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Marijuana Industry (makes up their own) Rulemaking

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Hello Green Brick Community! It has been another interesting week of fearlessly investigating, exposing, challenging, and holding the marijuana industry accountable. The specific item we are exposing this week has to do with the rulemaking process that is in place for Colorado’s marijuana commercialization expansion. Specifically, we are looking into the diversity (or lack thereof) in the work group participants….

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When leaders have zero logical arguments-Jared Polis smokes Crayfish

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Hello readers! This is a short and sweet blog because the content in the video says it all. For your viewing pleasure we have a clip of Jared Polis going absolutely cray cray about crayfish, as an argument for expanding commercialization.   Pretty sure he may have literally smoked crayfish before making this “speech”. https://m.facebook.com/groups/87390148178?view=permalink&id=10155660553713179   Not only do I…

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How to sell out without getting paid, according to State Senator V Marble

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Hello everyone! If you recall, in a previous blog “But your district doesn’t support MJ…”, we discovered a shared fetish amongst several political leaders. Many of them are obsessed with using their leadership to support bills that enable the grotesque expansion of big industry’s commercialization mongering. “State Senator V. Marble is a prime example of a political leader that clearly…

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Bunk Weed Arguments

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Hello everyone! After doing this for a bit now I am starting to see some clear themes in the bunk arguments that big industry pushes out as narratives that support their empire building. Bunk Argument #1: Bong rips = medical treatment To be clear right up front, there may be legitimate medicinal implications for cannabinoids. However, when big industry implies social…

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Andrew Freedman, are you an unregistered lobbyist?!

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Well readers, it is a special week as we get to have a back to back looksee at some of Colorado’s most dynamic leaders. And yes, by dynamic, I mean nefarious. Plain and simple… Andrew Freedman, are you an unregistered lobbyist?! For those of you wondering who this is, Freedman is the former “Marijuana Czar” for Governor Hickenlooper.  Not only…

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Mr. (Peter) “Marijuana” Marcus; a short story on NePOTism

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Alright folks, here we go again! Mr. (Peter) “Marijuana” Marcus began as a Colorado journalist, reporting on the woes of the big industry, but now…  He is the communications director of the Terrapin Care Station, a national marijuana commercialization company.  But alas, it is the saga that occurred in between his leadership transitions that makes this story worthy of being…

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But your district doesn’t support MJ…

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Hello fearless readers! As promised, this blog outlines yet another inconsistency and half-truth that is happening with Colorado’s marijuana industry.  We have quite the conundrum on our hands…  On one hand we have a list of political leaders voting for big industry’s expansion but on the other hand these leaders are representing districts that are not for big industry’s expansion….

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Colorado Lobbyists Hit the Revenue Bong

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Greetings readers! So the primary focus of this blog was going to be on simply sharing the disclosure statements of the marijuana industry’s cadre of lobbyists.  However, per usual, they have opted to try and cover their skunk scented trail with refusing to comply with simple regulatory guidelines that they are bound to. Take Josh Hanfling and RD Sewald’s firm…

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