recreational marijuana
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El Paso County Board of Health opposes recreational marijuana, joining commissioners, City Council
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The El Paso County Board of Health this week joined county commissioners and the Colorado Springs City Council in formally opposing two questions on the city’s November ballot that would legalize recreational marijuana sales in town and impose a special 5% sales tax on those sales. “I do know that in my heart it would…
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Denver recreational marijuana data sheds light on revenues versus cost of industry
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As Colorado Springs voters weigh whether to legalize recreational marijuana sales, proponents are stressing the potential to collect millions in new city tax revenue and opponents have highlighted high costs it could drive for the city. Voters will consider two recreational marijuana questions in November. One that would only allow the existing 115 medical shops…
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Colorado’s March marijuana revenue highest of 2022, but still down from last year
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Colorado saw an increase in its marijuana sales from February to March, but the figure is still lower than March 2021, causing concern for some in the industry. The marijuana industry brought in $162.5 million in revenue in March, $17.2 million, or about 12%, more than February. But this total is $44.6 million less than…
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Citizens group resubmits petitions to put recreational marijuana sales on Colorado Springs ballot
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A citizens group has resubmitted two petitions to place a question on the November ballot to legalize recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs. Your Choice Colorado Springs, the committee backing the question, initially filed a petition in January that the city clerk’s office warned could trigger a special election because it came in two weeks…
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Colorado shatters previous marijuana tax revenue record
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Colorado collected more money through marijuana tax and revenue than ever before in 2021, shattering the previous record by nearly 10%, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue. 2020 was biggest year yet for marijuana sales in Colorado During the year, the state collected over $423 million through medical and retail marijuana sales. This is…
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Denver tops 31M visitors for 3rd year; tourist spending ties record
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Denver attracted more than 31 million visitors in 2018, the third year in a row that the city has surpassed that level, according to an annual report released Wednesday by Visit Denver, the city’s convention and tourism bureau. Those visitors spent $6.5 billion – a total that matched the previous record set in 2017, according…
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New look marijuana products threaten Colorado kids
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A Colorado committee recently considered how to regulate a new generation of marijuana-based products that illustrate just how far commercialization has extended since the comparatively innocent days before the legalization of recreational marijuana. The official state work group considered what to do about radically new ways to deliver intense amounts of THC, the main psychoactive…
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Q&A with Melissa Kuipers Blake | Power lobbyist has the answers on pot and more
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Colorado’s odyssey involving legal marijuana continues to spark debate in the political world and to sow confusion in the business world. It can be a minefield for both the public and private sectors – and Melissa Kuipers Blake stands ready to help. The Denver-based lawyer-lobbyist with political powerhouse law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has spent…
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HUDSON | Neither heat nor much light in gubernatorial debate
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You know your life has arrived at some considerable misfortune when you spend a lovely Saturday evening watching Colorado’s Republican and Democratic gubernatorial debates back to back. Surely there must be better things to do with one’s time: mow the grass, clean out the garage, or smoke some of Colorado’s finest? The first thing I…
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FEEDBACK | Another symptom of inequality; hooray for Hick and his veto pen
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Mental health can hinge on economic opportunity Thank you for your ongoing coverage of the efforts to improve mental health services in Colorado. As a young person, many of my peers have been impacted by family and academic pressure, struggles with mental illness, and unhealthy coping mechanisms like substance abuse to handle stress. However, I…
