Steve Bloom

Colorado Marijuana Tax Report: April 2014

Recreational marijuana sales in Colorado rose 8% in April to $22 million. A total of $3.7 million in taxes and license fees were collected, an increase of 15% over March.

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Louis C.K. on Weed

The latest "Louie" episode is an hour-long After School Special for the primetime crowd. When Louie catches his 12-year-old daughter smoking pot, it prompts a lengthy flashback to his teenaged years.

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Todd Mitchem Out at O.penVAPE

Several weeks following a protracted battle with marijuana activists over his company's drug-testing policy, Todd Mitchem has left Denver hash-oil maker O.penVAPE. He was chief revenue officer and the company's public face.

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2014 Spring Stoner TV Guide

Spring brings showers and flowers, new TV shows and old. A couple of popular series, "Mad Men" and "Californication," made last laps, while many others returned for new seasons.

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ASA Responds to Mark Kleiman's Criticism

Drug-policy maven Mark Kleiman thinks "ASA has crossed an ethical line by charging opponents of legislation it favors with wanting to put four-year-old epilepsy patients and their mothers in federal prison." ASA strongly disagrees.

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Reviled Congresswoman Opposes Medical Marijuana

DNC chairwoman and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is taking heat from activists over her failure to vote for the Rohrbacher-Farr Amendment and her lack of support for the state's medical-marijuana initiative.

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