Niwot, Longmont Star Buds among dispensaries snapped up by Schwazze

DENVER — Schwazze Colorado LLC (OTCQX: SHWZ), a Denver-based cannabis retailer that formerly operated as Medicine Man Technologies Inc., recently completed half of its acquisition of the Star Buds pot shop chain, including the dispensaries in Longmont and Niwot. 

Schwazze now controls six of 13 Star Buds locations. In addition to the two Boulder County locations, the first phase of the sale — totalling more than $31 million — included shops in Denver, Commerce City and Pueblo.

The firm intends to buy an additional seven Star Buds dispensaries, including shops in Westminster and…