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New Denver hotel allows marijuana use

DENVER — In LoDo, the Nativ Hotel is set to open. Thursday through Saturday there will be a series of functions to welcome the boutique hotel that allows marijuana use.

Here's how big the legal pot business will be by 2020

Meena Thiruvengadam ~ Yahoo News ~

Legal marijuana is already big business in America. Colorado alone sold more than $700 million worth of legal weed in 2014, its first full-year of legal recreational and medical sales.

Image of Leslie Bocskor, advocate for the expansion of the legal cannabis industry in the United States.

What will 2016 bring for the cannabis legalization movement?

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~

Nevada-based investor and marijuana advocate Leslie Bocskor believes the campaign towards national legalization of adult cannabis has already been set in motion

Image a woman protesting for legalized marijuana.

Cannabis Companies Mirror Corporate America For Women

Debra Borchardt ~ Forbes ~

The quickly growing cannabis industry looks just like the rest of corporate America.

Image of the Luminary Profiler device used to determine the potency of marijuana from Sage Analytics.

Legal Marijuana Business 2015: Accurate Testing For Potency Lacking In Cannabis Industry, But May Be On Its Way

Marcy Kreiter ~ International Business Times ~

CHICAGO -- Everything from antacids to frozen veggies has a label detailing nutritional values and active ingredients, but when it comes to cannabis that information has been sorely lacking.

Image of an Oregon legal outdoor medical marijuana grow.

Oregon's big marijuana harvests: How do you bring all that pot into the legal market?

Jeff Mapes ~ The Oregonian ~

More than any state that has legalized marijuana, Oregon is a champion when it comes to producing the drug.

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Marijuana Legalization 2015: Women Are Making Their Mark On The Cannabis Industry

Marcy Kreiter ~ International Business Times ~

CHICAGO -- Six months after graduating from college, Julie Berliner had to make a life-changing decision: pursue a career as an elementary school teacher or take a chance on the budding marijuana industry in Colorado.

Image of legal marijuana at The Grass Station, one of Denver's best recreational marijuana dispensaries.

Here's what might happen to marijuana prices if it were legalized across the US

Sean Williams ~ Business Insider ~

Over the last two decades marijuana has practically been an unstoppable force.

Image of Bill Levin, founder of Indian's First Church of Cannabis.

First Church of Cannabis could test RFRA

Vic Ryckaert ~ IndyStar ~

Courts ultimately might have to decide whether practices amount to sincere religion

The University of Colorado will Change the World through its Hemp Research Program

Technical 420 ~

Colorado has not only been at the forefront of the marijuana revolution through the state’s efforts to legalize recreational marijuana, but Colorado is also a leader in industrial hemp research.