Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Denver Proposes Permanent Marijuana Delivery Exclusivity for Social Equity Businesses

MMP News AuthorJuly 20, 2022

Marijuana delivery has accounted for less than one half of 1 percent of total marijuana sales in Denver since the service began last summer, according to the Department of Excise and Licenses, and Denver is ready to up the ante by dropping fees and making licensing changes. Denver business licensing ... Read More

Colorado’s Marijuana Sales Decline Hits Big Milestone

MMP News AuthorJuly 13, 2022

Colorado’s marijuana market plunge just hit another milestone, according to data released by the state Department of Revenue, with dispensary sales falling for the twelfth month in a row. According to the DOR’s latest monthly sales figures, Colorado dispensaries sold about $147.8 million in May, a 4.5 percent drop from ... Read More

Colorado Adopts New Marijuana Mold and Potency Testing Rules

MMP News AuthorJuly 11, 2022

Colorado marijuana regulators have beefed up the state’s mold and potency testing requirements. A July 1 memo from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division reminded licensed marijuana business owners that testing for aspergillus is now included in the state’s mold and yeast test requirements, while potency testing has expanded into more ... Read More

Marijuana Seeds in Gray Area With the Feds, but Not in Colorado

MMP News AuthorJuly 7, 2022

Marijuana seeds are sorta-kinda legal now, according to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but Colorado’s licensed pot businesses have been warned to stay away from doing business outside of the state’s framework. Hemp and marijuana are the same plant with different THC amounts in their blooming flowers, but neither hemp ... Read More

Declining Marijuana Sales Forces Buddy Boy Dispensaries to Close in Denver

MMP News AuthorJune 11, 2022

Buddy Boy, a chain of seven dispensaries in Denver founded in 2014, will close on June 17. Reports of Buddy Boy’s imminent end began circling on social media on June 9, as management told employees that all seven stores would close. Owner John Fritzel confirmed the move to Westword, noting ... Read More

Denver Judge Vacates $100 Million Decision in Marijuana Ownership Battle

MMP News AuthorMay 18, 2022

Two partners in one of Colorado’s largest dispensary chains just took a major hit in an internal ownership battle. Native Roots co-founders Josh Ginsberg and Rhett Jordan first sued co-owner Peter Knobel in 2017 over an alleged breach of their operating agreement. After nearly four years of court hearings and legal ... Read More