Denver City Council is considering the city s biggest overhaul of marijuana regulations since the plant was legalized commercially in the state in 2012, and there s a chance it could all go through on April 20, the date of America s unofficial pot holiday.
During the April 12 council meeting, bills proposing that Denver opt into marijuana delivery, hospitality and socially equitable licensing were all moved forward after their first hearings. The proposed ordinances, submitted by the city Department of Excise and Licenses after nearly two years of stakeholder meetings, would also allow permanent to-go windows at dispensaries a temporary business adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic and make numerous other technical changes in city rules, as well.
Tetra 9 Private Lounge
3039 Walnut Street Private cannabis lounge Tetra 9 is celebrating a week of 4/20 fun, hosting live music, joint-rolling showcases, a toking challenge and more. General admission, judging passes and VIP options are all available, but first you must become a member of the private club (daily memberships are available). Sign up at tetralounge.com (21+) and buy 4/20 passes at eventbrite.com. Friday, April 16, through Sunday, April 24 Keep the TV on all throughout 4/20 week during the Spliff Film Fest, a nine-day online film festival for filmmakers and animators to showcase original shorts that examine cannabis and its impact on humanity. Tickets to the Spliff Film Fest start at $20, with VIP sessions with filmmakers also available. Find out more information and check out the lineup at splifffilmfest.com.
Saturday, April 11, 3:20 p.m. MST This annual awards show is forced online in 2021, but will still honor some of cannabis farming s best and brightest. On top of the awards, guests can view a series of speeches, roundtable chats and musical performances, all taking place in the name of the plant. Sign up and find out more at the Emerald Cup website.
Black Cannabis Equity Initiative Talk Monday, April 19, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Black Cannabis Equity Initiative and Minorities for Medical Marijuana are hosting a five-hour chat with concerned cannabis stakeholders, regulators, industry leaders and elected officials across the country, including Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Georgia congressman Kwanza Hall. Register to tune in with Zoom.
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MedPharm, a leading medical cannabis manufacturer, R&D laboratory and compounding facility, today launched AWARE-N-US powered by BATCH (pronounced
awareness), a purpose-driven, equity-focused pop-up cannabis brand.
AWARE-N-US is partnering with Colorado’s leading cannabis retailers to raise funds and awareness for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the cannabis industry. Each quarter AWARE-N-US’s new product drop will coincide with a strategic charitable partnership, beginning with the Black Cannabis Equity Initiative (BCEI) for this month’s brand launch to commemorate Black History Month.
“At MedPharm, we feel a particular obligation to do our part to end institutionalized racism,” said Albert Gutierrez, CEO of MedPharm. “BIPOC communities have long been disproportionately affected when it comes to cannabis-related arrests and prosecutions, despite comparable usage rates. AWARE-N-US was cr
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The Push to Diversify Colorado’s Cannabis Industry
Changes to licensing in Denver, slated for early 2021, could help make the marijuana business more accessible to entrepreneurs of color.Kelly Bastone •
Like many women in male-dominated industries, Wanda James is a serial overachiever. She purged the word “can’t” from her vocabulary during military service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy. Subsequent stints in the corporate world, the restaurant industry, and the political sphere imbued her with savvy. All of that proved invaluable when James decided to enter the overwhelmingly white world of legalized cannabis. In 2009, she says, she and her husband, Scott Durrah, became the first Black entrepreneurs in the country to operate a licensed dispensary, cultivation, and edibles business when they opened the Apothecary of Colorado in LoDo. Even now, James knows of fewer than 20 cannabis licenses held by Black or brown people and that’s in a state with 2,