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Day Without Marijuana Tax Draws Mixed Reactions in Colorado
DENVER — Some called it Christmas for stoners. Others warned of marijuana anarchy.
Colorado Just Became The First State In History To Collect More Taxes From Marijuana Than Alcohol
Jonah Bennett ~ The Daily Caller ~
No state has ever generated more tax revenue from marijuana than alcohol—until now.
Small part of Iowa votes to legalize medical, rec marijuana
Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~
DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana consumers were taking advantage of a tax holiday in Colorado on Wednesday, with some lining up early for doorbuster-style deals.
Katie Lobosco ~ CNN Money ~
For one day and one day only, you can get a 10% discount on recreational marijuana in Colorado. September 16 is a pot tax holiday, thanks to a quirky state law.
Julie Weed ~ Forbes ~
While many retirees spend time in their gardens, 82-year-old Florence Childs has chosen to work with another kind of plant.
Gogo Lidz ~ Irish Examiner ~
It seems fitting that a plant called Mary Jane could smash the patriarchy.
Scott Keyes ~ The Guardian ~
Alcohol businesses are seeing ‘phenomenal growth’ alongside marijuana industry in Colorado, dispelling concerns that consumers prefer pot over booze.
Kathleen Burke ~ Marketwatch.com ~
With the recent stock market volatility, it’s difficult to know which industries will weather the storm. However, there’s one potential way to stay in the green.
Jim Dallke ~ ChicagoInno.streetwise.co ~
Medical marijuana is officially growing--both literally and figuratively--in the state of Illinois, with cultivation centers producing strains that are expected to harvest around October.
Maureen Hayden, CNHI ~ News and Tribune ~
ROMNEY – The high fence surrounding a Purdue University research farm here was installed to keep out pesky deer, but this summer it served a second purpose: Keeping federal drug agents at bay.
Ricardo Baca ~ Denver Post ~
Two new hemp-based product lines are coming from Colorado's Dixie Brands: Therabis is CBD-infused supplements for pets; Aceso has three formulas for human consumption.
Steve Mollman ~ Quartz.com ~
Economic turmoil in China, the world’s second-largest economy and top consumer of industrial metals, has hit commodity prices hard. For the smaller players in the mining industry, that’s made business difficult, and the future uncertain.
Charlotte Albright ~ Vermont Public Radio ~
A group of Vermont business leaders called the Vermont Cannabis Collaborative has been inviting public comment on the best way to create a safe, sustainable marijuana industry.
Clarissa Cooper and Michael Bodley ~ Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative via NBCNews.com ~
DENVER — Every month, Jamie Perino hires a security detail to come to her three recreational marijuana dispensaries. They stop by, collect thousands of dollars in cash and head out to deliver the money to the state, county and city.
Michael Bodley ~ NBCNews.com ~
PHOENIX - The developing national marijuana industry is still sifting through labor disputes long since settled in other lines of work.
Anita Hofschneider ~ Honolulu Civil Beat ~
Competition will be fierce for Hawaii’s eight licenses to grow and sell medical cannabis. Many other types of businesses are looking for a piece of the action as well.
WTOP Staff ~ WTOP ~
WASHINGTON — Pot-related businesses in the District are starting to meet expectations, growing steadily since last February when marijuana became legal for private and personal use.
John Austin ~ CNHI State Reporter via Cleburne Times-Review ~
AUSTIN — Texans with epilepsy may not be buying legal cannabis oil here until 2017, but home-grown entrepreneurs are already lining up for a cut of the mainstream marijuana business.
Molly Mulshine ~ Tech Insider ~
A marijuana dispenser in Colorado is modeling his career after an unlikely business hero: TV dinner tycoon Clarence Birdseye, who practically invented the frozen food industry thanks to his dual interests in food preservation and inventing new technology.
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