Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Colorado Marijuana Sales Pass $1.4 Billion in November

MMP News AuthorJanuary 12, 2024

The number of operators plummeted in 2023. Colorado marijuana sales for 2023 topped $1.4 billion in November after the state’s cannabis companies sold $110.3 million for the month, the state Department of Revenue reported Thursday. Just one month shy of the state’s 10th anniversary of combined recreational and medical cannabis ... Read More

Colo. cannabis industry sees positives, drawbacks to marijuana reclassification

MMP News AuthorSeptember 1, 2023

DENVER — The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) move marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III controlled substance. The recommendation comes after President Joe Biden requested a review in October 2022 as he pardoned thousands of Americans ... Read More

Bill Would Overhaul Colorado’s Marijuana Social Equity, Delivery Programs

MMP News AuthorJanuary 12, 2023

Just over two years into the state’s social equity initiative, a bill proposing to overhaul the program was introduced on January 9, the first day of the 2023 legislative session The first state in the nation to allow recreational marijuana sales, Colorado has been criticized for not having social equity provisions ... Read More

New Year’s Resolutions for Colorado Marijuana in 2023

MMP News AuthorJanuary 4, 2023

We like to view the new year as a starting line for improvement, and Colorado’s cannabis scene should use this opportunity to tighten up, too. Criticizing aspects of legal weed isn’t elitist anymore — more than half of the country’s population has access to recreational marijuana — and it’s time for ... Read More

Colorado Governor Calls For Passage Of Marijuana Banking Bill

MMP News AuthorOctober 10, 2022

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado and a group of state officials on Monday called on congressional leaders to pass a bill that would give regulated cannabis business access to traditional banking services. In a letter sent to party leaders of both houses of Congress, Polis and officials including the ... Read More

Colorado Marijuana Growers Want a License Moratorium as Prices Fall

MMP News AuthorOctober 3, 2022

As wholesale marijuana prices reach record lows, a group of Colorado growers has requested that the state stop issuing cultivation licenses. Medical marijuana sales have experienced their lowest recorded monthly totals five times so far in 2022, and the price per pound of all commercial marijuana reached a record low ... Read More