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Colorado marijuana use among highest in US

MMP News AuthorJuly 27, 2022

DENVER (KDVR) — New allowances keep marijuana convictions from squashing Colorado employment, but a bill to fully block employers from prohibiting marijuana is still in the works. Gov. Jared Polis moved to protect Colorado workers from marijuana-related workplace penalties in a new executive order issued on July 14, capping a ... Read More

Could this be the first year Colorado marijuana sales don’t set a record?

MMP News AuthorJuly 21, 2022

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado joins other marijuana-legal states in a post-COVID pattern of leveling sales. State marijuana revenue has shrunk, but only to pre-COVID levels, after swelling to record levels last year. The City of Denver’s 2021 annual report on the marijuana industry details a record year for Colorado’s marijuana ... Read More

Polis issues executive order on marijuana and workers

MMP News AuthorJuly 14, 2022

DENVER (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis moved to protect Colorado workers from marijuana-related workplace penalties in a new executive order issued on Thursday. Through the measure, Polis orders state regulators to create policies that protect workers from professional discipline or disqualification for any marijuana-related penalty in another state, “so long ... Read More