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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…
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Denver Council argues over extending marijuana store hours
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Instead of a sought-after additional five hours of business, Denver’s recreational marijuana dispensaries seem likely to be allowed three extra hours, and city coffers could see between $664,000 to $1.3 million in extra revenue if all those dispensaries decided to take advantage of the extra hours that may soon be allowed under a City and…
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Denver pot stores cite safer roads, extra city revenue with more hours
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Denver’s marijuana dispensaries are seeking longer hours to have a level playing field with other city businesses and competitors in neighboring communities. City Council listened to mostly supportive arguments for extending the closing hours from 7 p.m. to midnight at a recent Special Issues Committee hearing. Currently, Denver’s hours of operation for both medical and…
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Marijuana revenue numbers still up years later
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Colorado’s perceived “cash cow” of tax revenue is still going strong three years after adult recreational use of marijuana began, but members of Denver City Council were told to expect that revenue to likely level off in the years ahead. Adam Orens, a founding partner of the Marijuana Policy Group, was one of three officials…
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Pot industry, state gear up to take on marijuana black and gray markets
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Cracking down on the black and “gray” marijuana markets in Colorado is needed and supported by both the state’s legal marijuana industry and state regulators, a Denver City Council committee was recently told. Kristi Kelly, interim executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group, told the Special Issues Committee that regulation of medical and recreational marijuana…
