The tour company still has several more requirements to meet before its marijuana-friendly vehicles can hit the road, but at least Colorado Cannabis Tours is coming close to being able to host pot-friendly classes and parties at its headquarters, according to founder Michael Eymer.
Colorado Cannabis Tours was founded over a decade ago, and from the beginning specialized in taking customers on tours of dispensaries, marijuana cultivations, extraction facilities, hemp farms and breweries, as well as hosting painting and cooking classes. But since 2018, Eymer says, he hasn’t allowed any pot consumption within Denver city limits.
The company originally operated under a state law that allowed pot use in the back of private, registered limousines or buses. But soon after recreational sales started in January 2014, Denver officials disputed that business model, and the Denver Police Department cracked down on unlicensed mobile marijuana lounges. After operating a pot-friendly establishment and vehicle dispatch out of a warehouse in Adams County for several years, Eymer decided to come back to Denver, and apply under the city’s new marijuana hospitality program.
“We’re still bootstrapped without money behind us, and there’s still a recession going on,” Eymer says. “The city does really seem to be working with me, though, and there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel here.”
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