Pot license backlog dogs Colorado regulators

As Colorado prepares for recreational pot sales in less than a month, state marijuana regulators are still battling an enormous backlog issuing licenses for medical marijuana.

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Aurora City Council to see pot recommendations

Marijuana grow operations in Aurora would be only in industrial areas, the number of retail pot shops would be capped at 20, and they would have to be at least 5,000 feet from one another, according to recommendations from a City Council committee.

Feds arrest one, seize guns and ammo in Colorado marijuana raids

When federal agents swooped into a swanky Cherry Hills Village home last week as part of widespread raids tied to medical-marijuana businesses, they found a person inside holding a loaded gun, according to a court document unsealed Monday.

1 arrested in Colorado marijuana crackdown

Authorities say a Colombian man was arrested in last week’s federal raids of more than a dozen sites connected to Colorado’s marijuana industry.

Colorado voters approve new taxes on recreational marijuana

Colorado voters approve new taxes on recreational marijuana

A measure to impose hefty taxes on recreational marijuana passed easily Tuesday, as voters across the state overwhelmingly chose to make pot one of the most heavily taxed consumer products in Colorado.