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Tour Bus Flap

Denver crackdown on cannabis tour bus heads toward trial.

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In Training

The state Marijuana Enforcement Division now has a list of approved courses and trainers for cannabis industry employees.

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Cannabis Votes

Four weeks from now, voters in Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota and Utah will all be deciding measures that would lift legal restrictions on marijuana — but all in different ways. And Colorado, too, has another marijuana-related issue on the ballot.

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Holy Money

The first private equity firm focused exclusively on the cannabis industry has minted 3 new billionaires.

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Word Games

Journalists covering cannabis industry struggle with terminology.

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Vape and Play

New vape lounge promises board games, coloring books, puzzles and more.

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Cannabis and Tourism

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The markets and options are growing

When marijuana was first legalized in Colorado, state and local tourism officials did their best to distance themselves from the industry, downplaying its role as a tourist draw in an obvious attempt to stay neutral and avoid turning off travelers opposed to cannabis. 

But as more states legalize marijuana and its use becomes increasingly mainstream, it’s getting harder to ignore the opportunities legal marijuana offers the travel industry. And players around the country are looking at Colorado travel businesses who seized on cannabis opportunities as a model.

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A new Airbnb for marijuana smokers

One of the biggest problems for cannabis smokers is finding a place to legally indulge. A new twist on Airbnb aims to fix that.

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The Coffee Joint

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Take virtual tour of the nation’s first marijuana club with Colorado Public Radio. Besides sampling your purchase, you can watch TV, play foosball or attend a cannabis-infused yoga class. The shop’s biggest customers: tourists looking for a legal place to consume the marijuana they’ve bought before leaving town.

“Some of the tourists, they come in with their bags for DIA, stay in here, consume and go back to DIA, because they had a layover,” co-owner Rita Tslayuk says.

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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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Quotable

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“What happens at this bed and breakfast doesn’t happen anywhere else. … They go home and they tell their friends, ‘You can’t believe what I did for the last three days.”

~Former Wall Street Lawyer Joel Schneider,
who runs three Bud+Breakfast hotels in Colorado

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