On November 6, 2012, the people of Colorado voted in favor of Amendment 64, legalizing adult recreational use of cannabis. It took two more years to put in place the regulatory framework before the first retail outlets were opened for sales to the public. Since then there has been no looking back in this beautiful mountain state with its breathtaking views and famous ski resorts. John Hickenlooper the former governor of Colorado called the adult recreational use of cannabis "one of the great social experiments of the first half of this century”. Indeed Colorado was the path breaker in the worldwide legalization of adult recreational cannabis use. Even California, Uruguay and Canada took much longer to introduce recreational cannabis legalization. Now seven years down the line, the initial cannabis laws are being revisited and fine tuned for the next stage. The governor Jared Polis who assumed charge in 2019 said that Colorado as a trail blazer has gone ahead and made mistakes and learnt lessons that can serve as guidelines for all other states that subsequently walk the path towards recreational legalization.
So has 8 years of adult recreational legalization sent the state of Colorado and its citizens into spiraling insanity and crime as trumpeted by the advocates of reefer madness? Far from it. What started off as medical use legalization is now largely dominated by the adult recreational market. The last four years have seen fast paced growth with combined revenues from medical and recreational use crossing the $1 billion mark earlier and earlier each year. In 2020, Colorado’s sales figures for medical and recreational cannabis exceeded $2 billion even without December sales yet tabulated, up from $1.7 billion in 2019 and $1.5 billion in 2018. The combined revenue from adult use has exceeded $6 billion in the years since legalization. Colorado's tourism industry has worked in synergy with the cannabis industry gaining fresh impetus. In fact the great outdoors of Colorado is an ideal setting for a cannabis consumer. Revenues from cannabis have gone towards school improvement, funding education programs, funding affordable housing for the homeless, providing money for main street improvements in small towns, health care initiatives and law enforcement upgrades to name a few initiatives. Law enforcement has refocused from cannabis related arrests to focusing on violent crimes and property crimes. The clearance rates for these crimes have increased significantly with the new focus. New industries around cannabis have emerged ranging from specialized services for cleaning cannabis laboratories to dispensary security guards to packaging designers and manufacturers.
Areas that are being looked at to make improvements are many, based on the lessons learnt so far. Cannabis social consumption areas face a lot of restrictions and this has prevented them from taking off. Tourists in particular have very limited options in terms of where they can consume cannabis. Workplace testing for cannabis use is being revisited with legalized recreational use. A more targeted policy in terms of workplace testing with more focus on impairment at hazardous jobs is being looked at instead of a one size fits all approach. Impairment based testing is also being looked at with regard to driving. Vacations of low level cannabis crimes is an area that is being looked at so that people can resume their normal lives without the baggage of criminal records for a plant that is now legal. Cannabis delivery to homes, testing for quality, waste recycling, etc are some of the other areas being looked at in terms of improvement going forward. The state is so much at ease with its cannabis legalization initiatives that many people are starting to treat cannabis as a normal part of their lives and turning their attention now to the legalization of another medicinal creation of nature, the fungi known as psilocybin or magic mushrooms.
Colorado has emerged as a lighthouse in the darkness of cannabis prohibition, showing the way forward for a world that is stuck in a state of madness, misinformation, unjust laws and harm to vast numbers of people and blind extermination of the traditional medicinal and recreational plant. Using the state's approach to legalization as a guideline will enable any state or country to lift itself out of darkness and suffering of cannabis prohibition in a safe and proven manner. Let us hope that all the countries of the world and their leaders can find this glimmer of light and embrace it before it is too late.
So has 8 years of adult recreational legalization sent the state of Colorado and its citizens into spiraling insanity and crime as trumpeted by the advocates of reefer madness? Far from it. What started off as medical use legalization is now largely dominated by the adult recreational market. The last four years have seen fast paced growth with combined revenues from medical and recreational use crossing the $1 billion mark earlier and earlier each year. In 2020, Colorado’s sales figures for medical and recreational cannabis exceeded $2 billion even without December sales yet tabulated, up from $1.7 billion in 2019 and $1.5 billion in 2018. The combined revenue from adult use has exceeded $6 billion in the years since legalization. Colorado's tourism industry has worked in synergy with the cannabis industry gaining fresh impetus. In fact the great outdoors of Colorado is an ideal setting for a cannabis consumer. Revenues from cannabis have gone towards school improvement, funding education programs, funding affordable housing for the homeless, providing money for main street improvements in small towns, health care initiatives and law enforcement upgrades to name a few initiatives. Law enforcement has refocused from cannabis related arrests to focusing on violent crimes and property crimes. The clearance rates for these crimes have increased significantly with the new focus. New industries around cannabis have emerged ranging from specialized services for cleaning cannabis laboratories to dispensary security guards to packaging designers and manufacturers.
Areas that are being looked at to make improvements are many, based on the lessons learnt so far. Cannabis social consumption areas face a lot of restrictions and this has prevented them from taking off. Tourists in particular have very limited options in terms of where they can consume cannabis. Workplace testing for cannabis use is being revisited with legalized recreational use. A more targeted policy in terms of workplace testing with more focus on impairment at hazardous jobs is being looked at instead of a one size fits all approach. Impairment based testing is also being looked at with regard to driving. Vacations of low level cannabis crimes is an area that is being looked at so that people can resume their normal lives without the baggage of criminal records for a plant that is now legal. Cannabis delivery to homes, testing for quality, waste recycling, etc are some of the other areas being looked at in terms of improvement going forward. The state is so much at ease with its cannabis legalization initiatives that many people are starting to treat cannabis as a normal part of their lives and turning their attention now to the legalization of another medicinal creation of nature, the fungi known as psilocybin or magic mushrooms.
Colorado has emerged as a lighthouse in the darkness of cannabis prohibition, showing the way forward for a world that is stuck in a state of madness, misinformation, unjust laws and harm to vast numbers of people and blind extermination of the traditional medicinal and recreational plant. Using the state's approach to legalization as a guideline will enable any state or country to lift itself out of darkness and suffering of cannabis prohibition in a safe and proven manner. Let us hope that all the countries of the world and their leaders can find this glimmer of light and embrace it before it is too late.
Since Colorado's historic first step, at least 35 US states have legalized cannabis for
medical use so far. The federal US government however continues to keep cannabis in the Schedule 1 list of banned substances saying that it has no medicinal value. The list of US states that have legalized adult recreational cannabis is available here. All these states have legalized cannabis for adult recreational use, aimed specifically at improving public health, ensuring equity, reducing crime, decreasing the black market, improving law enforcement, reforming criminal justice, improving the economy, agriculture and industry, to name just a few reasons.
Listed below are articles taken from various media related to the above subject. Words in italics are the thoughts of your truly at the time of reading the article.
- 'Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill sparked both sharp nationwide increases in licensing and explosive sales growth for 2019.
- The issuance of U.S. hemp-cultivation licenses saw a year-over-year, nationwide increase of 364% (from 3,546 in 2018 to 16,462 in 2019).
- Small family farms’ entry to the space drove licensing booms in some states, while other states saw the arrival of Big Agriculture interests in their markets.
- In 2019, Tennessee led the trend with 3,200 new licenses, marking more than a 13x increase over its 226 in 2018. Conversely, Montana’s comparatively low 277 licenses in 2019 represent nearly 40,000 acres, averaging a Big Ag-style footprint of more than 144 acres apiece.
- Traditional hemp states Colorado, Kentucky, and Oregon continue to lead in cultivation as the nation overall shows a projected 225,000 acres harvested in 2019, more than a 180% increase beyond 78,176 in 2018.'
https://newfrontierdata.com/marijuana-insights/increases-in-state-issued-hemp-licenses/
'The stereotypical image of a cannabis smoker is someone who sprawls on the sofa for hours surrounded by a haze of smoke and half-eaten snacks. The scene is played up for laughs in films, but social psychologist Angela Bryan thought it could be cause for concern. After all, cannabis is known to increase appetite and aid relaxation, which might put people at risk of health conditions such as obesity, says Bryan, who is at the University of Colorado Boulder.
But digging into health trends revealed the opposite. Nationwide US studies report that, compared to non-users, cannabis users actually have a lower prevalence of obesity.'
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02529-0
Cannabit from New Frontier Data...
'The study, published in the journal Justice Quarterly and funded by the federal National Institute of Justice, found that violent and property crimes rates were not affected in a statistically significant way in the years after Colorado and Washington State became the first in the nation to legalize marijuana for adult use.
“Our results suggest that marijuana legalization and sales have had minimal to no effect on major crimes in Colorado or Washington,” the paper concluded. “We observed no statistically significant long-term effects of recreational cannabis laws or the initiation of retail sales on violent or property crime rates in these states.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-legalization-doesnt-cause-increased-crime-federally-funded-study-finds/
'A study on the impact of cannabis legalization on alcohol sales in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, the three states with the longest history of legal nonmedical use of cannabis, showed that there was no evidence that legalization had had any impact on the sale of spirits or on total alcohol sales, which are generally considered a good proxy for alcohol consumption in the United States. The study showed that the per capita sale of spirits had increased by 3.6 per cent in Oregon, 5.4 per cent in Washington and 7.6 per cent in Colorado in 2018, after the measures allowing the non-medical use of cannabis were implemented in those states. Consistent with national trends, per capita sales of beer had declined by 3.6 per cent in Colorado, 2.3 per cent in Washington and 3.6 per cent in Oregon. The sale of wine increased by 0.7 per cent in Oregon, declined by 3.1 per cent in Washington and increased by 3.2 per cent in Colorado. Overall, per capita sales of alcoholic beverages were fairly stable, as they increased by 1.7 per cent in Colorado, declined by 0.2 per cent in Washington and declined by 0.5 per cent in Oregon' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'Starting in 2014, data on traffic fatalities in Colorado showed a marked increase in the number of traffic deaths in which the driver tested positive for cannabis use. Over the period 2009–2013, there were 53 traffic deaths on average per year in which the driver tested positive for cannabis, a figure that increased to an average of 110 such deaths in the period 2014–2018, and the proportion of fatalities with drivers testing positive for cannabis doubled over the period 2009–2018. However, toxicology analysis has shown that car crashes in which the driver was found to be under the influence of cannabis frequently involved other drugs, in particular alcohol' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'In Washington state, the past-month use of cannabis among high-school students of different grades has generally remained stable, although it increases by grade, with the highest past-month prevalence found among twelfth grade students, as in Colorado. The perception of risk relating to cannabis use among high-school students has also declined since the nonmedical use of cannabis was legalized, with nearly three quarters of twelfth grade students seeing no or low risk in trying cannabis a few times and less than half perceiving no or low risk in the regular use of cannabis in 2018. Similarly, some 38 per cent of twelfth grade students considered that it was fairly easy to get cannabis.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'While the daily or near-daily use of cannabis among high-school students in Colorado has declined, the prevalence of occasional users, that is, those who report having used cannabis one or two times in the past month, has increased since legalization. Nevertheless, 4.7 per cent of high-school students reported using cannabis daily or nearly daily (20 or more times in the past 30 days) in 2017. Moreover, although the share of high-school students smoking cannabis declined from 92 per cent in 2015 to 84 per cent in 2017, there was an increase in the share of those who reported using edibles with high THC content (from 28 per cent in 2015 to 36 per cent in 2017) or “dabbing” cannabis extracts and concentrates (from 28 per cent in 2015 to 34 per cent in 2017) in the past month.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'One concern about legalizing the non-medical use of cannabis for adults (21 years and older) is that its use could also increase access to cannabis and its use among adolescents. Based on national data, cannabis use among high-school students remained stable overall, whereas the risk perception of the occasional use of cannabis declined in the United States over the period 2012–2018. In Colorado, although there has been a decline in daily or near-daily use of cannabis among high-school students, they are now consuming and exposed to cannabis products with far higher THC content than was available or used earlier. In 2017, about 20 per cent of high-school students in Colorado reported non-medical use of cannabis in the past month; that rate is comparable to the national average among high-school students.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'Colorado and Washington were the first two states in the United States to legalize the production of cannabis for non-medical use, in 2012. However, prior to legalization, those states and others, such as California, had various regimes in place that permitted or tolerated the production and sale of cannabis for medical use, which allowed people with a range of conditions that were not well-defined to gain access to cannabis. The states of Colorado and Washington, for which more long-term trend data are available, are interesting case studies for examining the public health and public safety outcomes that have emerged in the years since the production of cannabis for non-medical use was legalized.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'In Colorado, marijuana shops sold more than $192 million in May, according to Denver alt-weekly Westword. That’s up from $148 million the month prior.
In Illinois, the state’s cannabis stores sold $47.6 million worth of marijuana in June, another record for the nascent recreational cannabis market, according to the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights. That was up from a high of $44 million in May.
In Oregon, marijuana sales totals hit $103 million in May, topping the $100 million mark for the first time, the Portland Business Journal reported.
Then the state set a record in June, reaching just over $100 million'
https://mjbizdaily.com/multiple-states-continue-to-post-record-breaking-cannabis-sales-numbers/
'In a positive business development for Colorado’s marijuana industry, state regulators are allowing cannabis companies to hire casino workers during the coronavirus crisis without having to obtain any additional credentials.
The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division established the emergency rule easing hiring requirements for the state’s marijuana businesses because casino employees and cannabis workers undergo similar background checks, MED spokeswoman Shannon Gray told the Denver Post'
https://mjbizdaily.com/colorado-eases-hiring-process-for-cannabis-firms-eyeing-casino-workers/
'Demonstrating the third-highest rate of cannabis use in the United States (after Oregon and Vermont, respectively), one-fifth of Colorado’s adults report regularly using cannabis (i.e., having done so in the preceding 30 days), reflecting a large, deeply entrenched consumer market welcoming an effectively regulated and deployed program.
Based on New Frontier Data’s modeling, the state indeed has been able to effectively cannibalize most of the market’s illicit demand, with more than 80% of consumers now patronizing either Colorado’s regulated adult-use or medical markets. Having captured so much of the illicit demand, Colorado’s market is nearing saturation (regardless of small but intransigent consumer cohorts given either to growing their own cannabis, fearing inclusion in government databases, lacking legal documents, or otherwise avoiding public association with cannabis for personal or professional reasons). While incremental growth is expected in demand among new consumers in the state, Colorado’s market capture of attainable existing consumers is nearly complete'
https://newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-insights/looking-at-six-years-of-legal-cannabis-in-colorado/
'Two main drivers of tax revenue have been a 15% retail tax rate (which has yielded $692 million over the six years), and a 15% excise tax rate generating $304 million.
Those taxes have provided a valuable infusion of revenue for myriad state programs, with Colorado’s education system being a notable beneficiary. In addition to the first $40 million of excise tax revenues being allocated toward the state’s school building fund, in the FY2019-20 budget the state appropriated an additional $21 million for other education related initiatives, including early literacy, dropout-prevention, and behavioral health care programs. Further, the state is using the revues to advance cannabis research, with $1.8 million channeled to Colorado State University’s Institute of Cannabis Research.'
https://newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-insights/lessons-from-the-colorado-recreational-markets-sixth-birthday-part-ii/
'“Colorado has long recognized the strong economic potential that hemp production offers our agricultural sector as a food, fiber, and cannabinoid producer and the increasing consumer demand for hemp products in Colorado,” it states. “Colorado has been a national leader in developing public policies that support hemp production, protect farmers and consumers, and treat hemp as an important agricultural product and not a controlled substance.”
“Hemp is a necessary agricultural commodity to promote conservation,” it continues. “Hemp products can provide sustainable solutions and options for consumers and businesses.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorado-governor-issues-proclamation-declaring-official-hemp-week/
'“In the six states surrounding Colorado—Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming—following Colorado’s legalization, the border counties experienced, on average, a decrease of 393.1 cases of property crime and 277.3 cases of larceny per 100,000 population relative to the nonborder counties.”
“Specifically, we observed that the property crime rate and larceny rate experienced substantial decreases in the border counties in neighboring states relative to nonborder counties following the legalization in Colorado,” the study says. “This is also true for the rate of simple assault…if Utah is not considered (only considering Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming as neighboring states of Colorado).”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorados-marijuana-legalization-law-decreases-crime-in-neighboring-states-study-finds/
'The stereotypical image of a cannabis smoker is someone who sprawls on the sofa for hours surrounded by a haze of smoke and half-eaten snacks. The scene is played up for laughs in films, but social psychologist Angela Bryan thought it could be cause for concern. After all, cannabis is known to increase appetite and aid relaxation, which might put people at risk of health conditions such as obesity, says Bryan, who is at the University of Colorado Boulder.
But digging into health trends revealed the opposite. Nationwide US studies report that, compared to non-users, cannabis users actually have a lower prevalence of obesity.'
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02529-0
Cannabit from New Frontier Data...
- 'The 29 U.S. states having reporting licensed hemp cultivation acreage total nearly half a million acres in combined cultivation land area, a massive increase over 2018’s combined U.S. total of just over 100,000 acres.
- Colorado leads the nation in hemp cultivation and processing land area with over 80,000 acres reported.
- Oregon, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Montana lead in hemp program expansion efforts.
- Tennessee leads in total hemp licenses issued in 2019.
- At least 70% of the 2019 U.S. hemp harvest is intended for extract production.
- California is poised to be the top-producing hemp state for both conventional and organic production as thousands of acres have already been planted in 2019'
'The study, published in the journal Justice Quarterly and funded by the federal National Institute of Justice, found that violent and property crimes rates were not affected in a statistically significant way in the years after Colorado and Washington State became the first in the nation to legalize marijuana for adult use.
“Our results suggest that marijuana legalization and sales have had minimal to no effect on major crimes in Colorado or Washington,” the paper concluded. “We observed no statistically significant long-term effects of recreational cannabis laws or the initiation of retail sales on violent or property crime rates in these states.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-legalization-doesnt-cause-increased-crime-federally-funded-study-finds/
'A study on the impact of cannabis legalization on alcohol sales in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, the three states with the longest history of legal nonmedical use of cannabis, showed that there was no evidence that legalization had had any impact on the sale of spirits or on total alcohol sales, which are generally considered a good proxy for alcohol consumption in the United States. The study showed that the per capita sale of spirits had increased by 3.6 per cent in Oregon, 5.4 per cent in Washington and 7.6 per cent in Colorado in 2018, after the measures allowing the non-medical use of cannabis were implemented in those states. Consistent with national trends, per capita sales of beer had declined by 3.6 per cent in Colorado, 2.3 per cent in Washington and 3.6 per cent in Oregon. The sale of wine increased by 0.7 per cent in Oregon, declined by 3.1 per cent in Washington and increased by 3.2 per cent in Colorado. Overall, per capita sales of alcoholic beverages were fairly stable, as they increased by 1.7 per cent in Colorado, declined by 0.2 per cent in Washington and declined by 0.5 per cent in Oregon' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'Starting in 2014, data on traffic fatalities in Colorado showed a marked increase in the number of traffic deaths in which the driver tested positive for cannabis use. Over the period 2009–2013, there were 53 traffic deaths on average per year in which the driver tested positive for cannabis, a figure that increased to an average of 110 such deaths in the period 2014–2018, and the proportion of fatalities with drivers testing positive for cannabis doubled over the period 2009–2018. However, toxicology analysis has shown that car crashes in which the driver was found to be under the influence of cannabis frequently involved other drugs, in particular alcohol' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'In Washington state, the past-month use of cannabis among high-school students of different grades has generally remained stable, although it increases by grade, with the highest past-month prevalence found among twelfth grade students, as in Colorado. The perception of risk relating to cannabis use among high-school students has also declined since the nonmedical use of cannabis was legalized, with nearly three quarters of twelfth grade students seeing no or low risk in trying cannabis a few times and less than half perceiving no or low risk in the regular use of cannabis in 2018. Similarly, some 38 per cent of twelfth grade students considered that it was fairly easy to get cannabis.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'While the daily or near-daily use of cannabis among high-school students in Colorado has declined, the prevalence of occasional users, that is, those who report having used cannabis one or two times in the past month, has increased since legalization. Nevertheless, 4.7 per cent of high-school students reported using cannabis daily or nearly daily (20 or more times in the past 30 days) in 2017. Moreover, although the share of high-school students smoking cannabis declined from 92 per cent in 2015 to 84 per cent in 2017, there was an increase in the share of those who reported using edibles with high THC content (from 28 per cent in 2015 to 36 per cent in 2017) or “dabbing” cannabis extracts and concentrates (from 28 per cent in 2015 to 34 per cent in 2017) in the past month.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'One concern about legalizing the non-medical use of cannabis for adults (21 years and older) is that its use could also increase access to cannabis and its use among adolescents. Based on national data, cannabis use among high-school students remained stable overall, whereas the risk perception of the occasional use of cannabis declined in the United States over the period 2012–2018. In Colorado, although there has been a decline in daily or near-daily use of cannabis among high-school students, they are now consuming and exposed to cannabis products with far higher THC content than was available or used earlier. In 2017, about 20 per cent of high-school students in Colorado reported non-medical use of cannabis in the past month; that rate is comparable to the national average among high-school students.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'Colorado and Washington were the first two states in the United States to legalize the production of cannabis for non-medical use, in 2012. However, prior to legalization, those states and others, such as California, had various regimes in place that permitted or tolerated the production and sale of cannabis for medical use, which allowed people with a range of conditions that were not well-defined to gain access to cannabis. The states of Colorado and Washington, for which more long-term trend data are available, are interesting case studies for examining the public health and public safety outcomes that have emerged in the years since the production of cannabis for non-medical use was legalized.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'In Colorado, marijuana shops sold more than $192 million in May, according to Denver alt-weekly Westword. That’s up from $148 million the month prior.
In Illinois, the state’s cannabis stores sold $47.6 million worth of marijuana in June, another record for the nascent recreational cannabis market, according to the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights. That was up from a high of $44 million in May.
In Oregon, marijuana sales totals hit $103 million in May, topping the $100 million mark for the first time, the Portland Business Journal reported.
Then the state set a record in June, reaching just over $100 million'
https://mjbizdaily.com/multiple-states-continue-to-post-record-breaking-cannabis-sales-numbers/
'In a positive business development for Colorado’s marijuana industry, state regulators are allowing cannabis companies to hire casino workers during the coronavirus crisis without having to obtain any additional credentials.
The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division established the emergency rule easing hiring requirements for the state’s marijuana businesses because casino employees and cannabis workers undergo similar background checks, MED spokeswoman Shannon Gray told the Denver Post'
https://mjbizdaily.com/colorado-eases-hiring-process-for-cannabis-firms-eyeing-casino-workers/
- 'Colorado’s cannabis industry has grown and evolved dramatically since sales were legalized in 2014.
- New Frontier Data estimates that more than 80% of the state’s cannabis consumers have converted to the legal market, with some 800,000 frequent consumers now engaged in either medical or adult-use programs.
- Throughout six years, legal cannabis has generated $7.8 billion in sales (70% from adult-use sales), not including revenue along the supply chain (e.g., producers and processors) or in ancillary, supporting sectors.
- Those revenues underscore the industry’s economic value for the state.
- Among the most notable market trends has been a shift from flower to non-flower products: When legalization began, flower dominated sales, but now accounts for less than half of the market.
- The popularity of value-added products marks a critical trend in which flower will remain the leading category while accounting for a continually decreasing share of the total market.'
'Demonstrating the third-highest rate of cannabis use in the United States (after Oregon and Vermont, respectively), one-fifth of Colorado’s adults report regularly using cannabis (i.e., having done so in the preceding 30 days), reflecting a large, deeply entrenched consumer market welcoming an effectively regulated and deployed program.
Based on New Frontier Data’s modeling, the state indeed has been able to effectively cannibalize most of the market’s illicit demand, with more than 80% of consumers now patronizing either Colorado’s regulated adult-use or medical markets. Having captured so much of the illicit demand, Colorado’s market is nearing saturation (regardless of small but intransigent consumer cohorts given either to growing their own cannabis, fearing inclusion in government databases, lacking legal documents, or otherwise avoiding public association with cannabis for personal or professional reasons). While incremental growth is expected in demand among new consumers in the state, Colorado’s market capture of attainable existing consumers is nearly complete'
https://newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-insights/looking-at-six-years-of-legal-cannabis-in-colorado/
- 'In the six years since Colorado adult-use sales began, the state has generated $1.2 billion in tax revenues and licensing fees from cannabis businesses in the state. The industry has grown to nearly 3,000 businesses employing 39,00 personnel across the supply chain, including nearly 1,600 adult-use retail stores.
- Education has been a key allocation for the states cannabis revenues, with the government spending the first $40 million on retail excise tax revenues to the state’s school construction fund, plus an additional $23 million in FY18-19 toward education-related programs.
- Programs managed by the States Human Services and Public Health agencies have also been leading recipients of cannabis revenue funding, supporting programs ranging from mental health services, criminal justice system diversion, substance abuse treatment, and youth mentorship programs.
- Legalization has also resulted in a dramatic decline in cannabis-related law enforcement, with arrests for cannabis possession falling 92% since 2009. However, with underage possession now criminalized under the 2012 adult-use law, the number of minors charged with cannabis possession has risen nearly four-fold since 2013'
'Two main drivers of tax revenue have been a 15% retail tax rate (which has yielded $692 million over the six years), and a 15% excise tax rate generating $304 million.
Those taxes have provided a valuable infusion of revenue for myriad state programs, with Colorado’s education system being a notable beneficiary. In addition to the first $40 million of excise tax revenues being allocated toward the state’s school building fund, in the FY2019-20 budget the state appropriated an additional $21 million for other education related initiatives, including early literacy, dropout-prevention, and behavioral health care programs. Further, the state is using the revues to advance cannabis research, with $1.8 million channeled to Colorado State University’s Institute of Cannabis Research.'
https://newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-insights/lessons-from-the-colorado-recreational-markets-sixth-birthday-part-ii/
'“Colorado has long recognized the strong economic potential that hemp production offers our agricultural sector as a food, fiber, and cannabinoid producer and the increasing consumer demand for hemp products in Colorado,” it states. “Colorado has been a national leader in developing public policies that support hemp production, protect farmers and consumers, and treat hemp as an important agricultural product and not a controlled substance.”
“Hemp is a necessary agricultural commodity to promote conservation,” it continues. “Hemp products can provide sustainable solutions and options for consumers and businesses.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorado-governor-issues-proclamation-declaring-official-hemp-week/
'“In the six states surrounding Colorado—Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming—following Colorado’s legalization, the border counties experienced, on average, a decrease of 393.1 cases of property crime and 277.3 cases of larceny per 100,000 population relative to the nonborder counties.”
“Specifically, we observed that the property crime rate and larceny rate experienced substantial decreases in the border counties in neighboring states relative to nonborder counties following the legalization in Colorado,” the study says. “This is also true for the rate of simple assault…if Utah is not considered (only considering Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming as neighboring states of Colorado).”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorados-marijuana-legalization-law-decreases-crime-in-neighboring-states-study-finds/
New qualifying medical marijuana conditions, cannabis hospitality, delivery, publicly traded companies, merging medical and retail marijuana codes
'The state's medical and retail marijuana codes will also sunset in September, tasking the legislature with evaluating Colorado's pot laws and regulations and leaving even more room for dozens of expected cannabis-related bills at the Capitol this year. Here are five hot issues we expect to be addressed there in 2019.'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-legislature-expecting-many-marijuana-bills-in-2019-session-11089049
'A majority of the rule updates were required after the passage of eight cannabis-related bills by the Colorado Legislature during the 2018 session, with the official language and schedule determined during the rulemaking process. Here are four ways the pot industry is expected to change in 2019 as a result: Heavy Metals Testing; Nasal Sprays, Inhalers and Suppositories; Waste Recycling; No More Vertical Integration;'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-marijuana-industry-regulations-four-rules-that-are-about-to-change-10931839
'“Ultimately, I haven’t come to a final conclusion yet, but I think it’s looking like this is going to be—for all of the flaws and challenges we have—a better system than what we had. You guys are going to benefit, I think, having let us make a bunch of the mistakes and deal with it, I think you’re going to be able to have a much better system if indeed that is the direction that the state wants to go.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorado-governor-touts-marijuana-legalizations-benefits/
'And apparently, Polis is hopeful about the prospect of federal marijuana legalization at the federal level, albeit not immediately. The freshly sworn-in governor told CNN on Tuesday that legalization is “inevitable” and said he believes Congress has the votes to get it passed.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorado-swears-in-pro-legalization-governor-at-inauguration-complete-with-hemp-programs/
'Polis, a former five-term Boulder congressman, proposed legislation to help the medical marijuana industry in 2011, and in 2013, just months after Colorado voters approved Amendment 64 to allow recreational sales, he introduced legislation to legalize marijuana at the federal level.'
https://coloradosun.com/2019/01/07/americas-first-marijuana-governor-colorado-jared-polis/
'So far, seven bills asking for marijuana funding have been introduced, calling for tens of millions of dollars to support causes such as expanded public school construction and educational programs, health-care initiatives, law enforcement intelligence and reform of programs for the homeless. And many more are expected to come through the State Capitol.'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorados-legal-marijuana-money-could-fund-new-education-homeless-and-law-enforcement-programs-11111310
'The bill, which passed the health committee 10-1, would also drop the requirement that children seeking to use medical marijuana receive a diagnosis from at least one primary care pediatrician, physician or psychiatrist. A family would still need at least two doctors to sign off on a child having a "disabling medical condition."
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/23/medical-marijuana-autism-colorado/
'You see, the Colorado governor is a big legal cannabis supporter, and he wants to reap the benefits for his own state before others get a chance to steal the Centennial State’s thunder.
“As one of the first states to implement it, we get a lot of extra business from people coming into our state,” he said in an interview published on Wednesday by NPR’s Here & Now. “So from the economic perspective in Colorado, I’d love other states to go slowly so that we can continue to see all these benefits for Colorado.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorados-pro-legalization-governor-tells-other-states-not-to-allow-marijuana/
'"We've been having a lot of meetings on this bill. We had stakeholder meetings, and met with people from the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and medical marijuana patient community. I appreciated and really learned a lot from the conversation, and have taken their suggestion and feedback," Roberts says. "What we were trying to do with the law wasn't really workable with this bill, and it would've had unintended consequences that I wouldn't support as a legislator."'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-marijuana-and-drug-dui-bill-pulled-by-sponsor-after-controversy-11225122
'“This bill will help make sure people are consuming responsibly, similar to what you would see at a winery, brewery or distillery,” says Representative Jonathan Singer, a Longmont Democrat who's been leading the way on several marijuana-related bills. “Local law enforcement won’t have to worry about residents and tourists smoking in parks, because they’ll now have a place to go.”
“Coloradans voted for the freedom to choose cannabis as an alternative,” adds Senator Vicki Marble, a Republican from Fort Collins who's also sponsoring the bill. “But we have not extended similar liberties to the consumption aspect of cannabis legalization. With this legislation, we are upholding the will of voters while providing a safe and responsible place for people to consume outside of parks and off of the street.”'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-bill-would-license-cannabis-hospitality-establishments-11263835
'A bill that would add autism spectrum disorders to the list of conditions that give patients the green light to use medical marijuana to treat their conditions passed through the Senate on Wednesday.
In a 31-4 vote, the Senate passed the third reading of the bill.'
https://koaa.com/news/capitol-watch/2019/03/20/colorado-senate-passes-bill-for-medical-marijuana-use-to-treat-autism/
'Instead of just allowing dispensary tasting rooms, HB 1230 would create marijuana hospitality licenses for consumption areas, such as cannabis-friendly lounges, hotels, cafes, arcades, music venues and so on. These businesses could apply for a license to allow limited cannabis sales for on-site consumption, or a non-sales license to allow pot use in their establishments. Any locations with active liquor licenses would be prohibited from applying for either license, and local municipalities could choose to permit or ban such businesses, just as they can dispensaries.
If approved, the bill would also allow cities with their own social consumption rules, such as Denver or Colorado Springs, to tweak the program to fit their own local rules. '
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-house-committee-approves-bill-allowing-marijuana-use-in-hotels-dispensaries-and-other-businesses-11287211
'Proposals to legalize both marijuana hospitality establishments and commercial pot delivery moved on in the Colorado Legislature on April 8 — but just barely.
House bills 1230 and 1234 were both approved by the state House Finance Committee, in narrow 6-5 votes, after some significant discussion by lawmakers. Although this round didn't include as much passionate public testimony, committee members drilled down on the potential economic effects.
Marijuana delivery and social use have been the focus of failed bills over the past several years, but Representative Jonathan Singer thinks this could be the year to buck that trend. A prime sponsor of both measures, he believes regulation would curb illegal marijuana delivery services and public pot use.'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-marijuana-hospitality-and-delivery-bills-advance-in-legislature-11303667
'A bipartisan coalition of three legislators sponsored House Bill 1295 (HB1295). The new law establishes that food and cosmetics are not “adulterated” or “misbranded” by virtue of containing industrial hemp. According to the Denver Post, the law formalizes an 11-month old state policy that applies existing food manufacturing guidelines to products such as hemp oil-infused coffees and hemp-derived extracts rich in the non-psychoactive compound cannabidiol. In effect, the new law “normalizes” hemp and treats it like any other food ingredient.'
https://blog-tenthamendmentcenter-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2018/06/signed-as-law-colorado-bill-will-help-expand-hemp-market-further-nullify-federal-prohibition-in-effect/amp/
'“I am confident that he will make an excellent United States Attorney for the District of Colorado,” Gardner said in a statement. “Jason has a proven record of public service and involvement in his community, and he has the integrity and character that will make Colorado proud. I will urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support his confirmation.”'
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/06/20/jason-dunn-colorado-us-attorney/
'Alvarez used mushrooms to treat his college alcoholism. “People should have access to natural therapies that promote health, happiness, and harmony. Hemp is one of those things. I’ve always supported plant medicine. It is ancient technology. We are meeting a growing number of challenges in our world that require something better. I am supporting this initiative for my family and loved ones,” he says.'
https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/a-bill-is-underway-to-decriminalize-magic-mushrooms-in-denver/
'Colorado should update its marijuana laws where it makes sense and where requirements can be simplified and streamlined. Policymakers have the opportunity now with the sunset review of the state’s marijuana laws — which will conclude this fall to be considered during the 2019 General Assembly session — to strengthen the industry while also protecting public health and safety. By examining critically what has worked and what has not, Colorado can continue to lead the country in reasonable and effective marijuana regulation.'
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/07/colorado-update-marijuana-laws/
'On November 6, 2012, Colorado voters passed Amendment 64. Two years later, recreational marijuana was legal. “No other state had ever done [this] before,” said Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper in an interview at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival in June. In the video, Hickenlooper details his experience implementing what he describes as “one of the great social experiments of the first half of this century.”'
https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/569536/colorado-marijuana/
'There was no shortage of sceptics worried retail pot would endanger the public.
A group of addiction counsellors and physicians said they’re seeing more marijuana addiction problems, especially in youths, and that wider pot availability will exacerbate the problem.
“This is just throwing gas on the fire,” said Ben Cort of the Colorado Centre for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado Hospital.'
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/us-kicks-off-global-marijuana-experiment-in-colorado/article5526832.ece
'Mr. Berke and Mr. Molloy are founding members of Elevation Ministries, the religious non-profit behind the church. “We thought we could do something different, something unique,” Mr. Berke said, explaining that the church adheres to no specific dogma. “We’re building a community of volunteers, and the common thread is that they use cannabis to positively influence their lives, and they use cannabis for spiritual purposes,” he said.'
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/denver-church-brings-together-god-ganja/article18187488.ece
'Led by the Colorado and Denver chapters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, many pot supporters will be there all day in the hopes of meeting with elected officials. According to Colorado NORML director Ashley Weber, they're looking for a lawmaker to sponsor legislation that would change employer drug testing in Colorado from relying on blood or body-fluid draws to impairment tests.'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-marijuana-advocacy-groups-fight-to-change-employer-and-newborn-drug-testing-11122115
'Simone Sullivan treks up to Frisco, Colorado, for a scenic weed retreat in the small mountain town. She checks out her guide's bong collection before heading out for a snowy hike, and gets blazed for an afternoon of ice fishing. Then she's treated to a THC-infused feast, complete with weed shots, pie, and a hearty bowl of elk chili.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DKlcWF198o
'Who knows, you might soon hear people saying, "I went to Colorado for the marijuana, but the skiing was also nice."'
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141018-marijuana-tourism-weed-pot-colorado-law/
'If you’re going to get high for the first time, may I recommend Colorado? The sky is pretty, the trees won’t judge you, and the breeze will be there when you need it.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/style/cannabis-colorado-first-time-high.html
'Legalization has changed and expanded how marijuana consumption is viewed in the tourism discipline, which may create the paradigm shift from viewing marijuana as a forbidden fruit to the goose that lays golden eggs. This study examined the current status of marijuana tourism in Colorado, identified several research challenges based on the existing literature, and suggested key areas for future research surrounding marijuana tourism. This overview and set of recommendations is necessary to gain and enrich a deeper understanding of marijuana tourism and to aid other states that attempt to benchmark Colorado in their own legalization process.'
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244016679213
'Simone Sullivan explores the many tourist options available in the weed friendly town of Denver, Colorado.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKZIBDUXR8
'It’s the earliest point in any of the four years Colorado has had legal recreational marijuana that combined medical and rec sales have cracked the billion-dollar mark.
Total combined recreational and medical marijuana sales through August hit $1,022,245,511, according to the MED, setting the state on a trajectory to break last year’s record of more than $1.5 billion in sales.'
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/18/colorado-cracks-billion-marijuana-sales-record/
'Through August 2018 – the most recent data available from the Colorado Department of Revenue – recreational marijuana sales topped $800 million and the state is on pace to surpass $1.2 billion by the end of the year.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/colorado-another-record-setting-year-of-adult-use-cannabis-sales/
'Across Colorado, the rollout of recreational marijuana sales five years ago has raised tens of millions of dollars annually to tackle a litany of local concerns — from main street makeovers in cash-strapped small towns to addressing Denver’s housing affordability crunch.'
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/28/colorado-marijuana-taxes-local-cities-towns/
'Colorado marijuana sales top $6 billion to date since adult-use marijuana sales began'
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/revenue/colorado-marijuana-sales-top-6-billion-date-adult-use-marijuana-sales-began-0
'Dispensaries in Colorado collected more money in 2018 than in any previous year, topping $1.54 billion. While this year is still young, the combined $244.3 million in sales logged during the first two months of 2019 is outpacing last year, topping 2018 sales during the same period by around $14 million.
A longer month and sunnier days in March and April (and the 4/20 holiday) should only increase 2019's hot streak.'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-marijuana-sales-continue-at-record-pace-in-2019-11308376
'Colorado's marijuana industry continued to break records in August, according to the state's Department of Revenue, with legal marijuana sales bringing in over $141.3 million that month.The previous record had been set just the month before.'
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-monthly-marijuana-earnings-keep-reaching-new-heights-10891541
'Colorado has become a hub for companies that want a piece of the lucrative marijuana market while remaining on the legal side of the green line. Those pot-related businesses run the gamut from specialized services for cleaning marijuana laboratories to dispensary security guards to packaging designers and manufacturers.'
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/26/colorado-ancillary-cannabis-marijuana-businesses/
'Marijuana Business Daily surveyed several Colorado cannabis company owners of both plant-touching and ancillary businesses to suss out the lessons they’ve learned since 2014.
The selected answers focused on: Preparation, Flexibility, Customer service, Compliance'
https://mjbizdaily.com/business-lessons-5-years-of-legal-recreational-cannabis-sales-colorado/
'Marijuana executives in Colorado – both plant-touching and ancillary – have learned enough about doing business in a new adult-use cannabis market over the past five years to write textbooks on the topic.
The Centennial State made history when it launched the world’s first adult-use marijuana market Jan. 1, 2014.
Along the way, Colorado’s cannabis trailblazers have encountered more than their share of growing pains – lessons that can be applied to other emerging recreational markets.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/lessons-learned-in-colorado-can-benefit-all-aspiring-recreational-marijuana-entrepreneurs/
'“Colorado has done a good job in sizing the market. In Oregon, it's going to take a while for that balance to be established.”'
http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-biz-oregon-colorado-pot-supply-20180803-story.html
'In states with legalized recreational marijuana, police now no longer spend time on marijuana arrests and can spend more time on solving these types of crime. FBI data from Colorado and Washington show that crime clearance rates – the number of times that the police solved a crime – increased for both violent and property crimes after legalization.'
https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/does-legalizing-marijuana-help-or-harm-americans-weighing-the-statistical-evidence-opinion/
'“This is exactly the kind of data collection we need to inform our regulatory and law enforcement framework,” said Governor John Hickenlooper. “We now have that ever-critical baseline from which we can spot trends so Colorado’s leaders understand where our efforts are succeeding and identify areas where we need to focus additional research, resources or even new policy.”'
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/publicsafety/news/colorado-division-criminal-justice-publishes-report-impacts-marijuana-legalization-colorado
'America’s first retail stores selling marijuana opened for business in Colorado on Wednesday, putting the western state in the vanguard of the country’s evolving attitudes on legalising the drug.
Officials in the state famous for its ski resorts and breathtaking mountain vistas have issued 348 retail marijuana licences — including for small shops — that allow for the selling of up to 28 grams of pot to people aged 21 or older starting January 1.'
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/marijuana-stores-open-in-colorado/article5528454.ece
'Owners of cannabis dispensaries lined up to collect the permits in Denver: an initial batch of 42 licences were issued, most to growers but around a dozen to shops. Colorado voters approved a new law during the November 2012 general election that would expand the state’s laws allowing the production and sale of medical marijuana to cover recreational uses.
The owner of a Denver-based chain of medical marijuana dispensaries who wants to expand and sell pot to leisure consumers, Shawn Phillips, was first in line on Friday morning.'
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/colorado-issues-marijuana-sales-licences/article5514034.ece
'The majority of the 50 locations planned for Colorado would be with independent dispensary owners through franchise agreements, he continued, adding that he's interested in expanding through "strategic franchise partnerships," which he sees as the next big step in the marijuana industry, especially since federal law prevents products from being shipped over state lines.'
https://www.summitdaily.com/news/business/founder-of-green-man-cannabis-plans-massive-colorado-expansion/
'A discussion of growing pains, regulations, and current product investments with the owner of one of the first operational dispensaries in Colorado'
https://newfrontierdata.com/marijuana-insights/questions-answers-original-licensee-holder/
'Backers of Dean Ween's Honey Pot Lounge spoke of their plans at a Denver City Council meeting regarding the city's social consumption licensing program on Monday, November 19.
They plan to apply within a month in hopes of licensing a pot-infused music venue at the Circus Collective, an alternative fitness and training center at 2041 Lawrence Street in the Ballpark neighborhood.
Honey Pot Lounge COO Michael Polansky says the Circus Collective would hold cannabis-infused wellness activities and education sessions during the day, with the Honey Pot Lounge taking over at night, Thursday through Sunday. "The meeting was kind of our coming-out party," he says. '
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/dean-ween-wants-to-open-denvers-first-legal-marijuana-music-venue-honey-pot-lounge-11020940
'When it comes to navigating the maze of restrictions that came with Denver’s voter-passed law allowing marijuana use in licensed businesses, The Coffee Joint cracked the code. The first — and so far only — licensee under the 2016 ordinance is a combination coffee shop and bring-your-own-cannabis vape bar that’s within spitting distance of Interstate 25, south of West 13th Avenue, in a dingy industrial area'
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/18/denver-social-marijuana-use-program-struggling/
'In Boulder County, the district attorney’s office is going to automatically vacate and seal thousands of low-level marijuana convictions. Denver could take a similar path or simply make it easier for folks to begin the process themselves.
Other jurisdictions across Colorado should take note. It could save everyone — including our strained bureaucracies and court systems — time and money if we can all agree to vacate these convictions automatically. And it could be good for our economy too if people looking for employment find their records clean once more.'
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/04/remove-low-level-marijuana-convictions/
'For years, anti-marijuana groups have spun data in an attempt to prove that the sky is falling as a result of progressive cannabis laws in Colorado. The latest example involves a vast exaggeration about the level of stoned driving in the state, complete with an assist from the Denver Post.'
https://www.westword.com/news/how-anti-pot-groups-twisted-facts-to-exaggerate-colorado-stoned-driving-problem-10661711
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https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/04/cannabis-and-public-events.html
Cannabis in the Workplace
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/04/cannabis-in-workplace.html
Cannabis and California
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-california.html
Cannabis and Illinois
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-illinois.html
Cannabis and Maine
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-maine.html
Cannabis and Michigan
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-michigan.html
Cannabis and Massachusetts
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-massachusetts.html
Cannabis and Nevada
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-nevada.html
Cannabis and Oregon
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-oregon.html
Cannabis and the US Federal Government
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-us-federal-government.html
Cannabis and Vermont
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-vermont.html
Cannabis and Washington
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-washington.html
Cannabis and Washington DC
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-washington-dc.html
Cannabis and Mississippi
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-mississippi.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-mississippi.html
Cannabis and Montana
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-montana.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-montana.html
Cannabis and New Jersey
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-new-jersey.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-new-jersey.html
Cannabis and South Dakota
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-south-dakota.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-south-dakota.html
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