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Colorado's First Marijuana Business Tax Incentive Fuels Canadian Firm's Expansio…

MMP News AuthorDecember 16, 2020

Canadian cannabis investment firm Slang Worldwide will significantly expand operations in Colorado, fueled by the state’s first tax incentive offered to a marijuana company. Governor Jared Polis, the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and Slang issued a joint announcement December 14, reporting that Slang will add 43 ... Read More

Cannabis Business Awards Honor Colorado's Marijuana Industry

MMP News AuthorDecember 12, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop the Cannabis Business Awards, an annual ceremony recognizing marijuana’s top brands, leaders and industry players. The CBAs were founded in Colorado eight years ago, and have since branched out to several other states with legal pot industries. But Colorado’s awards show is still held every ... Read More

The Rise and Fall of Colorado's "Scarface of Marijuana"

MMP News AuthorNovember 17, 2020

Scott Pack was one of the most flamboyant marijuana entrepreneurs in Colorado — a handsome, stylish charmer with seemingly inexhaustible wealth and a way with words that was catnip to individuals looking to cash in on an industry growing at a breakneck pace. But then, just over three years ago, ... Read More

COVID-19 Won't Stunt Colorado's Homegrown Marijuana Cultivation Competition

MMP News AuthorOctober 23, 2020

Operating a legal cannabis growing competition in multiple states was tough enough before COVID-19 arrived, but Grow-Off founders Sam Taylor and Jake Browne just keep climbing out of the well. The Colorado-based challenge for a state’s best cannabis cultivators just wrapped up its latest round in the Rockies — this ... Read More

Has Colorado's Marijuana Industry Reached Adulthood?

MMP News AuthorOctober 21, 2020

Colorado’s pot industry has finally grown up, according to a new report commissioned by the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. The MED hired the Marijuana Industry Group and the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business to compile a report on the state of the green market in 2019, analyzing data ... Read More