amendment 64
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Millions in marijuana tax money aimed at relieving teacher shortages
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State education officials are determining how to spend $10 million in marijuana tax money targeted at reversing Colorado’s teacher shortages, according to The Denver Post. The tax proceeds were earmarked by Gov. John Hickenlooper in his proposed 2018-19 budget to address the problems of hiring and retaining Colorado teachers. “We are evaluating the specific needs…
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Colorado marijuana sales hits $1 billion in first eight months of 2017
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Colorado’s legal marijuana industry generated a record $1 billion in sales during the first eight months of 2017, producing more than $160 million in taxes and fees for critical Colorado services. With more than $1.02 billion in collective medical and recreational sales through August, sales are up 21 percent from the same period last…
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New Colorado marijuana rules may give industry a bit of a breather
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Less than six months after the latest rollout of new rules for the packaging and design of marijuana products, the Colorado Department of Revenue announced Tuesday that additional rules that will go into effect Jan. 1. An announcement of new rules tends to lead to a lot of head-shaking in the industry. Joe Hodas, chief…
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Insights: How Republicans went to pot in Colorado
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If U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions thinks he can score political points for Republicans by coming after Colorado’s pot, then a whole Phish concert would want what he must be smoking. State Sen. Tim Neville doesn’t like pot, not to smoke it or eat it. He didn’t vote to legalize in 2012, but like a…
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A windfall to students — and a turning point for the Pueblo Chieftain on pot
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For all of Colorado’s newfound hipness – it always has been a destination for skiing and scenery, but now there’s also craft beer and, well, y’know, pot – it’s the legalization of marijuana over four years ago that still leaves plenty of long-timers feeling like they woke up on the other side of the looking…
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Colorado officials give cold shoulder to Sessions’ request to let federal prosecutors target medical marijuana industry
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants Congress to allow federal prosecutors to target legal medical marijuana providers, but Colorado officials and members of the state’s congressional delegation say they like things the way they are. In a May 1 letter to congressional leaders made public this week, Sessions asks lawmakers to nullify the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment,…
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Noonan: ‘Let’s Coloradify California’ is the Golden State’s new motto
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Not so long ago, the motto of the state was “Don’t Californicate Colorado!” Today, on the West Coast, the motto is “Let’s Coloradify California!” California’s 2017 General Assembly has introduced 43 marijuana related bills among its 2,000 plus bill list. The state is set to implement the selling of marijuana in January 2018, according to…
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Medical marijuana: Can it help combat the opioid addiction epidemic?
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National legalization of medical marijuana could not only save lives, it could save $1 billion of taxpayers’ money annually as a result of the drop in Medicaid prescription rates, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. The researchers found that in nine states where medical marijuana was legal, Medicaid prescriptions for painkillers, antidepressants…
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Denver social consumption events could start this summer
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The first of Denver’s marijuana social consumption permit applications are expected this summer, after proposed rules and regulations called for under Denver’s Initiative 300 are adopted. Ashley Kilroy, executive director of the city’s Department of Excise & Licenses, discussed the main provisions of the ordinance establishing the four-year pilot program and the proposed timeline for…
