Ticker: Weed judges wanted for Cannabis Cup; Mt. Washington Observatory names new director

Your weekly installment of marijuana news Thursday, September 22, 2022 [Ticker: Weed judges wanted for Cannabis Cup; Mt. Washington Observatory names new director]( Cannabis connoisseurs living in Bay State are invited to flex their taste buds in a competition to choose the People’s Choice awards in the state’s edition of High Times’ Cannabis Cup. [Read more →]( [Colorado’s medical marijuana sales hit lowest point since legalization]( July’s medical marijuana sales only reached a little over $18 million – the lowest number ever recorded since January 2014 [Read more →]( [Bringing marijuana to Morrison — where Red Rocks concertgoers tailgate into the night — is harder than it seems]( Of the thousands of revelers who head up the hill from Morrison to Red Rocks Amphitheater to catch a show on any given night, many are likely high, about to get high or at least thinking about getting high. [Read more →]( [LivWell to be Colorado cannabis giant after powerhouse PharmaCann plans to buy boutique chain]( Cannabis retailer LivWell Enlightened Health is set to dominate the Colorado market with 26 dispensaries after PharmaCann announced its plan to buy The Clinic, a boutique dispensary chain in the Centennial State. [Read more →]( [Cannabis beverage business hit with $45K in fines for violations at Mile High 420 Festival]( Denver Packaging Company, which also operates as Keef Brands, admitted to seven violations on April 20, including unlawful acts, packaging and labeling [Read more →]( [Ticker: Shannon O’Brien to chair pot commission; Job openings jump in July]( When the Cannabis Control Commission marks its five-year anniversary on Thursday, it will also get a new chairperson — former state Treasurer Shannon O’Brien. [Read more →]( [Armentano: Marijuana potency warrants more education, regulation]( Ultimately, proposed product bans will only perpetuate the unregulated market. [Read more →]( [Editorial: The kids are all right without marijuana in schools]( Why did Beacon Hill pols tuck a proposal to study giving students access to medical marijuana into cannabis reform legislation? [Read more →]( [WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian drug trial]( The nine-year sentence was close to the maximum of 10 years that Griner had faced under the charges. Most Russians possessing small quantities of drugs get at most five years in prison, lawyers said. [Read more →]( [WNBA’s Brittney Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years]( KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars in a politically charged case that could lead to a high-stakes prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow. [Read more →]( [Boston Chinatown restaurant served up multimillion dollar money laundering operation, feds say]( A federal grand jury in Boston indicted eight alleged members of the conspiracy that the feds — which operated it under the moniker “Operation Good Fortune” — say funneled tens of millions of dollars in drug money and more in a gift card fraud scheme. [Read more →]( [Opinion: Here’s a plan for Hancock’s last year in office — do no more harm]( If Denver’s future is anything like the present, the past would be an improvement. [Read more →]( [denver post logo]( Copyright 2022 The Denver Post. All rights reserved. 5990 Washington Street|Denver, CO 80216 [Unsubscribe](