Colorado issues safety guidelines for marijuana businesses

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has issued an 80-page report intended to help marijuana businesses identify health and safety hazards that could exist in their workplaces and “provide a starting point for the assessment and evaluation of occupational health hazards.” Read more from the Source: Colorado issues safety guidelines for marijuana businesses – […]

Delivery or No Delivery?

Image Source: Oregon rolls out marijuana delivery industry FOX25   Lets not pretend marijuana delivery is about stoners being lazy. The modern American consumer demands door to door delivery and instant service with as little effort as possible. This is evident with the booming services of Uber, Ubereats, Doordash, Amazon Prime and the likes. Marijuana delivery […]

Colorado marijuana sales: $1 billion in first 10 months of 2016

In the first 10 months of 2016, Colorado marijuana shops reached a significant milestone they had barely missed in all of 2015: $1 billion in legal, regulated cannabis sales. Source The Cannabist: Colorado marijuana sales: $1 billion in first 10 months of 2016

After legalization, teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado – The Washington Post

One of legalization opponents’ greatest fears has so far failed to materialize… Teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state’s recreational marijuana market, new federal survey data show…. Year-over-year teen marijuana use fell in most states during that time period, including in Washington, the […]

City of Denver changing how it polices pesticide use on marijuana

While it is critical for the industry  to determine rules, regulations and standards for pesticide use and quality control, the Colorado Governor has set unrealistic and unenforceable standards for Colorado Cultivation Facilities. More than a year after the city of Denver first started actively policing the marijuana industry’s use of pesticides, the city’s health department […]