Every startup has its challenges, but a cannabis startup comes with additional challenges. Entrepreneurs who want to get in the business face a unique set of hurdles, including ever-changing regulations, legal issues and struggles to set up the right team. Here are ten things every budding ganjapreneur needs to know.
I was introduced to Pineapple Express as a movie, not a strain (that’s how young I am). Not one to buy into commercial hype, I stayed away from the strain in my early years of toking, always thinking it was a ploy to sell some less-than-stellar herb. But nearly nine years after the stoner-action flick came out, I thought it was safe to give it a try.
After Bec Koop, a Denver-based florist, saw a need for green at some Colorado weddings, she wound up hosting Colorado Cannabis Wedding Expo events. Being able to bring together cannabis-friendly businesses to help couples plan their weddings was a dream come true, she says, standing in the mock-bridal suite of a showcase in Littleton on February 19. Still, she adds, there were some barriers to the business.
Our Stoner gets the definitive answer on how many pot plants are allowed in Denver.
Tumbleweed Express is set to open in Parachute, Colorado, in March and it’s going to have something no other dispensary in the state does — a drive-thru.
A bill introduced in the Colorado Senate last week would allow you to get weed delivered to your house. Dispensaries would have to apply for a delivery endorsement and then have an employee or approved contractor drive recreational or medical cannabis, or cannabis products, right to your door.
Concentrates are a popular variation of cannabis. Whether you prefer budder, shatter, wax or oil, concentrates dominated the market in 2016 and were the top-selling marijuana product in Colorado. Here’s a look at some of the most beautiful concentrates from Colorado:
The medicinal uses of marijuana span a wide variety of diseases and disorders, but a recent study conducted by Colorado State University indicates cannabis may not be as useful for treating depression and anxiety.I
Kat York, co-owner of Boosted E-Juice, is going to Washington, D.C., next week to meet with Colorado representatives and fight for a change in vaping regulations. The vaping industry could cease to exist by August 2018 if regulations do not change.
Whether it’s cannabis or coffee, Coloradans are always on the lookout for natural products to boost their healthy lifestyle. Denver-based Strava Craft Coffee is helping to fill their need, one cup at a time, with its CBD-infused coffees. While medical patients, including those with epilepsy or cancer, can benefit from…
Two annual events alter dispensary sales each February: Valentine’s Day and the Super Bowl.Comparing dispensary sales this year with Super Bowl weekend last year, when the Broncos were playing, reflects the general mood of the state.
Attaching the word “grape” to a strain is a bold move. Not only does it typecast the strain’s effects as heavy and tiring, but it also creates stiff expectations for smell, looks and flavor. If the strain doesn’t smell like grapes, taste like Fanta and have deep streaks of purple, then it’s basically Crystal Pepsi to most consumers. But then there’s Grape God Bud!
In some families, raising the cannabis plant is a time-honored tradition. Back at the end of the 1800s, farmer Diego Pellicer, who owned one of the largest hemp farms in the Philippines, made products for the Spanish navy. Over a century later, his great-grandson, Jamen Shively, founded a dispensary and named it after his great-grandfather.
Dear Stoner: I always feel so bad for dogs when people blow smoke in their faces. I can tell they don’t like it. Are they getting high, or is it just irritating them? Money Monet Dear Monet: Both — but if I had to pick one, I’d say the dog…
Colorado has been a pioneer for cannabis legalization, and now the country’s other pioneer is turning to Colorado officials on implementing a regulated system. California was the first state to legalize medical cannabis in 1996 (Colorado followed in 2000), but voters only legalized recreational use last November.
Veritas is feeling the love this Valentine’s Day — and it wants you to, too. Veritas Fine Cannabis has a few strains it suggests to help make your evening a memorable one.
Programs like D.A.R.E. and the Just Say No campaign might not have worked to keep the nation’s youth from smoking pot, but it’s possiblet that legalization could.
The Colorado Department of Revenue just released its final statistics for 2016, the state’s third year of recreational marijuana sales. And taken together, MMJ and recreational marijuana accounted for $1.3 billion in sales, and nearly $200 million in state tax revenue.
What’s better than getting your honey a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day? Getting cannabis chocolates for your honey on Valentine’s Day. Here’s our rundown of some of the best chocolates in town:
Coloradoans are known for our commitment to sustainable practices and organic products, but this California CBD company has many of us beat. OJAI Energetics is the first company in the hemp space to get certification as a B Corporation — a designation for companies who are leaders of global movements and use business as a force for good.
This week, the Colorado Department of Human Services, in conjunction with Governor John Hickenlooper’s office, formally requested that the General Assembly allocate more than $6 million annually from the state’s marijuana-tax cash fund for a new program that would offer help to chronic drug users as opposed to criminalizing them. Art Way, senior director for criminal-justice reform for the national Drug Policy Alliance and director of the organization’s Colorado chapter, which worked closely with state agencies in crafting the proposal (it’s on view below), sees the impact of this approach as potentially revolutionary for those struggling with addictions to heroin and other heavy narcotics.
Recently released stats from Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division for the first six months of 2016 reflect what we already knew: cannabis cultivation and sales are on the rise.
