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Since Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2014, there have been concerns about whether consumers would be able to easily detect whether an edible was laced with marijuana or not. Now, a new state law that went into effect this months requires all edible marijuana products to come with a diamond-shaped stamp and the…

Treyous Jarrells played football from the time he was just a child. He endured hit after hit. There were concussions. There were torn ligaments and stretched muscles. The pain became chronic. But he was chasing a dream. He landed a scholarship to Colorado State University, where he excelled. He averaged 5.2 yards per carry during…

Drivers from states where marijuana is legal cannot lawfully be singled out by patrol officers just because they have an out-of-state license, justices with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision. In Vasquez v. Lewis, the Denver-based justices ruled it’s unconstitutional to pull over a driver simply because…

Colorado has been seeing more green than ever since it granted approval of recreational marijuana. The Colorado Department of Revenue has reported regulated and licensed marijuana stores in the state sold nearly $1 billion worth of medical and recreational cannabis last year. Sales of recreational marijuana first started there on Jan. 1, 2014. It’s safe…

While much of the nation is moving toward support of medical marijuana use and marijuana decriminalization and outright legalization, those in opposition to this are taking their case to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). In a recent case, officials from Oklahoma and Nebraska are claiming Colorado’s landmark legalization of marijuana for recreational…

Those who advocate for safe, legal access to marijuana for adults are calling for a boycott against New Vision Hotels Two, the company that owns Holiday Inn, after the company filed a lawsuit aiming to challenge legal marijuana in Colorado. In Safe Streets Alliance and New Vision Hotels v. Medical Marijuana of the Rockies et…

Under federal law, certain kinds of taxes have to be paid electronically. This has proven a major problem for many marijuana dispensaries because they are unable to find a bank willing to allow those organizations to set up an account. Banks are leery because federal law considers marijuana to be an illegal Schedule I narcotic,…

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the state of Colorado an extension as it prepares to defend against a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma and Nebraska, alleging their states are being polluted with marijuana by their neighbor. Originally, Colorado was required to file a response to the litigation by February 16th. But in a one-sentence order,…

All businesses have their challenges, but there is one unique to those in the marijuana industry: Banking. Despite the legalization of cannabis in a growing number of states, the federal government still considers marijuana illegal. That means traditional banks don’t want to risk being slapped with charges of money laundering for aiding and abetting known…

Nationwide, parents, medical experts, researchers, and activists have pushed for reform to help children with epilepsy gain access to medical marijuana. In an attention grabbing twist before the General Assembly, a child who was present to lobby in favor of medical marijuana testing had a seizure. According to local reports, the young girl whose family…