legal marijuana
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Denver mayor calls AG Sessions ‘out of step’ over shifting federal pot policy
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With Denver reaping millions of dollars annually in sales tax revenue from recreational marijuana, and Colorado’s market representing a billion-dollar industry, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock called a shifting federal approach toward states with legalized marijuana irresponsible. “This is a billion-dollar-plus industry here in Colorado, (with) thousands of jobs, and what this move has done is…
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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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2 bills advance in Colorado to curb growing pot at home
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The nation’s most generous grow-your-own marijuana laws came closer Monday to being curbed in Colorado, where the state House advanced a pair of bills aimed at cracking down on people who grow weed outside the commercial, taxed system. House Bill 17-1220 would set a statewide limit of 16 marijuana plants per house, down from a current…
