Marijuana Business Magazine July 2018

INTRODUCING THE BUD GOBLET ™ Frosted Sativa Indica Hybrid Now Available! PATENT PENDING Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed two cannabis bills approved by state lawmakers in early June. One would have pioneered the concept of cannabis tasting rooms, dealing a blow to marijuana businesses that had pushed the measure. Another would have allowed publicly traded companies to invest in the state’s MJ industry starting in January. “We have significant concern about this broader access to capital markets, particularly as it relates to our responsibility to keep criminal enterprises out of the regulated marketplace,” Hickenlooper wrote. Connecticut The state’s registered MMJ patient count shot up 46% in 12 months. The number of registered medical can- nabis patients went from 17,769 in April 2017 to 25,855 in April 2018, a spike of nearly 8,100 consumers, accord- ing to state data. That translates to average monthly growth of about 3% for the patient pool, a positive sign for the state’s nine dispensaries and four cultivators. The boom follows a slight expansion of the qualifying condition list for MMJ patients, including three pain- related ailments.