Denver City Council Approves 5 Percent Marijuana Tax
By Ross Baglia | The Daily ChronicDENVER, CO — The Denver City Council approved a five percent marijuana tax when recreational sales begin next year in a 7-5 vote Monday afternoon. The municipal tax,...
View ArticleDenver City Council Rules No New Marijuana Businesses Until 2016
DENVER, CO — The Denver City Council gave initial approval Monday to a plan that would not allow any new marijuana businesses to open in the city until 2016. The move comes as the city tries to prevent...
View ArticlePot Apocalypse Looms, Marijuana Foes Warn
WASHINGTON, DC – Not everybody is happy with Thursday’s Justice Department announcement that it would not interfere with taxed, regulated, and legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington. While the...
View ArticleDenver Seeks 3.5 Percent Tax on Retail Marijuana Sales
DENVER, CO — The city of Denver, in a first step toward regulating newly legal recreational marijuana, will ask voters to approve a 3.5 percent sales tax on pot sales in a citywide ballot measure in...
View ArticleColorado Releases Marijuana Sales Rule Book
DENVER, CO – Colorado has codified final rules for recreational marijuana businesses in a 136-page report, in anticipation of its legalization of marijuana in January. The rules, released Monday, cover...
View ArticleLegal Marijuana States Move Forward With Rules
DENVER, CO — Colorado this week became the first legal marijuana state to set its final rules for pot commerce, but Washington state isn’t far behind. Voters in the two states last November approved...
View ArticleFive Things to Know about Legal Marijuana in Colorado
DENVER, CO – Colorado has become the first state to adopt regulations for recreational marijuana businesses, which are expected to open at the beginning of next year. The rules released this week by...
View ArticleColorado Now Accepting Applications for Retail Marijuana Stores
DENVER, CO — The state of Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division yesterday began accepting formal applications from those seeking to open the first-in-the-nation retail cannabis outlets. The agency...
View ArticleInternational Delegation Visits Colorado to Learn about Marijuana Legalization
DENVER, CO – With Colorado and Washington state launching the regulated marijuana markets approved by the voters in 2012, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Drug Policy Alliance are...
View ArticleDenver Scales Back Proposed Marijuana Restriction Ordinance
DENVER, CO– A proposed ordinance in Denver would allow marijuana use in back yards and possession in public parks, easing an earlier draft banning open use, officials said. The new version being...
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