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OLORADO COMPANIES ARE funding a group called the Colorado Health Research Council to oppose Amendment 139, which would limit the THC potency of cannabis and cannabis products to 16 percent, below the current average for flower and extracts. “The marijuana moguls have said time and time again that the sky is falling every time that someone proposes a change to keep marijuana and marijuana products out of the hands of kids,” said Frank McNulty (R), a former Speaker of the Colorado House, who’s now counsel to the amendment’s backers. “All we’ve seen is their profits skyrocket.” The initiative needs to collect 98,492 signatures to appear on the ballot. Opponents have raised more than $300,000 to fight it.
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N WASHINGTON STATE, the merging of the MED and REC markets took effect and hundreds of MED dispensaries closed. The state’s voluntary database for MED patients is operational.
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ETWORKING COMPANY Women Grow named Maryland-based compliance attorney, Leah Heise, as its new CEO. Started in 2014, the organization has more than three dozen chapters in the United States and Canada. Founders Jane West and Jazmin Hupp are stepping down from their executive roles.
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N DENVER, Starbuds became the first company to be denied a cultivation license renewal. Starbuds plans to appeal the decision.
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S WEED OREGON’S most valuable crop? The federal Department of Agriculture has decided to ignore the question.