Our Most Popular Marijuana Stories of 2020Posted by On


Marijuana sales may have been immune to the coronavirus pandemic, but headlines this year certainly weren’t. Looking back at our most popular stories of 2020, we found breaking news pieces about public-health orders and dispensary closures, reports of federal stimulus checks spurring weed sales, and budtender observations about their jobs during COVOD-19 concerns.

There was marijuana news outside of the pandemic, though, and readers took notice. Tales of pot shop history and scoops about new brands also stirred interest this year, as did business stories announcing large takeovers of well-known dispensary chains.

Here are Westword‘s ten most-read marijuana stories of 2020:

Denver Closes Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries to Limit COVID-19
As part of a citywide stay-at-home order to limit the spread of coronavirus during the early days of the pandemic, on March 23 Mayor Michael Hancock announced that recreational marijuana dispensaries and liquor stores would be among the businesses that must close that day, and remain closed for over two weeks, in order to discourage large gatherings of people. So what did the people do immediately after the announcement? Gather in large groups to get marijuana and liquor. The city’s interpretation of Hancock’s original executive order deemed that liquor stores and recreational pot shops weren’t essential, but they seemed pretty essential…

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