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Opinion: Not a good look for Colorado's cannabis industry

Opinion: Not a good look for Colorado's cannabis industry

Legislative battle over social-equity licenses reveals entrenched interests, NIMBYism, and fuels stereotype of sector as hostile to minorities

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Mar 29, 2023
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Hi there! Welcome to Issue 1 of 3 this week. You’re going to be hearing from me — we’ll just call it mixing things up. Send all hate mail by replying to this email.

And please note the clarification on Truman Bradley’s testimony at the Committee meeting. I regret the misunderstanding.

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