marijuana legalization
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Gardner, Warren introduce bill to safeguard states with pot
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U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren unveiled legislation Thursday to make it clear that states that adequately regulate marijuana need not fear the federal government. Colorado, Massachusetts and other states that have legalized marijuana have fretted about intervention from the Trump administration, given Attorney General Jeff Session’s animosity toward pot and the fact that…
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THE PODIUM: Denver deserves transparency for marijuana money
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Denver’s taxpayers have a right to know how their money is spent, especially when the revenue comes from a newly legal product in a controversial industry. I recently released a follow-up report to our 2016 audit of the Office of Marijuana Policy. In the original audit, we called for greater transparency in how marijuana-related revenues…
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FEEDBACK: The perils of legal pot; thanks for tax reform
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Don’t overlook the hidden costs of legal marijuana For those of us of a certain age, the term “snake-oil-salesman” is common to describe someone who will try to sell us something that will cure all our ills, heal our wounds and generally make our lives better with one simple product. For Coloradans that product is…
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SLOAN: Time to evaluate the legalization experiment
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Colorado Christian University hosted a fascinating debate last week on the relative merits of Colorado’s grand marijuana experiment, with Jeff Hunt, Executive Director of the University’s in-house think tank Centennial Institute, taking on marijuana industry attorney Robert Corry. The event was well-timed; with the national posture tilting decidedly in favor of liberalization of marijuana laws, it…
