabis industry is already four times bigger than tobacco, closing in on wheat and expected to soon surpass soda sales.
Filling the pot holes
With road construction season on the horizon, Denver says cannabis revenue will enable the city to repave an extra 50 blocks.
Two new towns legalize recreational cannabis
Voters in Naturita and Berthoud have approved the sale of recreational marijuana.
Craft brewer adds a cannabis twist
The brew master behind Blue Moon craft beer substitutes THC for alcohol in new brew.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Much of the success of marijuana legalization efforts across the country has been driven by science that shows its health benefits. But figuring out what research is real and what is “fake news” from advocacy groups can be difficult. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine cuts through the clutter with an extensive review of the scientific conclusions on the health benefits and risks of marijuana.
University of Colorado pharmacist Laura Borgelt discusses the findings.