New law allows marijuana hospitality, delivery businesses, but Summit County and town governments must opt-in
Editor’s note: The main image on this story featured hemp mistakenly identified as marijuana and has been removed. FRISCO — Debate still rages about whether 2020 is the start of a new decade. What’s much...
With new year, new laws to take effect in Summit County and Colorado
FRISCO — Welcome to the roaring ’20s, Summit County. The new year brings hope and promise for brighter days ahead. It also comes with new rules and laws reflecting the ever-changing and ever-growing state of...
Working in Colorado’s marijuana industry could prevent you from becoming a U.S. citizen. A new bill in Washington could change that.
Earlier this year, Denver resident Oswaldo Barrientos was barred from becoming a U.S. citizen because of his work in Colorado’s legal cannabis industry, despite a perfectly clean record. But a bi-partisan bill introduced in Washington...
Breckenridge town council hesitant to opt in to marijuana law change
When Colorado lawmakers passed House Bill 19-1230 and 19-1234, allowing for marijuana hospitality businesses and marijuana delivery in the state, local municipalities were given options. As the statute applies to the town of Breckenridge, the...
Colorado justices approve medical marijuana during probation
DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled people may use medical marijuana while serving probation. KMGH-TV reports the state’s highest court issued the ruling Monday. The justices approved an exception for prosecutors to show evidence that...
Congress is weighing whether to give marijuana businesses access to banks. In Colorado, that’s already happening
Colorado’s cannabis industry has had a chief request since marijuana was legalized: Give us access to banks. But it turns out that hundreds of the state’s pot businesses are already working with financial institutions under...
Summit sees growth in CBD businesses as hemp products become popular nationwide
FRISCO — CBD businesses are popping up all over the state as a way for people to enjoy the purported physical and emotional benefits of the cannabis plant without the THC, or psychoactive response. Businesses...
How high is too high? 5 years after legalization, Colorado struggles to test marijuana impairment for drivers
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — In 2014, when recreational marijuana became legal in Colorado, Matt Karzen, an assistant district attorney in Routt County at the time, noticed a lot of criminal cases coming to his office involving drivers...
Colorado’s marijuana tax revenue exceeds $1 billion; where does the money go?
Marijuana sales tax collection since recreational sales began in 2014 in May surpassed $1 billion, Colorado officials said Wednesday. That’s a major milestone for a burgeoning industry, which has sold more than $6.5 billion in...
New Colorado marijuana law addresses future of drug-sniffing dogs
Colorado’s Supreme Court on Monday ruled 4-3 that a sniff of a car by police dogs trained to smell for marijuana in addition to other drugs constitutes a search — which is a big deal that doesn’t...
Marijuana and community health the topic of Summit Daily’s next What’s Brewing
The Summit Daily News invites you to attend a panel discussion on the public health impacts of marijuana at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 24 at the Summit County Community and Senior Center in Frisco....
Marijuana tax money targeted for Colorado’s full-day kindergarten rollout
Colorado lawmakers have hit on a funding source to help struggling school districts cover up to $25 million in startup costs as they expand full-day kindergarten this fall: marijuana taxes. The money is expected to...
Proposed marijuana banking bill aims to move industry away from cash-only business
DENVER — Legislation that would provide federal protection for financial institutions that serve state-authorized marijuana and ancillary businesses passed a U.S. House committee Thursday. The House Financial Services Committee voted, 45-15, to advance the proposed...
Higher than ever: New study links strong weed to psychosis
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — If someone could time-travel back to a 1970s Woodstock festival and pass around a joint stuffed with top-shelf, Colorado-grown marijuana, the effects could shatter people’s reality. That’s because today’s marijuana strains, following...
Testing positive for marijuana won’t get you fired at more than half of Colorado companies, survey says
A recent survey has found more Colorado employers are relaxing their marijuana testing policies and fewer of them are firing workers who test positive for weed compared to a few years ago. Only 48 percent...
Cannabis advocates wary as Colorado considers e-cig limits
DENVER — Cannabis advocates are watching closely as Colorado lawmakers consider limits on where e-cigarettes can be used in an effort to combat rising teen use of nicotine-containing vaping devices. A bipartisan bill getting its first hearing...
Cannabis potency: Today’s products pack a serious punch
The THC levels in legal recreational cannabis are significant when compared with the black market weed from decades past By Lauren GlendenningBrought to you by Organix In Colorado’s legal marijuana industry, the selection of strains...
Dept. of revenue: Colorado pot sales crack $6 billion since 2014 legalization
Colorado marijuana businesses have sold more than $6 billion worth of weed and related products since a voter-approved measure allowing adults over the age of 21 to consume recreational pot took effect in the state on...
Colorado releases new report on health effects of marijuana
Coloradans are consuming more marijuana than ever, and as research into potential health effects continues to take shape, concerns are being raised. The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) recently released a new...
Growth of Summit County, state marijuana sales levels off in 2018
In Colorado, marijuana has become a billion-dollar business annually, but the latest sales reports from the Colorado Department of Revenue show the sharp surges seen over the last four years are now leveling off. Across...