Colorado House gives prelim OK to lower limit: 16 marijuana plants per residence
Colorado is moving to limit the nation’s most generous marijuana plant allowance for medical patients growing their own at home.
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Midnight closing time for Denver pot shops? It’s on the table
Denver may be ready to match some neighboring cities’ late-night closing times for pot shops in the city limits, changing closing time from 7pm to midnight.
Late-night run: You may soon be able to visit Denver pot shops after 7 p.m.
Denver cannabis stores’ hours put them at a significant disadvantage with neighboring Glendale and Edgewater, which are open until midnight.
This Colorado county not backing down: will take pot sales tax battle to state Supreme Court
Adams County said it will bring recreational marijuana sales tax case to the Colorado Supreme Court, after state appeals court ruled it unconstitutional.
Pot tax haul of $1.36 million now in limbo — how will Colorado county give it back?
An Adams County recreational marijuana tax that a state high court found Thursday to be invalid collected more than $1.3 million dollars over the 18 months its been in effect that could now have to be refunded.
FusionPharm owners face federal securities fraud charges
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado on Thursday charged Thornton resident William Sears, 50, and his brother-in-law, Scott Dittman, 47, with conspiracy to defraud by passing off money from illegal stock sales as product sales.
The hits keep on coming for Starbuds in fight over marijuana grow license
A Denver District Court judge has denied Starbuds a preliminary injunction against the city’s denial of its annual cultivation license renewal.
Denied: Starbuds loses grow license in first-of-its-kind decision in Denver
Neighborhood pushback against a northeast Denver marijuana grow operation culminated Thursday in the first-ever denial of a cultivation license renewal.
Why Denver weed growing license could be yanked
For the first time, a Denver marijuana grow operation could lose its license because of neighborhood push-back.
‘The sky isn’t falling’: Towns reconsider legalized pot
At least five new metro area communities may soon welcome recreational marijuana sales
Former Subway franchisee becomes one of Denver’s top marijuana moguls
John Fritzel talks being a power player in a quartet of Colorado cannabis businesses
Colorado cities voting on taxes, pot, broadband and bees in 2015
From municipal bonds to backyard bees, broadband and transportation from the mountains to the plains, voters in more than 80 Colorado cities and towns are deciding a wide range of local issues on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Court ruling: Adams County can impose special sales tax on pot
A judge on Wednesday ruled that Adams County has the authority to “enact, collect and enforce” a 3 percent tax on recreational marijuana sales, dealing a blow to three cities that had sued the county over the issue earlier this year.
Cannabist calendar: September 2015 has 50+ ways to stay entertained
September 2015 events: Rim Rock Camping and Music Festival, bawdy comedy fun at Uncalled Four: The Worst Bar Game, Jimmy Cliff reggae show and more music.
Adams County approves 6 out of 10 marijuana lottery applications
Four out of 10 entrepreneurs randomly selected to open a marijuana establishment in unincorporated Adams County did not submit their applications within the allotted six-month timeframe, and now the county will tap the next four applicants that were drawn from a lottery system in January.
Controversial Adams County pot sales tax in effect starting July 1
All recreational marijuana shops in Adams County will be required to collect a controversial 3 percent county sales tax starting Wednesday, following a judge’s decision to not put a stop to the levy.
Jeffco board asks for non-retail pot options for unincorporated areas
It’s unlikely that unincorporated Jefferson County will see retail marijuana shops soon, although the Board of Commissioners could be on board with allowing testing facilities in the near future.
Update: Adams County has its lottery draw for marijuana business licenses
Adams County selected 10 entrepreneurs Tuesday afternoon to begin the process to open a marijuana business in an unincorporated area of the county.
Watch live: Adams County picks pot licenses in lottery today at 3 p.m. MST
Colorado’s Adams County is being cautious in its own marijuana microcosm. The county will license 10 businesses to grow, sell, test and infuse marijuana in unincorporated areas of Adams County — and they received a whopping 1,608 applications for those 10 spots.
Update: 1,608 apply for 10 marijuana business licenses in Adams County
Adams County received 1,608 applications in less than three weeks from people interested in opening one of 10 marijuana business in unincorporated areas.
Ban on vaping in Brighton changes plans for vape pen/e-cig retailers
Nate Keller, the owner of Game Trader in downtown Brighton, said that his 16-year-old hobby and video game store would have gone under if he hadn’t begun selling vape pens and electronic cigarettes. Keller said that because of Brighton’s new ban on vaping in public, he can’t allow his customers to sample the product in the store, and it’s hard to sell a $20 bottle of vape juice if someone can’t try it out first.
Gravity bong sends Colorado high school into modified lockdown
Adams City High School was put on modified lockdown Friday morning after a student’s gravity bong — a device that uses the force of gravity to pull large amounts of cannabis into a chamber — released smoke in a classroom, officials said.
The great vape debate: Public use of vaporizers, e-cigs a hot topic
Vaporizers and electronic cigarettes, which have experienced an explosive growth in popularity in the last few years, are beginning to face stiff resistance in Colorado as an increasing number of communities crack down on the battery-powered devices.
Lakewood might restrict e-cigs, vapes like tobacco
Lakewood City Council will vote soon on whether to add electronic smoking devices to the ordinance that restricts smoking in public places.
Pot stocks: SEC inquiry into Denver-based FusionPharm ongoing
Common stock trading for FusionPharm Inc., a Denver-based company that recycles shipping containers into greenhouses marketed to cannabis growers, resumed trading Monday amid a federal securities inquiry into its activity.
