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Marijuana cultivator files class-action lawsuit over state ‘distortions’ in excise tax collections
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Plaintiff says state owes over $100 million in refunds This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. The regulators of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana market have allowed so many sham transactions in the industry to proliferate that honest cultivators and manufacturers shoulder an unfair excise tax burden, claims a lawsuit filed on Thursday…
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Colorado bill allowing THC beverages to be sold at grocery stores, restaurants pulled by sponsor
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A Denver Democrat decided on Tuesday to pull a proposal that would have allowed beverages with tetrahydrocannabinol or THC to be sold at locations like grocery stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues. THC is the psychoactive substance in cannabis, the chemical that gives people a high. Senate Bill 164 would have established a regulatory framework for…
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Colorado marijuana regulators pledge crackdown on intoxicating hemp
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Citing potential tax avoidance, ‘serious risk to public safety,’ Marijuana Enforcement Division warns companies about swapping illegal chemically converted hemp for marijuana This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Colorado regulators announced on Monday that they plan to crack down on companies that illegally substitute cheaper and…
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Colorado marijuana regulators consider major changes to how labs test for contaminants
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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Colorado marijuana manufacturers would no longer be allowed to choose which product samples they send for mandatory lab testing under a new regulatory proposal discussed at a…
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Colorado could loosen regulations on intoxicating hemp products, countering new federal ban
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As the federal government is poised to impose a near-ban on intoxicating hemp products next year, Colorado lawmakers are planning to loosen the restrictions imposed by a 2023 law. Last week, Congress included a provision in its funding bill intended to end the federal government shutdown — a ban on all intoxicating hemp products with…
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Colorado’s Polis and Florida’s DeSantis clash over marijuana tax revenue and black market THC
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis exchanged barbs with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on social media earlier this week over Colorado’s marijuana tax revenue and THC products in the black market. The exchange between the Democrat and the Republican comes amid Congress’ surprise inclusion of a near-ban of hemp-derived consumer products in a funding bill passed on…
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10th Circuit says man cannot sue Denver officer for confiscating hemp plants at airport
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The 2018 law that legalized hemp production and barred states from prohibiting the transportation of hemp does not permit a man to sue a police officer for confiscating 32 of his plants at Denver International Airport, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Tuesday. It was an open question whether a provision of…
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10th Circuit mulls whether to recognize right of hemp producers to sue for plant confiscation
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One day after Francisco Serna passed through Denver International Airport, he filed a lawsuit in federal court with a three-sentence description of what happened when he attempted to carry his hemp plants through security. “I was travelling with 32 plant clones or rooted clippings compliantly produced under Subtitle G of 2018 Farm Bill Act,” Serna…
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Republican sponsor takes name off hemp bill, alleges bill was ‘hijacked’ by marijuana industry
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A Republican senator has pulled his name from bipartisan legislation seeking to regulate hemp, alleging the bill’s Democratic co-sponsors allowed the legislation to be “hijacked” by the marijuana industry. As introduced, Senate Bill 205 would have established new definitions for adult use of cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoid, intoxicating cannabinoid, and tetrahydrocannabinol. The measure would task the…
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Bill intends to regulate new form of intoxicating hemp
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A bill that pits the hemp industry against the cannabis industry has been watered down in favor of a longer-term approach to the issue of lack of regulation of intoxicating hemp and what’s known as Delta-8 THC. The issue arose when a 2018 farm bill allowed for interstate sales of hemp products. Manufacturers are taking that…