David Migoya
As Colorado began its fifth year of legalized recreational marijuana in 2018, The Denver Post decided it was important to let readers know about the state of the industry as its fifth anniversary loomed, a large part of which hinged on its financial successes.
Editors at the paper decided it was a worthy plunge to unravel the morass of paperwork and bureaucracy that makes up the state’s system of divvying the tens of millions of dollars collected in marijuana taxes each year.