State has 21 days to file a response

Several people on Wednesday filed a complaint in Denver District Court against the Colorado Board of Health's decision in July not to add post-traumatic stress disorder to medical conditions that can be treated under the state's medical marijuana program.

The complaint lists Curtis Bean, Larisa Bolivar, Stephen Otero, Matthew Kahl and Zach Phillips as plaintiffs in the case. They are asking that a judge overturn the board's ruling. Several are military veterans, and one is a survivor of sexual and physical abuse.

AURORA, Colo., Aug. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dude's Brews, the packaged-beer arm of Dad & Dude's Breweria, (6730 S Cornerstar Way in Cornerstar Shopping Center) has announced a successful campaign to bring CBD-rich, cannabis-infused, beer to the US market.

Canna-Beer Series will be released starting fall 2015 with a sneak peek available during the 2015 Great American Beer Festival. The line of beers will be heavily dosed with cannabidoil extracted from the cannabis plant. The first beers to be introduced under the Canna-Beer series line are SATIVA IPA and INDICA DOUBLE IPA.  

Medical marijuana has been legalized in 23 states and Washington D.C., and for countless cancer patients, epileptics, chronic pain sufferers, and people with numerous other conditions, cannabis provides an effective treatment preferable to other drugs. Unfortunately, if you use medical cannabis in America, your health insurance will not provide an ounce of assistance in paying for this medicine.

As the legal cannabis industry grows, companies across the country are struggling with ways to legitimize in the eyes of the public, and expand from niche market to mainstream. Image rehab plays a large part in this and ABC Family's new show,Startup U, is both a sign of how far the industry has come and how far it still has to go.

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HARTFORD — The chief of Connecticut's medical marijuana program said Wednesday he will draft regulations to allow the drug to be used by those who suffer from complex regional pain syndrome, immediately following a unanimous recommendation by a physician review board.

Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris, who oversees the state's medical marijuana program, added the medical condition — marked by severe pain, swelling and hypersensitivity to touch following an injury or surgery — to the list of medical conditions approved for medical marijuana.

Marijuana tax revenue supports Colorado public schools

It’s been a year and a half since the legalization of marijuana went into effect in Colorado. Business for purveyors of marijuana was good from the beginning, but has soared in the past year, according to data collected by the Colorado Department of Revenue.

The state collected $9.7 million in taxes related to marijuana sales in June 2015, up nearly $5 million from the same month last year. By May, the state had collected more than $88 million in marijuana taxes in 2015.

A new model has developed in California’s medical marijuana industry: farm-to-table. Long popular among foodies and other environmentally conscious consumers, one Bay Area startup is aiming to take advantage of the trend and embed it into the fast-growing cannabis industry
 

In an ideal world for those in the cannabis industry, as well as for advocates and enthusiasts nationwide, cannabis would be made legal in every state in the country by the 2016 elections, if not sooner.