Pot smell and safety concerns ignite disputes over public smoking

Your weekly installment of marijuana news [Pot smell and safety concerns ignite disputes over public smoking]( The debate over public consumption has grown since 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized adult-use marijuana but with widely varying regulations. [Read more →]( [Pot boss O’Brien apologizes as Massachusetts weed sales hit all-time high]( Cannabis board boss Shannon O’Brien is apologizing for her recent outburst saying she was too blunt in saying the state’s legal weed rollout was in a “crisis.” It came on the same day the commission announced the Bay State has hit a new one-month high in legal weed sales — $136 million in July. [Read more →]( [Editorial: At $181K, Massachusetts pot boss no bargain]( Taxpayers shouldn’t need to watch a career politician prove what we’ve known for a long time — most of the executives in the state could go and we wouldn’t miss them. [Read more →]( [Denver issues ticket, warning letters to unlicensed cannabis hospitality businesses]( Eight businesses received warnings for hosting marijuana-related activities in Denver without the required license, with a separate ticket issued to cannabis lounge Tetra Lounge. [Read more →]( [Marijuana emergency department visits for children, teens have spiked since the pandemic started: CDC]( Marijuana emergency department visits for children, teens and young adults have spiked since the start of the pandemic more than three years ago, according to new data from the CDC. [Read more →]( [Dispensary buys former South Broadway firehouse for $3M]( Wellness Center of the Rockies, also known as The Center, recently purchased a former firehouse at 600 S. Broadway for $3 million. [Read more →]( [Colorado’s marijuana industry calls this year’s 4/20 sales “the worst” in recent years]( Colorado’s marijuana industry dubbed total weed sales for this year’s 4/20 “the worst” in five years. [Read more →]( [Pot cafe pilot program scrapped, regulators green light statewide approach]( “Our feeling is that eliminating the pilot program will help us dive into building that licensing and regulatory framework.” [Read more →]( [Sununu shifts to back legal pot in Granite State]( A shift by Gov. Chris Sununu’s to support marijuana legalization has inspired a last-minute push for new legislation. [Read more →]( [Massachusetts pot shops closing in Worcester, Framingham, Northampton; a worker had died after packaging cannabis into pre-rolls]( Trulieve Cannabis Corp. recently announced that the marijuana giant will be winding down its operations in Massachusetts. The company’s dispensaries in Worcester, Framingham, and Northampton will close at the end of June. [Read more →]( [Denver weed lounge could reopen next month, inviting locals for a toke in the consumption garden]( Think of it like a beer garden, but instead of drinking alcohol, guests smoke weed. [Read more →]( [Colorado’s cannabis industry has fallen on hard times. What does the future hold?]( The heyday of marijuana sales in Colorado — back in 2020 when recreational and medical sales topped out at a combined $226 million — is a distant memory, as the state’s dispensaries struggle through an economic downturn, with sales plummeting and small businesses foundering. [Read more →]( [denver post logo]( Copyright 2023 The Denver Post. All rights reserved. 5990 Washington Street|Denver, CO 80216 [Unsubscribe](