NuVue opens Cortez cannabis dispensary amid slowdown in sales statewide
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Denver Marijuana Facility Approved for Federal Research
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Two Colorado facilities believe they re on track to become the first cultivators in the state to receive Drug Enforcement Administration approval for medical marijuana research purposes.
After waiting for years, NuVue Pharma and MedPharm Holdings are still chasing DEA approval to grow cannabis for federally sanctioned medical studies. MedPharm, already licensed by the City of Denver and State of Colorado to grow medical marijuana for research purposes, has been waiting since 2016 for a decision on its DEA application, according to CEO Albert Gutierrez.
Since 1968, the University of Mississippi had a monopoly on growing cannabis for federally recognized research, but the quality of the cannabis has been criticized by researchers. Application delays by former United States attorney general Jeff Sessions and the DEA slowed the process to license new growing operations for nearly four years before the Biden administration restarted application reviews in 2021. The DEA awarded a hand