Part IV in a series: This is full circle, in a way, for the family behind Medicine Man, a Colorado marijuana company that wants to be the Costco of weed. The Williams family’s bet on their business plan, tolerance for risk and willingness to be open about their financial books and personal lives have paid off.
Emotions ran high at times at the second community meeting to hear public comments regarding lifting the moratorium on retail marijuana sales and cultivation within the city of Brush.
The economic benefits of retail marijuana sales in cities like Edgewater and Breckenridge were not enough to win over members of Golden’s Amendment 64 task force.
The Denver City Council asked that Colorado’s hundreds of marijuana businesses be granted access to federal banking institutions now that the substance is legal for commerce.
Some public officials predicted unruly customers would fight over scarce supplies when recreational marijuana went live in Colorado. Others feared images of public toking would be beamed around the world.
Colorado’s largest airport has an unusually stringent policy for marijuana compared to its peers — an action prompted by the state’s legalization of the substance.
Colorado’s ambitious experiment in cannabis policy reaches a historic milestone Wednesday, when licensed stores begin making the first legal sales of recreational marijuana anywhere in the world.
“Follow the leader” is one way to describe how Jefferson County and some municipalities in the county are handling the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana.
