Tag: recreational dispensaries

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September 22, 2014
09/22/2014
Edibles Review: Incredibles GUM-E

Edibles Review: Incredibles GUM-E

One of the latest recreational marijuana edible offerings is the Incredible GUM-E. From the makers of a popular line of chocolate candy bars, this is a pretty...
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September 17, 2014
09/17/2014
The Banking Bind: How Federal Law Is Making Business Difficult for Cannabis Dispensaries 

The Banking Bind: How Federal Law Is Making Business Difficult for Cannabis Dispensaries 

While cannabis remains federally illegal, the banks hesitate to serve medical dispensaries despite their treatment as legal businesses by the state.
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September 15, 2014
09/15/2014
Tips for Buying Legal Weed in Colorado: Your Vape Pen Will Probably Not Work

Tips for Buying Legal Weed in Colorado: Your Vape Pen Will Probably Not Work

After working in sales in the marijuana industry for over two years, I’m ready to admit something that I wish I could tell every customer who wants...
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September 9, 2014
09/09/2014
Cannabis 101: Shop Around Dispensaries

Cannabis 101: Shop Around Dispensaries

I found this new place had all the same stuff I liked about the first one, but at about 2/3 the price. After that visit, I...
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September 8, 2014
09/08/2014
How to Get an Employee Badge at the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division

How to Get an Employee Badge at the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division

With so much interest from around the country about the legal cannabis shops and how to get in on the action, it’s not at all surprising that...
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August 20, 2014
08/20/2014
Seattle-Area’s 2nd Marijuana Retailer Opens to a Crowd With Plenty of Supply

Seattle-Area’s 2nd Marijuana Retailer Opens to a Crowd With Plenty of Supply

Seattle’s pot curious and aficionados who have been standing in lines and hitting refresh on their Web browsers waiting for supply to surface at Cannabis City —...
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August 13, 2014
08/13/2014
Washington: Retail Marijuana Sales Total Nearly $4 Million In First Month

Washington: Retail Marijuana Sales Total Nearly $4 Million In First Month

Washington state-licensed marijuana retailers sold an estimated $3.8 million in cannabis products in July, the first month during which such sales were allowed under state law. The sales are estimated to...
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August 5, 2014
08/05/2014
Seattle’s First Couple Weeks of Legal Weed

Seattle’s First Couple Weeks of Legal Weed

I absolutely do see and smell more grass around since 502, despite existing prevalence of MMJ. What I do not see thus far is disrespect and I...
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July 21, 2014
07/21/2014
Seattle Sells Out of Legal Weed in Three Days

Seattle Sells Out of Legal Weed in Three Days

Seattle only has one legal pot shop. Washington weed went legal on July 8th and by the 10th, Seattle’s Cannabis City retail store was completely sold out.
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July 9, 2014
07/09/2014
Washington: State-Licensed Retail Cannabis Sales Begin

Washington: State-Licensed Retail Cannabis Sales Begin

Washington’s first state-licensed retail cannabis operators opened for business this morning . The state’s Liquor Control Board issued 24 marijuana retailer licenses late last week. (Under state...
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July 8, 2014
07/08/2014
Washington State’s First Legal Marijuana Shops Set to Open Amid Chaos

Washington State’s First Legal Marijuana Shops Set to Open Amid Chaos

The prohibition of marijuana in Washington state fell early Monday as a small number of retail shop owners received an electronic copy of a license to sell...
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July 2, 2014
07/02/2014
Colorado Retail Marijuana Application Rules Changed to Open Market

Colorado Retail Marijuana Application Rules Changed to Open Market

It’s been exactly six months since legal retail marijuana sales began in Colorado, and today is the first day that retail marijuana business licenses are open to...
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July 2, 2014
07/02/2014
Analysis: Why Legal Marijuana Stores Won’t Matter Much in Seattle

Analysis: Why Legal Marijuana Stores Won’t Matter Much in Seattle

Except for tourists and the pot curious, who will each buy a few grams at most, the appeal of state-licensed recreational marijuana won’t go much farther than...
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July 2, 2014
07/02/2014
Colorado Recreational Marijuana Industry Begins Major Transformation

Colorado Recreational Marijuana Industry Begins Major Transformation

Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry starts a transformation Tuesday that could add hundreds of new pot businesses to the state and reconfigure the market’s architecture. Previously, only owners...
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June 30, 2014
06/30/2014
Colorado Sting Operations Fail to Bust Any Marijuana Shops for Sales to Minors

Colorado Sting Operations Fail to Bust Any Marijuana Shops for Sales to Minors

State regulators and state police recently performed sting operations on 20 different marijuana stores in the Denver and Pueblo areas to determine compliance with state law, reports...
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June 27, 2014
06/27/2014
Washington’s Legal Marijuana to Cost $25 a Gram

Washington’s Legal Marijuana to Cost $25 a Gram

Michael Perkins, an operator of several medical pot shops hopes to to begin recreational sales on July 8 in Washington, says on recreational pricing, “I would assume $20 to $25...
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June 26, 2014
06/26/2014
Washington Prepares for Marijuana Retail Sales

Washington Prepares for Marijuana Retail Sales

Washington state’s Liquor Control Board will issue about 20 licenses for marijuana retail stores on July 7th and the stores that are ready can open the next...
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June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Even with the start of legal recreational marijuana sales 5½ months ago, burglaries and robberies at all pot businesses in Denver are on pace for their lowest...
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June 6, 2014
06/06/2014
Dowd and Out In Colorado: Maureen’s Bad Dream

Dowd and Out In Colorado: Maureen’s Bad Dream

Maureen Dowd of the NY Times recently traveled to Colorado on assignment and decided she would try a pot edible to see what all the fuss was...
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June 3, 2014
06/03/2014
Marijuana Business Auction: 3 Stores, 3 Grow Operations Seized From VIP Cannabis for Back Taxes

Marijuana Business Auction: 3 Stores, 3 Grow Operations Seized From VIP Cannabis for Back Taxes

VIP Cannabis’ three retail marijuana stores and three growing operations in Denver are now up for auction on the internet over the next few weeks, after the...
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