Budtender Kirsten Duncan refills plastic jars at Starbuds on September 16, 2015. (Denver Post file)

Cannabist Show: He’s a master grower; She makes THC patches

Our guests on The Cannabist Show this week: The Farm’s head of cultivation Devin Liles and Mary’s Medicinals co-founder Nicole Smith.

TOP MARIJUANA NEWS

From a Sept. 16 report by The Denver Post’s Jesse Paul:

Marijuana cultivation operations throughout Colorado saved tens of thousands of dollars Wednesday as they seized a tax holiday that freed them of duties charged when pot is moved from a cultivation center to a shop. And even Snoop Dogg gave a shout-out to Colorado on this day. READ MORE

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From a Sept. 16 report by The Associated Press’ Kristen Wyatt:

The final tax numbers are in for the first full fiscal year in which adults over 21 could legally buy both marijuana and alcohol. Alcohol excise tax collections were up 2.4 percent, to about $42 million. Marijuana-specific taxes came in at about $70 million. READ MORE

POT QUIZ

Test your knowledge about marijuana and mixed martial arts, and a massive weed eradication effort in Europe.

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