An initiative to increase Denver’s marijuana tax to provide funding for pandemic research also failed.
Denver voters reject camping ban enforcement, sales tax cap
Marijuana
Denver legalized delivery services for cannabis shops but few use them
The city will only grant transportation licenses to companies with owners who were charged with cannabis-related crimes or are in poor areas for the next three years.
City proposes new security rules after burglaries rise at cannabis shops
“We don’t want to make this a regulatory burden, but we need to make these places a harder target,” said a Denver spokesman.
Denver gets first marijuana retailer applicant under social equity program
Social Cannabis owner Daniel Morgan was busted with pot in his 20s. Now he could own the city’s first new dispensary since 2016.
Denver gives first cannabis transporter license to felon who trafficked pot
The recipient and co-owner of Doobba was convicted of having marijuana about 30 years ago in Missouri. Now, he can deliver the product legally.
Denver grants first cannabis delivery license to Strawberry Fields
But the dispensary can’t offer the service until it hires a licensed cannabis transportation company owned by a “social equity applicant.”
Marijuana dispensaries battle in court over Mile High real estate
Mile High Medical Cannabis filed a suit defending its lease against a competitor, claiming it conspired with the sublandlords it is already suing over a rent hike.
Couple gets hard-earned patent for cannabis-infused chewing gum
Amy and Dave Nudelman introduced Joygum to Colorado’s cannabis market in 2018 after 350 tries to create the right formula.
City to issue new cannabis business licenses but not in some neighborhoods
Denver has identified parts of town that already have an “undue concentration” of such businesses. Applicants must also meet a “social equity” criteria.
Friends launch plant-based beauty brand with CBD-infused facial oil
“I have wanted my own cosmetics company since I was 12 years old and stealing makeup out of my mom’s bathroom, so it was pretty much fate,” said Eossi Beauty co-founder Rochonne Sanchez.
